Problem 2872. Feeling lucky?

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James on 28 Jan 2015

And this is why I don't gamble: Twenty-two consecutive incorrect answers using randi(10).

Alfonso Nieto-Castanon on 28 Jan 2015

p=.0985 (ns), now if someone makes it to 29 consecutive wrong answers that would be some significant bad luck :)

James on 29 Jan 2015

There's an XKCD about results like this: http://xkcd.com/1478/

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