odds of winning the lottery are 1:<big number> of plays. Millions of people play the lottery every day. if the odds of this kind of merger are 1:10,000 years,

odds of winning the lottery are 1:<big number> of plays. Millions of people play the lottery every day. if the odds of this kind of merger are 1:10,000 years, we only get 1 "play" every year.