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The chance is one in 216 (6^-3).

The probability of rolling a five once is 1/6. Rolling a five again, on the same die or another, will still have a 1/6 chance. Therefore, the probability of the event occurring twice is 1/36 (1/6^2). Three times has a probability of 1/216 (1/6^3), and so on. It does not matter what die is used, as long as it has six sides.


The probability p of rolling a number x times consecutively on an s sided die is
p=s^-x

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