Alternate Usage
Another possible use of the word "odds" is with the word "in" to refer to the probability itself. For example, the "odds of picking a blue marble are 2 in 15" (see example #1 above). Alternatively, the word chance could be used as in: "the chance of picking a blue marble is 2 in 15".
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