No, his university&#x27;s press release says he calculated the value 25 carefully; it&#x27;s even in the title: &quot;You’re more likely to become president (25 times more likely, that is), than win Powerball, but someone will win, says UB biostatistician&quot;. See <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;sphhp.buffalo.edu&#x2F;home&#x2F;news-events.host.html&#x2F;content&#x2F;shared&#x2F;university&#x2F;news&#x2F;news-center-releases&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;013.detail.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;sphhp.buffalo.edu&#x2F;home&#x2F;news-events.host.html&#x2F;content&#x2F;...</a>