Chance may refer to:

Mathematics and Science

* In mathematics, likelihood of something (by way of the

Likelihood function The likelihood function (often simply called the likelihood) represents the probability of random variable realizations conditional on particular values of the statistical parameters. Thus, when evaluated on a given sample, the likelihood funct ...

and/or

Probability density function In probability theory, a probability density function (PDF), or density of a continuous random variable, is a function whose value at any given sample (or point) in the sample space (the set of possible values taken by the random variable) ca ...

). * ''Chance'' (statistics magazine)

Places

* Chance, Kentucky, US *

Chance, Maryland Chance is a census-designated place (CDP) in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 377 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The community took its n ...

, US * Chance, Oklahoma, US *

Chance, South Dakota Chance is an unincorporated community in Perkins County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is ...

, US *

Chance, Virginia Chance is an unincorporated community in Essex County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Glencairn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal governmen ...

, US * Chancé, a commune in Brittany, France

People

* Chance (name), a given name and surname * Chance the Rapper (born 1993), Chicago hip hop recording artist * Kamal Givens or Chance (born 1981), American rapper and reality-show contestant * Chancellor, formerly Chance (born 1986), American singer-songwriter and record producer

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Chance'' (1984 film), a Russian science fiction comedy film * ''Chance'' (1990 film), an action film starring

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (born September 4, 1953) is an American actor and singer. Best known for playing Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington in ''Welcome Back Kotter'' (1975–79), he has also appeared in a number of films and television shows, in ...

and Dan Haggerty * ''Chance'' (2002 film), directed by and starring Amber Benson * ''Chance'' (2009 film), directed by Abner Benaim * Chance (2019 film), an American computer-animated film * ''Chance'' (2020 film), starring Matthew Modine * "Chance" (''Fear Itself''), a TV series episode * ''Chance'' (TV series), a 2016 American thriller/drama television series

Music

Groups and labels

Chance (band) Chance was an American country music group composed of Jeff Barosh (vocals, fiddle, steel guitar, sax, guitar), Mick Barosh (drums), John Buckley (guitar), Jon Mulligan (keyboards) and Billy Hafer (bass). The group recorded one album for Mercury ...

, an American country music group *

Chance Records Chance Records was a Chicago-based label founded in 1950 by Art Sheridan. It specialized in blues, jazz, doo-wop, and gospel. Among the acts who recorded for Chance were The Flamingos, The Moonglows, Homesick James, J. B. Hutto, Brother Joh ...

, an American record label

Albums

* ''Chance'' (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album) * ''Chance'' (Candi Staton album)

Songs

* "Chance" (Act song) * "Chance" (Big Country song) * "Chance!" (Koharu Kusumi song) * "Chance" (Miho Komatsu song), 1998 * "Chance" (Sylvie Vartan song), 1963 * "Chance", by DC Talk from '' Intermission: the Greatest Hits'' * "Chance" (Savatage song) * "Chance!", by Uverworld from '' Timeless'' * "Chance!", by

Yui Asaka is a Japanese actress, a J-Pop singer, and an idol who came to fame in the 1980s. Biography Yui was born in Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, and later attended Nakano High School. In 1984, she was the Grand Prix Winner for a Young Girls Comics Mag ...

* "

A Chance "A Chance" is a song written by Dean Dillon and Royce Porter and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in September 1997 as the second single from Chesney's 1997 album ''I Will Stand''. The song reached number 1 ...

", by Kenny Chesney * "Chance" by Hayley Kiyoko from '' Panorama'', 2022

Other arts and entertainment

* ''Chance'' (Conrad novel), a 1913 novel by Joseph Conrad * ''Chance'' (Parker novel), a 1996 novel by Robert B. Parker *

Chance (comics) Tatiana Caban Bethany Cabe Caber Caber is one of the Celtic gods of Avalon, a warrior god. Caber is a good friend to Leir and usually accompanies him in battle. Cable Danielle Cage Danielle "Dani" Cage is a fictional character in Marvel ...

, two different characters from the Marvel Comics universe * Chance, a space in the game ''

Monopoly A monopoly (from Greek el, μόνος, mónos, single, alone, label=none and el, πωλεῖν, pōleîn, to sell, label=none), as described by Irving Fisher, is a market with the "absence of competition", creating a situation where a speci ...

'' *

Life (video games) In video games, a life is a play-turn that a player character has, defined as the period between start and end of play. Lives refer to a finite number of tries before the game ends with a game over. It is sometimes called a chance, a try, rest ...

, also sometimes called a chance

Other uses

Chance (philosophy) Indeterminism is the idea that events (or certain events, or events of certain types) are not caused, or do not cause deterministically. It is the opposite of determinism and related to chance. It is highly relevant to the philosophical probl ...

or indeterminism *

Chance (baseball) In baseball statistics, total chances (TC), also called ''chances offered'', represents the number of plays in which a defensive player has participated. It is the sum of putouts plus assists plus errors. ''Chances accepted'' refers to the total ...

, a defensive statistic * Chance (ship), a number of ships of this name *

Chance Chance may refer to: Mathematics and Science * In mathematics, likelihood of something (by way of the Likelihood function and/or Probability density function). * ''Chance'' (statistics magazine) Places * Chance, Kentucky, US * Chance, Mary ...

, a celebrity Brahman bull whose clone was named Second Chance *

Chance Brothers Chance Brothers and Company was a glassworks originally based in Spon Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands (formerly in Staffordshire), in England. It was a leading glass manufacturer and a pioneer of British glassmaking technology. The Chance fam ...

, a glass company * Chance Rides, an amusement park ride and roller coaster manufacturer *

Optima Bus Corporation Optima Bus, LLC, formerly Chance Coach Inc., was a brand of small transit buses manufactured by North American Bus Industries. It was established in 1976 in Wichita, Kansas. It was originally the trolley-replica and conventional-bus production bu ...

, formerly Chance Coach, Inc.