What are the odds of repeatedly seeing times like 2:22 or 11:11 on a clock?

[NoDecision]

I keep seeing the same numbers coming up all the time. Example is that I keep seeing 2:22, 3:33, etc. Tonight I glanced at the clock and it said 11:11 and 11 seconds. What are the odds that they hit these numbers when you just glance at the clock? With that luck I should play them on the lottery.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

As for number synchronicity it happens & it happens to me as well. As for 11:11 whenever I see it I make a wish & one of these days maybe my wish will come true.

[Friendlybro79]

I looked this up. The mathematical odds are 1 in 120 or.83%

This is just a copy and paste but it was interesting:

Frequency Illusion (Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon): Once you notice a pattern for the first time, your brain becomes subconsciously "tuned" to look for it again, making it seem like it's appearing everywhere.

Confirmation Bias: You are far more likely to remember the one time you saw 11:11 than the dozens of times you saw 10:34 or 4:17, which your brain discards as irrelevant noise.

Internal Biological Clock: Some researchers suggest your subconscious can actually track time intervals, prompting you to glance at the clock at specific repeating intervals once a "reward" (like the satisfaction of seeing a pattern) is established.

[Iron_Man]

This is very interesting because I keep seeing the Lord‘s birthday on the Digital clock 1225 it represents 12 the 12 month of the year snd 25 is the 25th day of the month that represents December 25 and every time I see that on the clock I say happy birthday Lord I pay attention until it hits 1226 that’s the same thing for my brother‘s birthday November 13 when it hits 1113 I say happy birthday to my brother, but its on the digital clock

[MrChinaski]

"You won't believe what happened. I saw a car with the license plate ARW 357. Can you imagine? Of all the millions of license plates in the state, what was the chance that I would see that particular one tonight?"

Your experience is about what you attend to.

[NoDecision]

But your license plate never changes. Your clock does.

[DonaldDarko]

I see 444 333 222 quite a bit. I saw 777777 on my truck's odometer once.

[NoDecision]

Jackpot!

[NathanDavis]

to see one of them... not so rare, but to see it happen two different times, same day... that's a lot of zeros after the dot, lol

[lightbulb27]

low.

maybe time to play a few lottery tickets...

no more than 2, buying more doesn't increase your odds.

[andreasderjuengere]

Out of 1440 possible combinations, there are 8 made from the same number.
This makes 'odds' of 0.55 per cent

[andreasderjuengere]

A single repetition makes a probability of 0.275 per cent.

[andreasderjuengere]

But if you stay awake and stare at your clock for 24 hours, the odds become 100 per cent.

[andreasderjuengere]

If you include seconds as well, you get to 0.009%/0.0045%/100%

[molonski2]

Someone who understands probability well , and a lot more likely than winning a lottery 😁 !
No point me answering.

[NoDecision]

@molonski2 You just did.

[molonski2]

Not independent.
Just supporting another's answer.

[Finchie40]

Well now that you noticed it , your brain is now programmed to look for it without you realizing you are doing so.

[NoDecision]

And how does my brain know what time it is when it is sleeping? It's too busy giving you nightmares to worry about time.
https://youtu.be/cEKp5smqxHQ?si=vqqCZVI2HNWslaT9

[Finchie40]

I haven’t experienced any nightmares from you yet 😊

[slatyb]

They happen every day at predictable times. You aren't seeing them any more than other times, you just pay more attention to them.

[LC75LC71]

I often see 4:44 and 11:11 which I call 4 fries. There's no odds because it relates to those particular times that you're looking for.

[AgentG111]

If you are me, I see a lot of 11:11 and such.

[HairF3tish]

pretty often, its just your bored mind acting on you, use it :)

[NoDecision]

But it is not a bored mind that makes you look at the clock every time you wake up and look to see if you want to roll over and sleep some more, or get up. And almost every time you wake up you see these same groups of numbers coming up.🤔

[HairF3tish]

Hmm possible, many times human mind searches for more then is in things though and makes coincidences more then they are or relate certain events to a pattern its natural like that we have a super computer and mostly not using it for much. I must do say your coincidences are a bit out of order but also not really I mean just some numbers it's most likely a desire to feel special then something special, humans have these tendencies bcs of ego and movie industry

[fuddly]

Ai says ,12 hour clock

That's 5 times out of 720, so:
5 ÷ 720 = 0.69%

[Billlewis]

I remember 11-11-11 and 2-22-22.

[strateguy632]

It happened every hour so expect it

[Aakash_Hangargi]

I see them everyday although nothing has changed

[Batsy01010101]

Quite often

[Phateemah32]

10:10