Sentence examples for winning odds from inspiring English sources

This problem is akin to the multi-armed bandit (MAB) problem in probability theory, wherein a gambler faces a series of slot machines with unknown winning odds and must develop a strategy to maximize his/her winnings with some finite number of pulls.

We also find suggestive evidence that the debiasing affected the sensitivity to varying winning odds.

We implement a simple, interactive dice game that simulates worsening winning odds of rolling sixes as more dice are added to the game.

Kansas (down to 4.5 percent from 7.9 percent) The decline in Kansas' winning odds might seem a bit punitive, but the Jayhawks played three underwhelming halves of basketball before finally turning it on against North Carolina late on Sunday.

But that's not likely to change Clinton's overall win odds much since she's holding steady in other key states.

Hoping for lightning to strike twice — for the teller to repeat this exact conversation with another customer who is willing to take her on — seems like lottery-winning odds.

On Thursday the bookmaker William Hill said it had received a £60,000 bet on Corbyn to win at odds of 1/16, and had now trimmed the odds to 1/25.

They weigh the odds of winning against the "pot odds," which is the size of the pot compared with the cost of staying in the game.

"She has won against odds".

The greatest upset in Derby history occurred in 1913, when Donerail won at odds of 91 1.

The favorite to win, given odds of 1/2 by the bookmaker William Hill, is the thriller "Child 44," by Tom Rob Smith.