Canadian Man's Lottery Win and Lightning Strike Are a 1 in 2.6 Trillion Chance

This is one lucky guy!

Peter McCathie survived being hit by lightning when he was a teenager and now he’s won the lottery - $1 million.

Both events combined together come to about a 1 in 2.6 trillion chance.

Peter and his co-worker bought the $3 ticket and are splitting the $1 million. 

Years ago, Peter was hit by a lightening strike. He told CTV: “I was trying to lock the boat up, it was a very sunny day, there was one big, white cloud in the sky and the lightning bolt came through the trees and hit me,” 

“I honestly expected to get hit by lightning again first,” he told CTV

The 1 in 2.6 trillion calculation comes from combining the lottery odds, lightning odds and the odds that McCathie’s daughter was struck by lightning as well, which happened a few years ago, University of Moncton mathematics professor Sophie Leger told ABC News today.