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Odds of winning one-Handed Solitaire
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<b>Results from a simulation of 100,000 rounds of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Handed_Solitaire">One-handed solitaire</a>.</b>
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<i>Median and Mode result is 12 cards. Mean is 13.3.</i>
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<i>Odds of winning a single game are 0.71%.</i>
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<b><i>You must play ~420 games to be guaranteed of winning at least once (with 95% confidence).</i></b>
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