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probability noun anticipation, appearance of truth, believability, chance, conceivability, credibility, expectation, fair chance, fair expectation, favorable chance, liability, liableness, likelihood, likeliness, odds, plausibility, possibility, presumption, promise, prospect, reasonable chance, reasonableness, tendency, veri similitudo, verisimilitude
See also: chance, expectation, likelihood, outlook, possibility, presumption, prospect, supposition

PROBABILITY. That which is likely to happen; that which is most consonant to reason; for example, there is a strong probability that a man of a good moral character, and who has heretofore been remarkable for truth, will, when examined as a witness under oath, tell the truth; and, on the contrary, that a man who has been guilty of perjury, will not, under the same circumstances, tell the truth; the former will, therefore, be entitled to credit, while the latter will not.



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¥ General election: Sandoval: 3-1 Reid: 5-1 Montandon: 8-1 Heck: 10-1 Gibbons: 20-1 Some prop bets: ¥ Odds against Buckley getting in before poll results showed her crushing Reid the Younger: 5-1 ¥ Odds against Buckley getting in after poll results showed her crushing Reid the Younger: 1.
The Ketchum Game would reach startling heights of infamy before their downfall came from the power of the telephone and telegraph (allowing quick communication over long distances), infighting, and their own disregard of the escalating odds against them.
In the lottery, a mere dollar bet can win millions; thus, it is natural that the game is designed in such a way as to make the odds against winning astronomical.
 
 
 
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