SOLUTION: Many casinos have a game called the Big Six Money Wheel, which has 54 slots in which are displayed a Joker, the casino logo, and various dollar amounts, as shown in the table at th

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Question 1168094: Many casinos have a game called the Big Six Money Wheel, which has 54 slots in which are displayed a Joker, the casino logo, and various dollar amounts, as shown in the table at the top of the next column. Players may bet on the Joker, the casino logo, or one or more dollar denominations. The wheel is spun and if the wheel stops on the same place as the player's bet, the player wins that amount for each dollar bet.
Denomination Number of slots
$40 (Joker) 1
$40 (Casino logo) 1
$20 2
$10 4
$5 7
$2 15
$1 24
Suppose a player bets $17 on the Casino logo denomination. What is the probability of winning this bet?

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
it is 1/54, one possible way to win, and 54 total possibilities.