If your toddler has a 'Micheál' and 'Leo' in their friend group you might want to buy a lottery ticket

As a Fine Gael TD calls for an investigation into the National Lottery as no player has won the jackpot in almost six months, a statistician calculates that you're more likely to see a toddler starting crèche next year whose first two friends are called 'Micheál' and 'Leo'

As the National Lottery jackpot is €19,060,800 this weekend, UCC's School of Mathematical Sciences calculated some other likelihoods for us

What are the odds! or What are the chances of this happening?

We say it all the time — when we bump into an old friend; when the car breaks down on a busy day; when we catch a dropped cup before it hits the floor.