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a dream  Scott Hoormann buys two MegMillions lottery tickets
Energy Express Monday Dec. 16 2013 St. Louis. The MegMillions
jackpot now stands  Scott Hoormann buys two Mega Millions
lottery tickets at Energy Express Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, in St.
Louis. The Mega Millions jackpot now stands at an estimated $586
million with the next drawing set for Tuesday night. (AP
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fileheaderid: 10181235  Updated: January 19, 2014 11:47AM  As
the drawing for the Mega Millions jackpot drew near Tuesday
night, broadcasters kept talking about the long odds of winning
the lottery  You’re more likely to be killed by an asteroid:
odds of 1 in 250,000.  Much more likely to be hit by lighting in
your lifetime: 1 in 10,000.  Even more likely to hit a hole-in-
one on two consecutive par-3 holes: 1 in 156 million.  But those
facts miss the point — for $1, people can buy a dream.  The odds
of winning, 1 in 259 mil