2. A further 58.06% of people said they play cards occasionally
3. Only 12.90% of people said that they don't play card games
4. A mere 3.33% of people play card games daily
5. A small 16.67% of people play cards weekly
6. And a massive 80% of people play less than twice a month
7. 80% of the survey think that card games have become less popular than 10 years ago
8. The other 20% believe they have increased in popularity
9. The highest score for one hand in Cribbage is 29: 555J in hand with the starter 5 of the same suit as the Jack (8 points for four J-5 combinations, 8 points for four 5-5-5 combinations, 12 points for pairs of 5s and one for his pip).
10. There are more possible arrangements in a deck of cards than there are stars in the known universe. The full number is 52 factorial, which is (very, very roughly) an eight followed by 67 zeroes.
11. 73% of the adult population (16 and over) participated in some form of gambling activity. This is a 5%
increase since the 2007 survey.
12. The most popular gambling activity is the National Lottery, with 59% of the adult population purchasing
Lottery Tickets.
13. Men are more likely than women to gamble overall, with 75% men and 71% women (The exception being
Bingo: 12% of women and 6% men).15. There are 12,994,800 possible hands in Cribbage
16. Not accounting for suit, there are 14715 unique hands in cribbage
17. It's impossible to score 19 in Cribbage
18. The probability of drawing 4 aces consecutively is 1 out of 270,725
19. The odd of pulling out 4 different suits in a row is 0.1054981993
20. In cribbage a hand of four aces (AAAA) is the only combination of cards wherein no flip card will add points to its score.
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