👉 In probability theory, a disproportionate risk (also known as a probabilitistic risk) is a situation in which a particular event occurs with respect to another event with a very low probability. This means that the occurrence of one event has significantly less impact on the outcome of another event than it would if both events had equal probabilities. For example, suppose you are playing a game where you have 10 chances to win $10. If you lose 5 times, then you
