LSEA
Author:
Dan Katz
LSEA
are the odd letters of Las Vegas, a reference to both Vegas and
"odds." Each of these photos is of a Las Vegas casino, and you need
to calculate the odds of each event:
Harrah's
- 18/37 = 0.4865
Sahara
- 13/32 = 0.4063
Venetian
- 18/38 = 0.4737
Circus
Circus - 13/38 = 0.3421
Treasure
Island - 14/38 = 0.3684
O'Sheas
- about 64/2500 (it varies) = 0.0256ish
New
York New York - 100% = 1.0000
Caesar's
Palace - 20/52 = 0.3846
Westward
Ho - 26/52 = 0.5000
Excalibur
- 22/52 = 0.4231
El
Cortez - 52/54 = 0.9630
Aladdin
- 26/54 = 0.4815
Luxor -
ridiculously low = 0.0000ish
Hard
Rock Hotel - 12/36 = 0.3333
Nevada
Palace - 15/36 = 0.4167
Orleans
- 11/36 = 0.3056
Reordering
these by odds from most likely to least likely:
New
York New York
El
Cortez
Westward
Ho
Harrah's
Aladdin
Venetian
Excalibur
Nevada
Palace
Sahara
Circus
Circus
Hard
Rock Hotel
Orleans
O'Sheas
Luxor
The
initials spell NEW HAVEN SCHOOL, and the most famous school in New Haven is
YALE.