Odds of a perfect March Madness bracket: 1 in 9.2 quintillion
How much is a quintillion? It’s one billion billions.
Warren Buffett, he of the $1 million-per-year March Madness bracket challenge, is worth approximately $84.9 billion. Multiply that total by 108,638,068.75 and you’ll have 9.2 quintillion. That number treats all 63 games in the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship bracket with 50/50 odds.
Your odds of being hit by lightning twice are significantly better at 1 in 9 million. Being hit by a falling satellite? One in 21 trillion. Approximately one in 300 million will take home the rare lottery jackpot. The risk of dying via shark attack is estimated at one in 3,748, 067. The chances of achieving sainthood come in at one in 20 million, though come through with a perfect bracket would probably be enough to put you in the conversation to be the Saint of Brackets.Comment Related Topics
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