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Anonymous asked in Games & RecreationGambling · 1 decade ago

Whats the probability of european roulette spin same colour between 1-20 times?

Would like the probability for each spin please thanks :)

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  • James
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    The above answers are correct only if you want to know the probability of getting specifically red or specifically black n times in a row.

    Assuming you do not mind which colour you want to get 20 times in a row, then the probability of getting red or black n times in a row, out of n spins, is given by (36/37)*(18/37)^(n-1)

    First spin there is a 36/37 chance of getting red or black.

    after 2 spins there is a (36/37)(18/37) chance of getting the same colour both times.

    =0.47

    After 3 spins there is a (36/37)(18/37)^2 chance of getting the same colour every time.

    1 spin: 0.973

    2 spins: 0.47

    3 spins: 0.23

    4 spins: 0.11

    5 spins: 0.055

    6 spins: 0.026

    7 spins:0.013

    8 spins: 0.0063

    9 spins:0.0031

    10 spins: 0.0015

    11 spins:0.00072

    12 spins:0.00035

    13 spins:0.00017

    14 spins:0.000083

    15 spins:0.000041

    16 spins:0.000020

    17 spins:0.0000096

    18 spins:0.0000047

    19 spins:0.0000023

    20 spins:0.0000011

    You can see that my figure of n spins is the same (to within a factor of 0.97) as martin's figure for n-1 spins (that is, my figure for 8 spins is the same as Martin's figure of 7 spins) As I said at the beginning, this is because I assumed it did not matter what the 1st spin was, as long as it wasn't 0 (neither red or black). The important thing is that all the following colours are the same.

  • 1 decade ago

    The probability of one color in a row in percentages:

    1 48,64864865%

    2 23,66691015%

    3 11,51363197%

    4 5,601226362%

    5 2,724920933%

    6 1,325637211%

    7 0,644904589%

    8 0,313737368%

    9 0,15262899%

    10 0,074251941%

    11 0,036122566%

    12 0,01757314%

    13 0,008549095%

    14 0,004159019%

    15 0,002023307%

    16 0,000984311%

    17 0,000478854%

    18 0,000232956%

    19 0,00011333%

    20 0,0000551135%

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    (18/38)^13 You can do the math from there.

  • 1 decade ago

    take a quarter,flip it 99 times, if it lands on heads 99 times, the 100th flip is still 50/50 that it will land on heads......excluding the zeros

    Source(s): common sense
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  • Petter
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    1 time in a row 18/37

    2 times in a row 18/37 * 18/37

    3 times in a row 18/37 * 18/37 * 18/37

    Etc...

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