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Probability tools that explain the result — not just spit out a number.

ProbaLab hosts 22 calculators you can actually use: dice matrices, Bayesian diagnostics, Monte Carlo portfolios, PERT critical paths, blackjack bust advisors, VaR, Kelly sizing, queue waits and more. Each one ships a chart, a method note, and a "limitations" section so you know when not to trust the answer.

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calculators, deeply explained
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third-party trackers
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client-side compute
Sum of 3d6 · probability mass live
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Mean
10.5
Std dev
2.96
P(sum=7)
16.7%

Deep, not shallow

Every tool ships with a full method note, a chart and a "limitations" section. No black boxes, no "Try our premium" paywalls.

Your numbers never leave

All computation runs in your browser. The server only serves HTML and CSS. We do not log inputs.

Honest about limits

Every calculator ends with "When not to trust this" so you stop misusing statistical toys.

The toolbox

22 calculators, grouped by what they decide for you

Pick the closest match to your decision — each tool documents its assumptions in plain English before you start.

Probability & statistics

Dice Probability Matrix

Roll any number of dice, get the full probability mass table, distribution curve and skewness.

3d6 baseline · unlimited dice

Coin Streak Probability

Streak math, Martingale ruin simulator, and the St. Petersburg paradox explained.

Up to 10⁷ trials

Birthday Paradox

Beyond the classic "23 people" trick: collision curve, near-miss and recommended action thresholds.

365-day or custom domain

Card Hand Evaluator

Full enumeration for 5/6/7-card hands — strength score, hand-rank histogram, "out" calculator.

Poker, rummy, hold'em

Bayesian Diagnostic

PPV / NPV / likelihood ratios with a slider that visualises the base-rate fallacy live.

Medical, A/B testing

Gacha Pull EV

Compare banners, simulate pity counters, and convert expected drops to dollar cost per pull.

Multi-banner compare

Lottery Odds Analyzer

Powerball, Mega Millions, EuroMillions: hypergeometric probabilities with EV vs annuity.

Three lotteries built-in

A/B Test Engine

Sample size, MDE, frequentist significance and Bayesian posterior — same data, four lenses.

p-values + credibles

Blackjack Bust Advisor

Dealer bust probability by upcard, basic-strategy suggestion and counter-friendly EV estimate.

8-deck shoe

Hypergeometric Drawing

Urn problems, MTG deck draw, quality-control sampling, and inventory depletion probability.

Custom N · K · n

Money & decisions

Loan True Cost (APR)

Effective APR including fees, early-payoff savings, refinance break-even month.

Amortisation table

Monte Carlo Portfolio

Geometric Brownian motion with correlation, rebalancing and withdrawal sequence risk.

1000+ trajectories

Drawdown & VaR

Historical / parametric Value at Risk, CVaR, and rolling drawdown visualisation.

Past your horizon

Kelly Criterion Sizing

Full / fractional Kelly, multi-bet correlation, and bankroll-growth path simulator.

Multi-bet support

Coupon Stack Optimizer

Finds the stack order that maximizes effective discount and warns about minimum-spend traps.

Up to 8 codes

Sports & games

Sports Elo Win Probability

Win / draw / loss from ELO ratings with best-of-N series probability and upset curves.

Chess, football, MMA

Tennis Match Probability

Surface-adjusted Elo → set-by-set probability, tiebreaks and live game-state updates.

3-set, 5-set

Daily life & operations research

PERT Deadline

Critical-path visualisation with optimistic / most-likely / pessimistic estimates.

Up to 10 tasks

Reliability & MTBF

Series / parallel systems, redundant components, MTBF and steady-state availability.

Exponential + Weibull

Queue Waiting Time

Erlang-C for call centers, clinics, and checkouts; server-count optimizer for SL targets.

SL compliance %

Weather Climatology

Historical probability of rain / temperature thresholds for any date — wedding, race day, hike.

Threshold query

Survey Sample Size

Sample size for a given margin of error, finite-population correction and stratified samples.

Cochran + Slovin

How we compute, briefly

Every ProbaLab tool shares three rules. They are the difference between a calculator and a toy.

  1. 1
    Show the model. Each tool page declares the math we use — exact distribution, approximation, or simulation — before it shows the result.
  2. 2
    Show the ceiling. We add a "When not to trust this" box. Inputs are bounded so you cannot accidentally use a chart where a real model is required.
  3. 3
    Show the shape. Every tool draws the result — distribution bars, posterior curves, sample paths — because a number without a shape is easy to misread.

A worked micro-example

For the classic "roll 3d6 and guess the most likely sum", the answer is 10 or 11 at 12.5% each — not the naive mean of 10.5. The full mass function makes the symmetry visible.

SumCountsP
310.46%
7156.94%
102712.50%
112712.50%
1410.46%

Counted via stars-and-bars; 216 equally-likely ordered triples.

About ProbaLab

ProbaLab is a small, ad-funded calculator lab run by an independent author with a background in statistics and operations research. The aim is to give you tools that are at least one notch deeper than the ones you find on the first page of a search result. Each calculator includes its math, its limits, and a chart — so you can defend the result to a colleague.

Suitable for: students of statistics, traders sizing positions, PMs scoping experiments, boardgame designers playtesting, operations teams sizing headcount, and curious laypeople sanity-checking a viral claim. Not suitable for: regulated financial, medical or structural decisions — see the disclaimer below.

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Effective date: 2026-09-17. Last updated: 2026-09-17.

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Disclaimer

All calculators on ProbaLab are provided for educational and informational purposes only. The math is correct under the assumptions stated on each page, but real decisions depend on inputs the calculator does not see.

By using this site you agree that the author bears no liability for losses arising from use of the calculators.