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There is a very low chance that buying a single lottery ticket will win you a jackpot. However a relative gives you a lottery ticket twice a week starting from the first week you were born. Determine how likely it you are to win some time in your lifetime. Justify with probabilities.

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Getting hit by lightning is almost 4 times more likely than winning the lottery. The chances of being fatally struck is 1 in 10 million, the Mirror claims. You're 45 times more likely to die from flesh eating bacteria than securing the jackpot. The odds are 1 in 1 million, the Daily Beast reports.

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