Letter: Oddly enough . . .

Tuesday 18 May 1993 19:02 EDT

Your support helps us to tell the story

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

Sir: The odds against being dealt a perfect hand in bridge are much less than stated in your report 'Player dealt perfect hand in spades' (12 May).

The figures that you quoted - 2,235,197,406,895,366,368,301,559,

999 to 1 - are the odds against all four players being dealt a perfect hand.

The odds against one player receiving such a hand are only 158,

753,389,899 to 1.

Yours in all probability,

DARREN PULLMAN

Carshalton,

Surrey

12 May

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Thank you for registering

Letter: Oddly enough . . .

Join our commenting forum

Thank you for registering