6^12 = 2 billion - right?

[Iomai]

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[simlmx]

Not really! See the details in this other post about the same thing:
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[Jellby]

It depends.

6^12 = 2176782336 ~ 2·10^9

You may call it 2 billion, or 2 thousand millions. So for that, we could say "right".

But the relevant number here is 6^4 = 1296, because there were only 4 dice rolled.

[Ranior]

It depends.

6^12 = 2176782336 ~ 2·10^9

You may call it 2 billion, or 2 thousand millions. So for that, we could say "right".

But the relevant number here is 6^4 = 1296, because there were only 4 dice rolled.

I'd argue it's all one factor of 6 less than that. I suspect it doesn't matter that they are showing all 1's, the OP (and others) would be equally likely to find it interesting if they were all 2's, or 3's, etc. Therefore the first 1/6 chance doesn't matter, it's the dice after that.

So to get a screen where all the dice on BGA show the same would be 6^3, or merely a 1/216 chance. Given most 2p Can't Stop games see roughly 50 or so dice rolls, we should see this once every 4th or 5th game.

[Iomai]

Thanks for the clarification, missed that only 6 dice are thrown. Guess that happens when you play a game only digitally.

Also missed that 2 Billionen in german is diffrent from 2 billion in english.

[euklid314]

4 dice are thrown, not 6.

And 6^12 = approx. 2 billion was a correct statement - as you wrote in english.
In german 6^12 is "2 Milliarden"

2 Milliarden (de) <-> 2 billion (en)
2 Billionen (de) <-> 2 trillion (en)