Odds are your fantasy is worth $2 You’re never going to win the lottery, but sometimes it’s still worth a few bucks Check out this story on sctimes.com: http://www.sctimes.com/story/life/2015/02/16/odds-fantasy-worth/23520459/ The news that neither you nor I had our numbers drawn really isn’t any semblance of a surprise – or, at least, shouldn’t be to anybody with even a rudimentary understanding of mathematics and probability. Your odds of standing in the middle of an open field on a sunny day and getting hit by lightning are far better than your odds of winning the Powerball.