winning too close to even

Portuguese translation: (a probabilidade) de não ganhar nada era muito alta

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English term or phrase:winning too close to even
Portuguese translation:(a probabilidade) de não ganhar nada era muito alta
Entered by: lmrocha

13:32 Mar 28, 2017
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: winning too close to even
In other words, the reason fifty bets didn't work was that fifty was too small a number and still left the odds of winning too close to even.
lmrocha
Brazil
Local time: 12:18
(a probabilidade) de não ganhar nada era muito alta
Explanation:
Segue uma proposta não literal. Ele quer no final das contas dizer que a probabilidade de não ganhar nada era muito alta

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/when-the-odds-are-ev...

even money
a. a bet in which the winnings are the same as the amount staked
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 16:18
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2as hipóteses de ganhar ou perder eram praticamente as mesmas
Ana Vozone
4(a probabilidade) de não ganhar nada era muito alta
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4deixaram as chances de ganhar muito perto do empate
airmailrpl


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(a probabilidade) de não ganhar nada era muito alta


Explanation:
Segue uma proposta não literal. Ele quer no final das contas dizer que a probabilidade de não ganhar nada era muito alta

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/when-the-odds-are-ev...

even money
a. a bet in which the winnings are the same as the amount staked

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 16:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
as hipóteses de ganhar ou perder eram praticamente as mesmas


Explanation:
Acho que é este o sentido. As hipóteses eram basicamente "fifty-fifty"...

Ana Vozone
Local time: 15:18
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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agree  Bruno Michel (X)
4 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Bruno!

agree  Leonor Machado
5 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Leonor!
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left the odds of winning too close to even
deixaram as chances de ganhar muito perto do empate


Explanation:
left the odds of winning too close to even => deixaram as chances de ganhar muito perto do empate

airmailrpl
Brazil
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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