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Powerball - Introduction and odds  


Course Topic(s): Probability | Games of Chance

The home site for the powerball lottery which includes ads. On the "nine ways to win" at the bottom of the page, the odds are shown. In the FAQ section, an explanation of the usual error of using permutations and not combinations is given. A new window with an ad is opened behind the site.

Resource URL: http://www.powerball.com/pb_home.asp


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Subject classification(s): Statistics and Probability | Probability | Elementary Probability

This resource was cataloged by Carolyn Cuff

Publisher:
Multi-State Lottery Association.

Resource copyright: Copyright© 1997-2012 Multi-State Lottery Association. All Rights Reserved.

This review was published on September 25, 2012

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