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Two-digit numbers with a given product of digits, drawn 4 times: event occurs at least 3 times

The same question, asked 2 times: 16 May 2023 S2*, 21 Apr 2025 S2. Every wording below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    16 May 2023 S2

    123
    Numbers are selected at random, one at a time from two-digit numbers 10, 11, 12, \ldots, 99 with replacement. An event E occurs if and only if the product of the two digits of a selected number is 18. If four numbers are selected, then probability that the event E occurs at least 3 times is

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  2. Question 2

    21 Apr 2025 S2

    101
    Numbers are selected at random, one at a time from the two-digit numbers 00,01,02,……−00,01,02,\ldots\ldots -, 99 with replacement. An event EE occurs only if the product of the two digits of a selected number is 24. If four numbers are selected, then probability, that the event E occurs at least 3 times, is

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