It used to be a long shot , but now ... is there a word for insanely more unlikely than a long shot ? The Mega Millions jumped to $ 425 million Friday , according to Charles Strutt , executive director of the Multi-State Lottery Association . It rolled over for the 20th time after no winner was picked in Tuesday 's drawing . The beefy payout likely has a Pavlovian effect on regular lottery players , but anyone with a modicum of math proficiency knows he might as well set fire to that $ 1 bill as spend it on a ticket . Your odds of getting all six numbers correct for the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot are about 1 in 259 million , according to the lottery company . You have more than 1,000 times better chance of an asteroid or comet killing you -- and that 's using the long odds , according to Tulane University . Which is to say , astronomical . The latest probability is up from the old odds , which were about 1 in 175 million . Of course , you 'd probably have a hard time telling this to the trio from Illinois , Kansas and Maryland who split the record $ 656 million kitty last year . It 's worth mentioning that you have a one-in-15 chance of winning something , even if it 's just getting your dollar back , while the odds of winning the second-place $ 1 million prize ( that is , matching five balls but not the megaball ) are about 1 in 18.5 million . Those numbers are hard for the average person to fathom , so maybe it 's easier if we provide you a list of things that are way more likely than collecting a Mega Millions jackpot . From the Harvard School of Public Health : . • Chances of dying from a bee sting : 1 in 6.1 million . • Chance you will be die from being struck by lightning : 1 in 3 million . From the University of Maryland Medical Center : . • Chance of having conjoined twins : 1 in 200,000 . From U.S. Hole in One , which insures golf prizes for holes in one : . • The chance of an amateur golfer making a hole in one on a par-3 hole is about 1 in 12,500 . • The chance of a golfer hitting a hole in one on consecutive par-3 holes : 1 in about 156 million . From a 2011 State Farm study on collisions between vehicles and deer : . • The chance of hitting a deer with a vehicle in Hawaii , the state where State Farm says deer-vehicle collisions are least likely , is 1 in 6,267 . From the National Weather Service : . • The chance of being struck by lightning over an 80-year lifetime : 1 in 10,000 . From the Florida Museum of Natural History , based on U.S. beach injury statistics in 2000 : . • Chance of drowning and other beach-related fatalities : 1 in 2 million . • Chance of being attacked by a shark : 1 in 11.5 million . The Mega Millions jackpot numbers will be drawn at 11 p.m . ET Friday . Good , ahem , luck .
Odds of winning Friday 's Mega Millions jackpot are about 1 in 259 million . Tulane University says you have a better shot of being killed by an asteroid . $ 425 million is second-highest Mega Millions pot after $ 656 million prize in 2012 .