What Are Your Odds For Winning The Mega Millions Jackpot?

Everyone have their tickets ready!? The record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot goes off tonight and if you have a ticket, you have a chance to win over $500 million! What are the exact odds of hitting the jackpot? Read below to find out!Your odds of winning tonight are 1 in 176,000,000 - which gives you a better chance of getting struck by lightning. According to CBS News:

Based on other averages in the U.S., you're about 8,000 times more likely to be murdered than winning the lottery, and about 20,000 times more likely to die in a car crash that hit the lucky numbers.

Those odds aren't exactly promising, but it hasn't stopped millions from buying tickets. After all, you have to be in it to win it!

You can get complete details on the odds and other facts surrounding the lottery from CBS News HERE.