chances are

the likelihood is (followed by a clause stating what is likely). Chances are that she would have been late even if she had left on time.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
İSmaİL	-	Turkish
LÚCÁS	-	Irish
Ravi	RAH-vee (Hinduism)	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali
Arto	AHR-to	Finnish
Gabriele (2)	gahp-ree-E-lə	German
GobÁN	-	Irish