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Two friends, Bob and Ben, each buy one lottery ticket. Each ticket contains six numbers from a total of one hundred numbers (0–99). Bob chooses the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and Ben chooses the numbers 39, 45, 66, 72, 74, 89. Who has a higher probability of winning?

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Two friends, Bob and Ben, each buy one lottery ticket. Each ticket contains six numbers-example-1
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User Henry Rodriguez
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For this item, I go with Ben having a higher probability or chance of winning. For lottery, we can never know what combination of numbers will be the winning combination. However, it is better to have your number be scattered as much as possible. 
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