What are the Odds?

Thanks to Marketplace on Public Radio for leading me to the new website

The Book of Odds.

I gather it has been in the works for a couple of years to gather the "odds" of something happening. For example, several I found with a quick search that show some similar odds:

• 1 in 739.2 - The odds an MLB game will include a player hitting for the cycle are 1 in 739.2 (US and CA, 1/1/1901 - 9/8/2009)

• 1 in 737.5 - The odds a white female will be diagnosed with breast cancer in a year are 1 in 737.5 (US, 1994).

• 1 in 742.8 - The odds an employed person 16 or older in Tennessee is a telemarketer are 1 in 742.8 (TN, US, 5/2008).

• 1 in 735.3 - The odds a female born in 1950 is named Arlene are 1 in 735.3 (US, 1950).

Seems like fun to me. But then again, I think I need a life.