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誰想成為億萬富翁?

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這里是今日熱點節(jié)目。

Who wants to be a billionaire?

誰想成為億萬富翁?

For a $2 ticket, people have a chance to win the Mega Millions record-breaking lottery jackpot of $1.6 billion. The drawing is on Tuesday night in the United States.

人們只要一張2美元的彩票，就有機會贏得超級百萬(Mega Millions)創(chuàng)紀錄的16億美元的彩票頭獎，開獎時間是美國的周二晚上。

People also have a chance at winning the Powerball jackpot, which is now up to $620 million. That drawing will be on Wednesday night.

人們還有機會贏得現(xiàn)在高達6.2億美元的強力球(Powerball jackpot)，開獎時間將在周三晚上。

Mega Millions is a lottery game played in 44 American states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The winning ticket must match six numbers, from 1 to 70. Several states permit online ticket purchases. Out-of-state or overseas purchases are not permitted.

超級百萬是一種在美國44個州、華盛頓特區(qū)以及美屬維爾京群島銷售的彩票，中獎?wù)弑仨毱ヅ鋸?到70的6個數(shù)字。有幾個州允許在網(wǎng)上銷售彩票，但是不允許外州以及國外購買。

The first Mega Millions drawing was on May 17, 2002. That winner received a jackpot of $28 million – a small amount compared to this week's jackpot.

第一期超級百萬的開獎時間是2002年5月17日，那位中獎?wù)呲A得了2800萬美元的頭獎，與本周的頭獎相比金額很小。

The most recent Mega Millions drawing on October 19 was for a jackpot of $1 billion dollars. But no one won. It was the 25th drawing in a row that did not result in a winner.

最近一期超級百萬開獎是在10月19日，頭獎為10億美元，這是連續(xù)25期沒有人中頭獎。

About 280 million tickets were sold for the October 19 drawing. Those tickets covered 60 percent of all possible number combinations.

10月19日那期開獎大約售出了2.8億張彩票，這些彩票覆蓋了所有可能數(shù)字組合的60%。

So, what are your chances of winning the $1.6-billion jackpot this time?

那么，這次贏得16億美元頭獎的概率有多大?

Very, very small.

概率非常非常小。

The financial website The Motley Fool says the chance of someone winning the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 302,575,350. The chance is a little better with the Powerball. It is 1 in 292,201,338.

金融網(wǎng)站“傻瓜投資指南”(The Motley Fool)表示，超級百萬頭獎的中獎概率是302,575,350分之一。強力球彩票的中獎概率略高，為292,201,338分之一。

You are more likely to get struck by lightning than win the jackpot, at least in the United States. The National Weather Service says a person has about a 1 in a million chance of getting hit.

至少在美國，你更可能被閃電擊中而不是中頭獎。美國國家氣象局表示，人們有百萬分之一的概率被閃電擊中。

You are much more likely to get accepted to Harvard University. The Ivy League school accepted 5 percent of its 39,000 applicants for its 2021 class. That is a 1 in 20 chance.

你更有可能被哈佛大學(xué)錄取。這所常春藤聯(lián)盟學(xué)校錄取了其2021年課程3.9萬名申請者中的5%，這是20選1的概率。

Americans even have a better chance at becoming president than they do at winning this week's jackpot. The U.S. population is about 326 million. There are about 10 presidents in an average lifetime. So, a person's chances at becoming president are 1 in 32.6 million. However, the U.S. Constitution requires that a person be at least 35 years old and a "natural born citizen" to be elected president.

美國人甚至成為總統(tǒng)的概率都要比中本周頭獎的概率大。美國大約有3.26億人口。人一生之中平均要經(jīng)歷大約10位總統(tǒng)。所以，一個人成為總統(tǒng)的概率是3260萬分之一。然而，美國憲法規(guī)定要年滿35周歲，并且在美國本土出生的公民才能當選總統(tǒng)。

And that's What's Trending Today.

以上就是本期今日熱點的全部內(nèi)容。

I'm Ashley Thompson.

阿什利·湯普森報道。