You're about 8 times more likely to win the lottery then...

You need to reduce that by a factor of 22 unless you are talking about the £50 specifically.

Whether the odds be 1 in 22 or 1 in 5 million there's no denying that it's spooky seeing the £50 on the table for the 5th day in a row, especially given the emphasis the Banker placed on it.

Plenty of humour to be found in todays game, Ellen was a great sport. Enjoyed that a lot

Technically Ellen left the game one round too late but at least she avoided a complete crash

If this run isn't over, and StatsMan hints that it isn't, you have to wonder whether Endemol considered "fixing" the game so £50 wasn't on the table, in order to make the show not look fixed. Does that even make sense?

Anyway, a game that could have been a huge OPW if the player had caused the Banker to be inclined to go big at eight-box, but he went far too low, got lucky, and then a close five-box call went the right way.

I was trying to work out the probability that over the course of the 1,559 games so far, a box came to the table in 5 consecutive games but Mister Al beat me to it elsewhere so I'll just quote his calculations



So not quite as unlikely as first seems in the grand context of the show's history.

Right thats me got tonight's numbers for tonights euro millions: the last 5 game boxes, just need one more. With odds like that who can go wrong? I'll be watching tonight's game with baited breath.