Armageddon unfiltered

While Left Behind wannabes wait for the rapture, the odds are much higher that the end of the world will begin with the dreaded Yellowstone supervolcano. Of course, bird flu isn’t listed—maybe the odds are too high. For serious bettors, here are some of the ways Armageddon could go down. Sources include the U.K. bookmakers at William Hill and their counterparts at the U.S. Geological Service.

War (includes accidental nuclear war): 1,000-1

Famine: 25,000-1

Asteroid: 50,000-1

Flood: 100,000-1

Destruction by alien life forms: 500,000-1

Yellowstone supervolcano eruption: 750,000-1

Act of God (i.e., the rapture): 1,000,000-1

Mass suicide: 100,000,000-1