Question

A lottery ticket on which the odds of winning are 1 in 1 million is given to every person in attendance at a college football game. The most likely result is that there will be

a. no winners in the stadium.
b. one winner in the stadium.
c. many winners in the stadium.

Answer 1

The most likely result is that there will be no winners in the stadium.

Explanation:

The odds of winning are 1 in 1 million, which means that there is a 99.9999% chance that any given person will not win. If there are 100,000 people in attendance at the game, then the expected number of winners is 0.1.