Lucky six

One of the most popular game in gaming houses is certainly Lucky Six.

Lucky Six is a draw based game where numbers are drawn from the drum. Simply put, first, you choose 6 numbered balls out of 48. Then, computer randomly draws 35 balls and if all 6 balls that you picked are among those 35, you win. Otherwise, you lose. What is the probability of winning in Lucky Six? Answer to three decimal places.

Note : Assume that computer draws the numbers fairly.


The answer is 0.132.

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Uros Stojkovic
Jun 21, 2017

Our strategy for solving this problem could be to first calculate the number of winning combinations, then to calculate the general number of combinations of picking 35 35 balls out of 48 48 , and finally to divide those two numbers.

We'll start with calculating the number of winning combinations. Winning combinations are the combinations of 35 35 numbers which contain your six lucky numbers, while the other 29 29 numbers can be any of 42 42 numbers left. Hence, the number of winning combinations is equal to the number of ways of picking 29 29 numbers out of 42 42 , and that's:

( 42 29 ) = 42 ! 29 ! × ( 42 29 ) ! = 42 ! 29 ! × 13 ! \binom{42}{29}=\frac{42!}{29!\times(42-29)!}=\frac{42!}{29!\times 13!}

Next, number of combinations of picking 35 35 balls out of 48 48 is:

( 48 35 ) = 48 ! 35 ! × ( 48 35 ) ! = 48 ! 35 ! × 13 ! \binom{48}{35}=\frac{48!}{35!\times(48-35)!}=\frac{48!}{35!\times 13!}

Probability of winning is the quotient of these two values:

42 ! 29 ! × 13 ! 48 ! 35 ! × 13 ! = 35 × 34 × 33 × 32 × 31 × 30 48 × 47 × 46 × 45 × 44 × 43 = 0.13227058 0.132 \frac{\frac{42!}{29!\times 13!}}{\frac{48!}{35!\times 13 !}}=\frac{35\times 34\times 33\times 32\times 31\times 30}{48\times 47\times 46\times 45\times 44\times 43}=0.13227058\approx 0.132

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