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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by Danno To recap... ...they have now lost all 11 tosses this season. The odds of that are 1 in 2,048. ... the Saints’ current coin flip futility is even more rare than a perfect season. That's the ...

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Old 11-17-2011, 09:24 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Danno View Post
To recap...

...they have now lost all 11 tosses this season. The odds of that are 1 in 2,048.

... the Saints’ current coin flip futility is even more rare than a perfect season.
That's the dicey thing about coin toss statistics. The mathematical calculations give that string of results a 1:2048 probability, but the results of the previous 11 tosses have no effect on the next toss. So the chances of us losing the next coin toss are not 1:4096, they are 1:2.
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