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Re: British bookies giving odds on the midterms
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Ammonia Avenue
Nov 2, 2022, 2:58:01 PM11/2/22
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On 02 Nov 2022, "Scout" <me4...@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net>
posted some news:tjuavh$17jom$1...@dont-email.me:
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> "Klaus Schadenfreude" <klaus.schadenfreude.entfernen.@gmail.com>
> wrote in message news:fi95mhdkg6hv15jqd...@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 13:16:11 -0400, Mighty Wannabe <@.> wrote:
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>>>bigdog wrote on 11/2/2022 12:14 PM:
>>>> They define a landslide as either party winning 55 seats in the
>>>> Senate. The
>>>> odds of the Democrats doing that are 400 to 1. The odds of the
>>>> Republicans
>>>> doing that are 18 to 1. The Republicans are odds on to win a
>>>> majority in the
>>>> Senate at 8 to 15. That mean if you bet $15, you would only win $8.
>>>
>>>Maybe that should read 8 to 1, not 8 to 15, because odds are always
>>>presented as "X to 1".
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>> Why do you INSIST on revealing how ignorant you are?
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> Because Rudy can't help himself. I mean if he didn't reveal his
> ignorance.. he would have nothing to say... about anything.
If Rudy has 531 socks and he posts an average of 30 per day using three of
them on Mondays, what are the odds that he will post the same number
using two socks on Wednesdays?
posted some news:tjuavh$17jom$1...@dont-email.me:
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>
> "Klaus Schadenfreude" <klaus.schadenfreude.entfernen.@gmail.com>
> wrote in message news:fi95mhdkg6hv15jqd...@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 13:16:11 -0400, Mighty Wannabe <@.> wrote:
>>
>>>bigdog wrote on 11/2/2022 12:14 PM:
>>>> They define a landslide as either party winning 55 seats in the
>>>> Senate. The
>>>> odds of the Democrats doing that are 400 to 1. The odds of the
>>>> Republicans
>>>> doing that are 18 to 1. The Republicans are odds on to win a
>>>> majority in the
>>>> Senate at 8 to 15. That mean if you bet $15, you would only win $8.
>>>
>>>Maybe that should read 8 to 1, not 8 to 15, because odds are always
>>>presented as "X to 1".
>>
>> Why do you INSIST on revealing how ignorant you are?
>
> Because Rudy can't help himself. I mean if he didn't reveal his
> ignorance.. he would have nothing to say... about anything.
If Rudy has 531 socks and he posts an average of 30 per day using three of
them on Mondays, what are the odds that he will post the same number
using two socks on Wednesdays?
Scout
Nov 3, 2022, 7:46:55 AM11/3/22
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