May 29, 2007 :: Curt Van Emon

These numbers will surprise you…

Playing Cards: Royal Flush
Thanks Kevin Labianco for this photo.

I am posting this purely for its entertainment value. The numbers will surprise you.

By Donald J. Boudreaux
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

The economist Paul Romer notes the astonishing fact that if you thoroughly shuffle a deck of 52 cards, chances are practically 100 percent that the resulting arrangement of cards has never before existed. (more…)