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Old 07-16-2007, 10:27 AM  
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right.

At the start of the roll, the chance of hitting any number on the table is 1: 37...

But to say "this table will hit the same number on the first, second, fifth, and sixth rolls" starting now... those odds are 1: 50653.

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Furthermore, if you were just to say "I will roll to establish a number, and then I will hit that same number in any 3 out of the next 6 rolls", the I believe the odds would be calculated by:

1/1 (the initial roll, establishing x) x [ 1/37 x 1/37 x 1/37] (the rolls you hit the number x) x [37/36 x 37/36 x 37/36] (the rolls that are not preestablished as being x... therefore have the ability to be any number)

which would equal 1: 46,656

..for the curious.
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