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Each player dealt one king, queen and jack

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Twelve cards (four each of kings, queens and jacks) are shuffled and dealt out so that each of 44 players holds 33 cards. What is the probability that every player ends up with exactly one king, one queen and one jack?

Short answer

721925\tfrac{72}{1925}. The number of ways to deal the hands is (123)(93)(63)=369600\binom{12}{3}\binom93\binom63=369600. For every player to get one of each rank, the four kings, four queens and four jacks are each shared out one per player, in (4!)3=13824(4!)^3=13824 ways.

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