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Keno is a favorite game in casinos, and similar games are popular with the states that operate lotteries. Balls numbered 1 to 80 are tumbled in a machine as the bets are placed, then 20 of the balls are chosen at random. Players select numbers by marking a card. The simplest of the many wagers available is "Mark 1 Number." Your payoff is $3 on a $1 bet if the number you select is one of those chosen. Because 20 of 80 numbers are chosen, your probability of winning is 20/80, or 0.25. Let X = the amount you gain on a single play of the game. Make a table that shows the probability distribution of X. Compute the expected value of X. Show your work. Explain what this result means for the player.

          Keno is a favorite game in casinos, and similar games are popular with the states that operate lotteries. Balls numbered 1 to 80 are tumbled in a machine as the bets are placed, then 20 of the balls are chosen at random. Players select numbers by marking a card. The simplest of the many wagers available is "Mark 1 Number." Your payoff is $3 on a $1 bet if the number you select is one of those chosen. Because 20 of 80 numbers are chosen, your probability of winning is 20/80, or 0.25. Let X = the amount you gain on a single play of the game.
Make a table that shows the probability distribution of X.
Compute the expected value of X. Show your work. Explain what this result means for the player.
        
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Keno is a favorite game in casinos, and similar games are popular with the states that operate lotteries. Balls numbered 1 to 80 are tumbled in a machine as the bets are placed, then 20 of the balls are chosen at random. Players select numbers by marking a card. The simplest of the many wagers available is "Mark 1 Number." Your payoff is $3 on a $1 bet if the number you select is one of those chosen. Because 20 of 80 numbers are chosen, your probability of winning is 20/80, or 0.25. Let X = the amount you gain on a single play of the game. Make a table that shows the probability distribution of X. Compute the expected value of X. Show your work. Explain what this result means for the player.
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00:01 Hello, so here we can let x present the amount we gain in the game, and then if we win, while we gain $3 minus $1, so we gain $2, and if we lose, the gain is 0 minus 1, which is negative $1.
00:14 So x here can be either negative 1 or 2.
00:19 So then for part a, the probability distribution of x, well, x is equal to negative 1, over 80, which is worse, and 2.
00:38 So therefore, the probability of lose 80 times with part of 80, which is...
01:01 All right, and then for part b, the expected value, e of x...
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