Some people beat the odds and win a $2 billion lottery, others are luckier

who hAD “ROCK FALLS FROM SKY” ON HIS BInGO Card?

Four-trillion to one, but hey, somebody’s gotta win

'I heard this big bang!' Meteor in direct hit on man's rural California home - killing one of his dogs and completely destroying the property in ONE-IN-FOUR-TRILLION freak event

• Dustin Procita and his wife Jeanette lost their home to a fire after officials say a meteor hit their home in Northern California on Friday night

• Around the same time, witnesses say they say a fireball light up the night sky

• Video captured the fireball flash in the sky and fall rapidly to the ground

• Procita was inside his home when he heard it hit and his house caught fire

• The odds of being hit by a meteor - one in four trillion - are considerably less likely than the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot - which is one in 292.2M

• NASA and the US Air Force will be contacted as the local fire department investigates if the blaze was caused by a meteor crashing down to earth

Well, maybe: the “authorities” sound skeptical, but aren’t ruling out a meteor hit, for now.

The only lottery I’ve ever been involved in was one that, like this homeowner, I didn’t voluntarily buy a ticket for: the draft lottery for a one-way ticket to Vietnam's rice paddies, and that one I won by losing, number 312, when the cutoff was 101.