Answer to Question #29560 in Statistics and Probability for Nikki

Question

Consider a lottery game in which six balls are drawn randomly from a set of balls numbered 1 through 42. One week the winning combination consists of balls numbered 21, 4, 17, 33, 40, and 9. The next week, the winning balls are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and six. Is the second winning set more or less likely than or just as likely as the first. Explain