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tocomment
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How do you read the odds numbers? Is 8/1 likely or not likely?
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anywherenotes
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I didn't get this either. Some numbers are 1/25, which seems like 1 in 25 chance = 1/25 = 4% Yet other numbers are 6/1, which is 600%.
netcan
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In UK gambling conventions, 8/1 means you win £8 on a £1 bet. So 12.5% chance, if the bookie is a non profit.
mmahemoff
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Close :). You receive £9 on a £1 bet (you get your outlay back), so it's 1/9 ~ 11.1%
http://www.isfa.com/odds-probability-chart.php
netcan
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you're right. oops.
vinilios
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to get the probability out of a/b calculate (b/(a+b))*100
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