Quote: Originally posted by KY Floyd on Jun 27, 2012
That's not even remotely close to being right. Your later post with 140 zeros comes closer but still falls far short.
I'm not sure how many states have P3 and P4 games, but let's figure there are 50 of each. Right off the bat that gives us 1 in (1000^50 *10,000^50). That's 350 zeros, and we haven't even started on the games with high odds. PB and MM add another 16 zeros, and muliplies it by 3. As a very rough guess the 5 of n and 6 of n state games will add another 150 zeros. I have no clue about the various foreign games, but when the're all accounted for there are going to be at least 700 zeros. Here's what that looks like in a couple of ways:
1 in 3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
1 in 3 billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion,billion, billion, billion, billion, billion.
And for the record it's absolutely, positively, completely impossible, to an infinite number of decimal places, to predict it. There is, however, an exceedingly slim chance that somebody could guess them all.