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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Then that leaves it with a 1 in 64 possibility.

Imagine asking someone to pick a number between 1 and 64...63 times! and them STILL not guessing it.


46 posted on 02/02/2016 11:55:58 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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But...who chose the coin in each precinct?

If I were Hillary (...sorry, I just threw up...) I’d assign heads for 3 precincts and tails for the other 3.

But, what if The Bern got to pick 3 of the 6 precincts? Or even all 6? In the case of the latter, The Bern would have lost at a clip of 63:1 and he’d be called Bad Luck Bernie starting NOW. Maybe even if we consider the former.
This inside-baseball info is being avoided, IMO.

I think there is more concern with the missing “ballots” in several Iowa precincts.


47 posted on 02/02/2016 12:04:16 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Better yet (in terms of making big bucks at the casino), imagine doubling down on an even money bet (heads/tails, odd/even, etc) until you ultimately hit it.

Say, you have money to cover 6 spins of the roulette wheel with an initial wager of $1000 on Red. ie, bet 1000, lose, bet $2,000, lose, bet $4000, lose, bet $8,000, lose again, bet $16,000, yet again, bet $32,000. (total $63,000)

Now the ONLY way you could lose in 6 spins of the wheel (betting Red each time) is if Black comes out 6 straight times in a row! A 1 in 64 (63 to 1) unlikelihood.

However, in the real world most if not all wheels have a single and a double green zero on them to throw those tremendous odds off somewhat. I’m not sure if all casinos rule it a “push” or not. I think some may take only half your bet if one or the other green zero comes out. Also, in the long run, even if there weren’t the green zeros, you would simply break even. But you would almost certainly be way ahead of the game before that happens.


51 posted on 02/02/2016 12:10:52 PM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: ETL

No one ever guesses pi.


89 posted on 02/02/2016 3:33:44 PM PST by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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