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Re:Who Wants to Be a Thousandaire? (2011) by pimlottc on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @08:52PM (#40304200)
> Since Michael Larson had 100,000 bills, he basically had 10% chance of winning the $30k prize.

A bit less than 10%, since some bills would be functional duplicates.

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Re:Who Wants to Be a Thousandaire? (2011) by mrb on Thursday May 09, 2024 @12:31AM (#40305322)
Oh, you are right. It looks like it's around 9.5% according to a quick simulation I ran.
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