It&#x27;s just a figure of speech. You could compare it to getting struck by lightning or attacked by a shark: neither are (thankfully) uniformly distributed, but they&#x27;re both recognizably unlikely enough to provide an immediate shorthand for a negligible probability. Asking someone to imagine rolling a five on a 292201338-sided die may be more technically accurate, but makes for a very dry analogy indeed.<p>No matter which shorthand you use, the conclusion is still the same: you&#x27;re going to lose money playing the lottery.