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Old 3rd March 2012, 04:28 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Ziggurat View Post
Well, now that you've seen me do the math in one case, you can go ahead and do it for whatever example you want, can't you?
I’m not sure I need to provide an example when I only question the application of your example to a scenario that is highly unlikely to actually occur. It seems pointless to apply math to a scenario that is practically all-but a fantasy.

I would rather entertain the possibility that I might ever win from 1 in 3,838.380 odds rather than from 1 in 38.383,800 odds regardless of how many attempts at the latter there are.
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