What are the odds of a number coming up 5 out of 6 on roulette?

[Rio Rebel]

I thought everyone on ATOT was an INTJ, but it's like none of you ever passed first year statistics, which isn't even statistics; it's probability.

And no amount of intelligence can offset being a socially moronic dick, regardless of what you tell yourself.

 

[Mark R]

The payout is 35 to 1, not the odds. The odds are 37 or 38 to 1, depending on whether the wheel has a double zero along with a zero.

Actually reading is your friend.

You misunderstand the difference between odds and probabilities.

On a single zero wheel, the odds are 36 to 1; on a double-zero wheel, the odds are 37 to 1.

An odds of 36:1 means that you are 36 times as likely to lose, as you are to win. In other words, the probability of winning = 1 / (36 + 1) = 1 / 37.

The reason odds are used in preference to probabilities in gambling is that they translate directly into a payout (except in games, such as roulette where the house rigs the game to take their cut).

 

[Rio Rebel]

You're right, I misstated it. It is 1 out of 38, not 38 to 1.

Either way, it is not 35 to 1. That is the payout.

 

[Matthiasa]

technically, the last number hit has no bearing on the next.

Well unless the person running it is good at it, then they can kind of control where it goes.