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title: "An Old Saying About the Long Run"
url: https://randronsports.com/an-old-saying-about-the-long-run
description: "Every entry on this weblog about percentages is, in the end, a longer version of that."
published: 2026-09-06
updated: 2026-09-06
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# An Old Saying About the Long Run

Published 2026-09-06

[12 May 2011quote post](https://randronsports.com/an-old-saying-about-the-long-run)

> “The house does not need luck. It needs time.”

— an old floor saying, heard wherever a table has been open long enough

Every entry on this weblog about percentages is, in the end, a longer version of that line.

Tagged [house edge](https://randronsports.com/archive)