A roll of eight on a pair of six-sided dice in the game of craps. The probability of rolling "eighter from Decatur" is 5/36, or 13.888...%.
Eighter from Decatur
See also
Boxcars, Craps, Dice, Snake EyesExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Mosteller, F. Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions. New York: Dover, p. 3, 1987.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
Eighter from DecaturCite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Eighter from Decatur." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EighterfromDecatur.html