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Odds
The probability of winning is inversely proportional to the amount of the wager.
McGoon's Law
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Betting
Odds
If the odds are a million to one against something occurring, chances are 50–50 it will.
Anonymous
Situations
Odds
Always remember Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.
Shug Jordan
American football & basketball coach
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Sports
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Odds
The incidence of anything worthwhile is either 15-25 percent or 80-90 percent.
LaCombe's Rule of Percentages
Murphy’s Laws
Situations
Odds
Life is a gamble at terrible odds… if it was a bet you wouldn’t take it.
Tom Stoppard
(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter
Life
Odds
If on an actuarial basis there is a 50-50 chance that something will go wrong, it will actually go wrong nine times out of ten.
Economists' Law II
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
50-50 chances
Odds
All life is 6 to 5 against.
Runyon's First Law
Life
Murphy’s Laws
Betting
Odds
What is the probability that something will happen according to the odds?
Anonymous
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Odds
The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with ONLY a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
Erma Bombeck
(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist
Activities
Murphy’s Laws
Shopping
Odds
Jimmy Hill: Don’t sit on the fence Terry, what chance do you think Germany has got of getting through?
Venables: I think it’s fifty-fifty.
Terry Venables
English football player & manager
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