However, the odds do not look good in Bart's favor, and he is close to being found guilty.
On paper, the odds look to be in his favor.
If that is allowed to happen again with climate change, and the odds are looking a lot worse, there will be no way back.
Whether anything will come of it, I can't say, except that the odds look poor.
At the moment, the odds do not look good, but we haven't given up hope.
"It's your call, but the odds look poor from where I stand."
It was certainly worth making the trip; the odds looked good.
But these boys play like sharks, and the odds look grim.
And even for that one, the odds didn't look too good.
Right now the odds look too good for the other side.