If a mouse were to win a fight with a cat, it would be against "overpowering odds". The cat can easily overpower the mouse. "Winning out" is just an idiom that means the same as just "winning".
So, "The mouse team is winning out against the cats against overpowering odds."
It means that the odds are 4 to 1 against winning. This would translate into a 20% chance of winning.
If the odds of a horse winning a horse race are 2 to 7 then the odds against that horse winning the race are 7 to 2.
If the odds are 179 to 2, the probability of winning is 0.01105, or; the chance of winning is 1.11%
Your "odds" are your likelihood or probability of winning.
For 2 to 39 odds of winning;Probability of winning:0.95122, or;Chance of winning:95.12%
The odds of winning with a pocket pair against another pocket pair in poker are approximately 80 to 20.
the lakers have a 99.9% chance !!
In heads-up poker, the odds of winning with a pair of aces against a random hand are approximately 85.
If you mean like a coin toss, it's 50% probability of winning, also known as even or 1:1 odds. Winning once has a probability of p=0.5. Winning twice has a probability of p*p = p^2 = 0.25 = 25% = 1/4 = "1 chance in 4" = "odds of 3 to 1 against."
The odds of winning with pocket aces in Texas Hold'em poker are approximately 85 against a random hand.
The odds of winning are 10,000,000,000, to 1.
If the odds are 9 to 7, the chance of winning is 43.75%