Powerball lottery probabilities
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Powerball is a lottery game in which 5 white balls are chosen from a drum containing 55 balls and one red ball is chosen from a drum containing 42 balls. to win the jackpot, a player must match all 5 white balls and the red ball. other winners and their prizes are also shown in the attached table.
-Why is the probability for matching only the red ball is 1/69? (assuming only one ticket is purchased).
-Assume the overall probability of winning a prize is 1/37. How would you determine this?
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