Questions tagged [probability]

The probability tag is for questions relating to chance, certain statistics, and the likelihood/frequency of an event happening.

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How could the lottery and gambling work with accurate fortune tellers?

In my world, fortune tellers and psychics aren't con men but actually possess supernatural abilities. People born into the Romani lifestyle can make repeated and accurate predictions via tarot cards, ...
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Can a casino system prove my (divine) luck as cheating?

I walked this morning and met a street fortune-teller. This old gypsy invited me to get my luck told, and she just blabbed those old nonsense phrases about how this day will be my lucky day and such. ...
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