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Tournament Odds for a bowling roll
Built for students learning it for a class or exam. See the concept move instead of memorizing formulas — and check your homework intuition. Simulate a bowling roll live below — adjust the inputs and watch it respond, right in your browser.
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who wins it all?
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In a single-elimination bracket, the best team is far from guaranteed to win — it must string together several wins, each a fresh chance to be upset. Simulating thousands of tournaments reveals the true championship odds for each seed. With little skill spread the field is wide open; with a big gap the top seed dominates, but even then rarely tops 50%.
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Top seed odds22%
Bottom seed odds5.5%
Teams8
Governing equation
Reading this result: At this moderate spread the top seed takes about 22% of titles: favored, but each single-elimination round is a fresh chance to be knocked out.
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