Some Surprising Probabilities from Bingo -- from Wolfram Library Archive

Title

Some Surprising Probabilities from Bingo

Author

J. Mercer

Journal / Anthology

The Mathematics Teacher

Year:

1993

Volume:

Issue:

Page range:

726-731

Description

It is human nature to look for easy ways to get ahead. As teachers we would hope that studying probability would help our students understand why gambling is not such a way. Since bingo is a form of legalized gambling that is familiar to almost everyone, the game is worth spending some time to analyze. In fact, most of the fundamental concepts from discrete-probability theory can be covered by studying bingo.

Subject

Mathematics > Probability and Statistics

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