I think all these answers are off base. People are trying to calculate the chance of getting 5 in a row, which depends on the numbers,etc…
But every bingo game ends once someone gets Bingo. Assuming everyone has an equal chance of winning, the. Your chance of winning depends only on the number of players.
If you were playing bingo with one person, your probability of winning is 50% (ignoring the possibility of ties)
If you’re playing bingo with 100 people your chance of winning is 1%.
LurkerMD t1_je1hqv6 wrote
Reply to eli5 what’s the probability/percentage of winning bingo games? by [deleted]
I think all these answers are off base. People are trying to calculate the chance of getting 5 in a row, which depends on the numbers,etc…
But every bingo game ends once someone gets Bingo. Assuming everyone has an equal chance of winning, the. Your chance of winning depends only on the number of players.
If you were playing bingo with one person, your probability of winning is 50% (ignoring the possibility of ties)
If you’re playing bingo with 100 people your chance of winning is 1%.