What are the odds, with Dr Michael Orkin

Do you know one person in Canada? Then, if you put all the names of the entire population of Canada into a hat and draw one at random, you're eight times more likely to draw that friend's name than you are to win the Mega Millions jackpot.

So it's so unlikely. But here's a simple question of probability: why are there winners?

Because there are winners of this jackpot, fairly often, not every drawing, but fairly often. And if the odds are so low, as I say they are, why are there winners?