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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Donna Page

One in four trillion: What the experts say about Neylon, Sivo letter odds

YOU'VE got a much higher chance of being struck by lightning, eaten by a shark or winning Powerball than the odds of the Neylon-Sivo letter-writing scandal coming true.

That's according to calculations from a data scientist who contacted the Newcastle Herald last week, after reading my column questioning the odds surrounding the letter-writing saga linked to City of Newcastle boss Jeremy Bath's best mate Scott Neylon and another pro-council letter writer using the name Jason Sivo.

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