Friday, February 18, 2011

Probability

Winning Powerball 27,489,577
Royal Flush 649,739; 0.000154%
Killed by lightning 280,000
Being murdered (female) 79,365
Straight flush 72,192; 0.00154%
Being blackmailed 52,632
Being murdered (male) 45,249
Being Kidnapped 33,223
Having malaria 21,739
Being in prison (female) 6757
Four of a kind 4,164; 0.0256%
Trifecta (13-horse race) 1716
Full house 693.2; 0.17%
Flush 507; 0.36%
Being in prison (male) 396
Straight 253.8; 0.78%
Having car stolen 142
Three of a kind 46.3; 2.87%
Roulette number coming up 37
Two pair 20; 7.62%
Five successive tosses in two-up 32
Pulling an ace out of a deck of cards 13
One pair 1.38; 49.9%
High Card 1; 100%

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