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Old 3rd May 2006, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by caruso
This is categorically NOT a freak run, remotely possible. If I've read those decimal places correctly
You didn't.

I said

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522 wins out of 1537 trials has according to Excel a zero chance of occurrence. Of course it is non-zero, but the number is so small, Excel cannot calculate it. The best it can do is for 617 wins, when the possibility is
In other words, 522 wins is such a tiny number Excel is not remotely capable of calculating it. The number, 1.9*10^-12 is for 617 wins, being the smallest Excel can handle. 522 wins is orders of magnitude less likely than even that tiny number. At a guess you are looking at at least 20 zeros before the number.

I do not have any suitable software installed to calculate this number, but I daresay someone does and can oblige us with the tininess of the number.