Many states conduct lotteries; a typical lottery payoff ticket is shown here. Assume there are 20 numbers chosen from a set of 80 possible numbers. What is the expectation for a three spot game? Assume that the ticket cost $1. 3 Spot Game   MATCH PRIZE 3 $50 2 $5 a. $0.50 b. $-0.50 c. $0.78 d. $-0.39 e. $0.39

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Many states conduct lotteries; a typical lottery payoff ticket is shown here. Assume there are 20 numbers chosen from a set of 80 possible numbers. What is the expectation for a three spot game? Assume that the ticket cost $1.

3 Spot Game  
MATCH PRIZE
3 $50
2 $5

a. $0.50

b. $-0.50

c. $0.78

d. $-0.39

e. $0.39

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