April 09, 2025, 03:46:04 PM

This week's Club Pogo challenges!
Mahjong Sanctuary : Match 70 flower tiles this week!
Thousand Island Solitaire HD : Finish 55 piles this week!
Pogo Slots : Activate any bonus round 15 times in the Grant's Garden Slot Machine this week!

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Posted by sdunkin
 - May 27, 2005, 10:33:50 PM
wow
Posted by Jeffer
 - May 27, 2005, 06:43:21 PM
I just noticed that.

The numbers I got off the fortune cookies did zilch on Wednesday.

I should get my money back from PF Changs....

Good luck to everyone!!
Posted by smiles29
 - May 26, 2005, 11:21:02 AM
awww.  so sorry barbara.
Posted by Jeffer
 - May 22, 2005, 11:18:50 AM
$0.  ::)

Although, I'm sure I got $20 in entertainment thinking about what I'd do with the money.

I'd make a really good millionaire.  8)
Posted by Homer
 - May 22, 2005, 10:51:45 AM
Nope. >:(
Posted by Jeffer
 - May 22, 2005, 10:17:50 AM
Hey I bought $20 in powerball tickets yesterday...

If you don't play the odds are 0.  ;D
Posted by smiles29
 - May 22, 2005, 09:40:11 AM
thats right.  very good point barbara.  :P
Posted by smiles29
 - May 21, 2005, 10:27:40 PM
ya'll "mathletes"  like to take all the fun out of things huh ?     ???
Posted by avs1roy33
 - May 21, 2005, 05:34:34 PM
well, someone wins those poker jackpots....the jackpot right now is only $740.
Posted by Jeffer
 - May 21, 2005, 03:25:00 PM
OK.  the number I've initially came up with is 1,024,000,000 to one.  Better odds than bobby's number but still not good.....

1.01 percent of Royal flushes are sequential.  Then adding in it has to be in spades and bobby's multiplier and you get this number.  More or less.  I'd try to get a more accurate number but when you get past a billion who really cares???
Posted by pogoisevil
 - May 21, 2005, 02:00:40 PM
Well, no jackpot (bummer) :-[ .....but congrats to yer wife on winning the 10K tokies!! O0
Posted by Jeffer
 - May 21, 2005, 08:12:38 AM
Your math is right.  You obviously paid attention in your college stats classes.

I could write quite a bit about Video Poker Odds.  But I'll just say I know some people who do this stuff for a living, and it's harder that it looks when you take draws into account.  I'll ask them early next week. 
Posted by bobbysbackup
 - May 20, 2005, 10:47:44 PM
Yep, Jeffer is right.  But, that doesn't stop me from playing Video Poker....  I'm pretty good at it, and follow basic video poker strategy when playing, BUT, I always  disregard that policy if ANY of the jackpot cards are in their proper location.

If remember my college statistics from way back, I would imagine the odds of hitting the jackpot would be 1:(52*51*50*49*48*2*2*2*2*2) or 1 chance out of 9,980,006,400.  The *2's in there are because each royal spade card has a 50:50 chance of being a jackpot card.  So, basically you have a 1 in 10 BILLION chance of winning the video poker jackpot (IF I've done my math right...) on the first spin... then, it would get much more complicated to figure out the odds on the redeal (and I don't feel like calculating it at 2:00am at night!)  But, it would still be a huge number.  And you thought the Mega Millions lottery was tough  and it's odds are *only* 1:135,145,920...  AND you win MILLIONS there, and not the measly $4,999 max that Pogo gives you!
Posted by Jeffer
 - May 20, 2005, 08:28:21 PM
You all realize I'm going to sit down on a slow afternoon and work it out.... 8)
Posted by smiles29
 - May 20, 2005, 06:51:44 PM
things that make you go hmmmmmmmm in the night.