In my bingo game you have to match 3 balls to win.
20 balls are drawn from a 60 ball total.
I’m able to deduce that I have a 1 / 34,220 chance of winning.
However, I win more like 1 / 100 attempts.
Please identify where my maths is going wrong:
My maths:
For the first ball there are 60 options.
For the second ball there are 59 options.
For the third ball there are 58 options.
I need to multiply these 3 options:
60 x 59 x 58 = 205,320
1 / 205,320.
However, the order of the numbers doesn’t matter, so we’ll exclude permutations from the total combinations:
Permutations = 3! = 3x2 = 6
205,320 / 6 = 34220
So to win a this game I have a 1 / 34,220 chance.
Why then am I winning 1/100 attempts? Something is very wrong.
