Which is easier? Winning the lottery or selling a screenplay?

A very interesting statistic on this matter was posted on the Internet. Quoting an article in the February 1-7, 2000, issue of Hollywood Reporter, which quotes from the book The Big Deal: Hollywood's Spec Script Market by Thom Taylor, a person posted this comparison:

If these figures are correct, it seems that it is almost four times easier to win the California lottery than to sell a screenplay for a million dollars!

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