Well since we have a team estrogen wager, it only seems fair that we have a team testosterone wager. What are the odds that 1^st place thru 4^th place will all be of the male persuasion?

18 players total:

12 male

6 female

For this, I will have to assume that everyone shows up and that the ratio when everyone doesn’t will be about the same. So for the math, I will figure that there are 12 men and 6 women.

I know that if there are 12 of 18 players that are male, there is a 12 of 18 chance that a male will win the trophy (assuming equal skill level).

We can then figure that of the remaining 17 players, 11 male and 6 female, that the males have an 11 of 17 shot of taking 2^nd.

So that leaves the males a 10 of 16 shot of taking 3^rd, and a 9 of 15 shot of finishing 4^th.

To calculate this we have to multiply 12 over 18 times 11 over 17 times 10 over 16 times 9 over 15 for a result of:

11880 over 73440

For a grand total of 6.18 to 1

I’ll take the wager at: 6 to 1

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April 2006

Well since we have a team estrogen wager, it only seems fair that we have a team testosterone wager. What are the odds that 1st place thru 4th place will all be of the male persuasion?

18 players total:

12 male

6 female

Thanks for playing at Big Slicks Sports Book!

Well since we have a team estrogen wager, it only seems fair that we have a team testosterone wager. What are the odds that 1^st place thru 4^th place will all be of the male persuasion?