To find the probability of winning a super prize in the SuperLottery, we need to consider two mutually exclusive events:
1. **Winning by matching at least two of the white balls.**
2. **Winning by matching the red SuperBall.**
We'll calculate the probabilities for each event and then add them together.
1. **Winning by matching at least two of the white balls:**
To calculate this probability, we can find the probability of not matching any of the white balls and subtract it from 1.
The probability of not matching any of the white balls on a single draw is:
\[\frac{{9 \choose 3}}{{12 \choose 3}}\]
So, the probability of matching at least two of the white balls is:
\[1 - \frac{{9 \choose 3}}{{12 \choose 3}}\]
2. **Winning by matching the red SuperBall:**
The probability of matching the red SuperBall is simply \( \frac{1}{8} \) since there's only one SuperBall drawn from 8 possibilities.
Now, let's calculate these probabilities:
1. Probability of winning by matching at least two of the white balls:
\[1 - \frac{{9 \choose 3}}{{12 \choose 3}} = 1 - \frac{84}{220} = 1 - \frac{21}{55} = \frac{34}{55}\]
2. Probability of winning by matching the red SuperBall:
\[P(\text{Red SuperBall}) = \frac{1}{8}\]
Finally, to find the total probability of winning a super prize, we add the probabilities of the two mutually exclusive events:
\[P(\text{Winning super prize}) = P(\text{White balls}) + P(\text{Red SuperBall}) = \frac{34}{55} + \frac{1}{8}\]
\[= \frac{272}{440} + \frac{55}{440}\]
\[= \frac{272 + 55}{440}\]
\[= \frac{327}{440}\]
So, the probability of winning a super prize in the SuperLottery is \( \frac{327}{440} \).