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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Leafs/Sens (SO)
Canucks
Blues/Caps (SO)
Knights
Sportselect ticket:
Wager $10.00
Win $698.50
Easy money  |
I've always been somewhat curious as to the odds on these, so for ####s and giggles I thought I would take a look.
Last year, 7.5% of the games went to a SO. If we use that as the likelihood for this year, and give the other games a 50/50 coin toss, the odds of you winning this ticket are more than 850 to 1.
Even if we use the older, historical numbers for SOs happening 13.5% of the time, that still gives us 219 to 1.
Either way, your payout of about 70 to 1 is, well, let's call it a rather large bid-ask spread.
(I know, it's entertainment, I was just curious)