In a lottery game, a ticket has a total of 37 numbers to choose from, a player can mark 6 numbers on his ticket and the jackpot price can be taken when the machine draws all six numbers that matches the players ticket in no particular order. How many winning combinations can be possibly drawn by the machine? (NUMBERS ONLY)

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a. In a lottery game, a ticket has a total of 37 numbers to choose from, a player can mark 6 numbers on his ticket and the jackpot price can be taken when the machine draws all six numbers that matches the players ticket in no particular order. How many winning combinations can be possibly drawn by the machine? (NUMBERS ONLY)

b. In a lottery game, a ticket has a total of 37 numbers to choose from, a player can mark 6 numbers on his ticket and the jackpot price can be taken when the machine draws all six numbers that matches the players ticket in no particular order. What is the probability of winning if you bought 4 tickets all with different combinations? (answer in fraction)

 

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