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Created, and that was a worry, but a brisk recovery. the trend here is what is important, you are creating jobs again and again. the unemployment rate falling to the lowest in seven years, and 5.4% and that is important, the trend going down down down. nurses were hired, and hospital workers were hired, and people that work at clinics in the health care centers away from hospitals, lots of hiring there, and computer system design, and management consultants, and construction and you get my drift...

Favorable situation. this is the dynamic pricing we have that affects what the payoff is, if you pick the right upset or favor. >> the odds of picking a perfect bracket is 1 in 9.2 quintillion. a number that i was unfamiliar with until i read that number off the screen. you know, i didnt read it just there, you know in the script earlier. but its basically impossible to get the whole bracket correct, right? >> thats right. you know thats why you see sometimes, somebody will do a -- you win $1 bi...

Washington basically playing a home game, they have less favorable ods because theyre not in a terribly favorable situation. this is what we have that affects what the payoff is if you pick the right upset or favor. >> the odds of picking a perfect prak et is 1 in 9.2 quintillion. >> yes, someone will do a "you within a billion dollars if you get it correct." buffet and quicken loans did that but they know you will not get it correct. >> the odds are overwhelming that no one on earth will get it...

Productivivityies productivivities. >> one math me tigs says the odds are against the brackets saying the perfect bracket chances are at 1 in 9.2 quinn trillion. thats a lot. im a math me tigsa tis. its like taking a penny and flipping it 63 times and having it come up heads each time. >> and coming up well be talking to tick vital and were going to get all his picks on march madness. >> i think mika beat us all last year. >> she did. i dont want to talk about it. now for a check on your weather...

Notre dame south carolina and maryland also number one. the mens app poll finish. kentucky number one. villanova in second followed by wisconsin, duke and arizona. you think youll have the perfect bracket? the odds are not in your favor. according to a math professor, the odds of a perfect random pick are 1 in 9.2 quinn tillon. that is 18 zeros. >> its like taking a penny and flipping it 63 times and having it come up heads each time. check out this giant bracket in indianapolis. the banner is 1...

>> exactly, you can come back on thursday and make final selections. the idea is that this is a market mechanisms. not all of the favorite teams are over the nine teams. they dont get it exactly right if you believe in the open market and thats how this works. >> that is another thing too, right? what ultimately your bracket will do is show the real odds, the revealed preference of the seeding numbers. >> thats right. oregon is playing eastern washington, basically playing a home game, they have...

And they said we are for freedom, everybody makes their own choices. so it has people talking today. and what is else is trending. march madness and frances has the numbers by the brackets. >> as far as who participates and how america hops on this madness, madness. whether you are a sports fanatic or not. how many will fill out brackets. 40 million. and a majority will fill out more than one bracket. you will fill out almost two per person. so when you do the math that is more than the number o...

12 seed beats a five seed. its the most common upset. three of the hour 12 seeds won in round of 4. pick a 12 seed you like. if you pick them to win one game pick them to win two games. youll look like a genius if it works out. dont pick two number one seeds to face each other in the championship game. thats actually only happened six times in the tournaments history. a fun number we like to talk about this time of year is the odds of filling out a perfect bracket. those odds are 1 in 9.2 quinti...

>> millions of others will be doing this before it all gets going. heres abcs paula faris. >> the shot to win it! >> reporter: they call it march madness and let it begin. the clock is ticking. its time to spend minutes, hours, maybe days filling out your bracket. according to the american gaming association, an estimated 40 million americans will fill out more than 70 million brackets, waging $9 billion. thats more than double the amount that was bet on the super bowl. now picking a perfect one...

Among friends and coworkers. odds of filling out a perfect bracket is 1 and 9.2 quintillion. it is easier to win mega millions two times than a bracket. there are tips. pick one and two seeds in the round of 64. number one seeds have not lost in 120 games. two seeds only lost seven times. dont get caught up in the seedings in the 9 and 8. a 12 seed beats a 5 seed. last year three of the four 12 seeds won. pick a 12 seed that you like. tonight pick two number one teams to meet in the final. it ha...