even odds
Coin flip probability
Even odds describes a situation where two outcomes are equally likely—a fifty-fifty chance.
In betting, even odds means a winning wager pays back exactly what was risked: bet ten, win ten.
The phrase often appears in casual prediction: I'd give it even odds that she shows up late.
- fifty-fiftySplit equally between two
- toss-upOutcome with equal chances
- coin flipRandom binary determination
- coin tossRandom two-outcome selection
- flip a coinRandom two-option selector
pick 'em · chance · fair shake · parity · betting line · game of chance · balance · betting · wagering · sports book · dead heat · probability · equality · fair game · gamble · oddsmaking · symmetry · likelihood
- probabilityprobability, chance, random, randomness, luck
- fair playfair chance, fair shake, respect, fair treatment, honesty
- math expressionsdo the math, add up, crunch numbers, number crunching, number cruncher
- oxymoronsbittersweet, deafening silence, pretty ugly, living dead, act naturally
- parity termschecksum, data integrity, gender parity, pay equity
even oddslongshot
Unlikely to succeed
long odds · sure thing · certainty · impossibility · foregone conclusion
even oddsforegone conclusion
Result assumed beforehand
dead cert · sure bet · certainty · impossibility · inevitable
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