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What are the odds?

The Asker
The first time my family played the game Clue, my father started off his first turn by rolling a six, getting into a room, making a random accusation, and winning the game.

What are the odds of that?

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Calculating...

Game: C L U E
Assumption: 'Random Accusation' means that he did not examine his own cards first.

Rooms: 9
Suspects: 6
Weapons: 6

Chance of rolling a 6 on one die: 1 in 6.

Total Odds: 6^3*9*X = 1944X to 1 against.

Where X is the odds of your father not wanting to sit through an entire game of Clue, and thus making a random accusation so he can lose and go back to watching TV.
WOPR
Assume X to be equal to 1.

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