# Price Is Right Wheel - What are the odds of this?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 23, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-wheel-what-are-the-odds-of-this/797042 "2017-09-23T13:57:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-is-right-wheel-what-are-the-odds-of-this/797042/21 "2017-09-24T18:21:29Z")

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> [@Monocracy](#):
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> Also remember, this event actually happened so the real odds of it happening are 100%.

That’s not how it works.

Yes, the odds that it happened are 100%, but that’s a pointless statement. The odds that it would happen are unaffected by whether it did or not.

The odds of a die coming up 2 are 1 in 6. I just rolled a die here on my kitchen table, and it came up 2. Even so, the odds of a die coming up 2 are still 1 in 6.

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