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To: HonkyTonkMan

[This was a 1 in 100 year flood.
1987 and 2025]

I wish people would stop saying 1 in 100 year that’s not scientifically correct at all. It’s 1:100 probability in any given year. As in a 1% probability in ANY year of occurrence.

It’s the same as roulette with a 1:37 probability of any number coming up. I have seen 27 red hit 4 times in a row and made 10 grand on letting the winnings ride each of the times up to the table max limits by the third roll... 35:1 = $175 first hit, $100 table max bet 35:1 = $3500 pay out, third hit $3500 never ever move a winning bet. Fourth hit $3500 ..let it ride fifth roll 11 black had a nickel on it for $175 but lost the $100 on 27.

People would incorrectly say the odds of four 27 red in a row is 37^4 or 1.8 million to one and they would be wrong. It’s always 1:37 odds every single spin. Needless to say steak dinner was on me that night in Vegas.


54 posted on 08/21/2025 3:39:40 AM PDT by GenXPolymath
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To: GenXPolymath

1:38 unless you found a place in LV with just one green


56 posted on 08/21/2025 4:34:57 AM PDT by stateofit
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