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The Thunderball Lottery and requires a player to make 2 choices: (1) Pick 5 numbers out of a set of 34 white balls; and (2) Pick 1 Thunder Ball from a set of 14 balls. If the player picks the same numbers as those that are drawn in the next drawing, the player wins the Jackpot prize.
While everyone says that every combination has an equal chance of winning, Lottery Power Picks and others, believe that certain combinations are more likely to occur than others.
The following Table summarize the occurances of the Lottery Ball Bucket Distribution of all Thunderball combinations for the white balls.
These are sorted from highest to lowest concentration and probability.
| The Thunderball white balls are numbered 1 to 34. The player selects 5 of these numbers. The table below shows the probability of each of the balls falling within a decimal range: 0-9; 10-19; 20-29; and 30-34 ranging from highest to lowest combinations.
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| Table TB-2b: Thunderball Sorted Bucket Distribution
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| Count
| Bucket
1-9
| Bucket
10-19
| Bucket
20-29
| Bucket
30-34
| Num
Combos
| Pct
Combos
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| 1
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 20,250
| 7.3%
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| 2
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 20,250
| 7.3%
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| 3
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 18,225
| 6.5%
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| 4
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 18,000
| 6.5%
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| 5
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 16,200
| 5.8%
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| 6
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 16,200
| 5.8%
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| 7
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 10,800
| 3.9%
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| 8
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 10,800
| 3.9%
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| 9
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 10,125
| 3.6%
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| 10
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 9,000
| 3.2%
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| 11
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 8,400
| 3.0%
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| 12
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 8,100
| 2.9%
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| 13
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 8,100
| 2.9%
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| 14
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 6,000
| 2.2%
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| 15
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 6,000
| 2.2%
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| 16
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 5,400
| 1.9%
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| 17
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 5,400
| 1.9%
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| 18
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 5,400
| 1.9%
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| 19
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 5,400
| 1.9%
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| 20
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 4,500
| 1.6%
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| 21
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 4,500
| 1.6%
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| 22
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4,320
| 1.6%
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| 23
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 4,320
| 1.6%
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| 24
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4,200
| 1.5%
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| 25
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4,200
| 1.5%
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| 26
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 4,050
| 1.5%
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| 27
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 4,050
| 1.5%
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| 28
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3,780
| 1.4%
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| 29
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3,780
| 1.4%
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| 30
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 3,600
| 1.3%
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| 31
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3,600
| 1.3%
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| 32
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 2,100
| 0.8%
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| 33
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2,100
| 0.8%
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| 34
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1,890
| 0.7%
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| 35
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1,890
| 0.7%
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| 36
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1,260
| 0.5%
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| 37
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1,260
| 0.5%
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| 38
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1,200
| 0.4%
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| 39
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 1,200
| 0.4%
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| 40
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1,050
| 0.4%
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| 41
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1,050
| 0.4%
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| 42
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 1,000
| 0.4%
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| 43
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 900
| 0.3%
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| 44
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 900
| 0.3%
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| 45
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 840
| 0.3%
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| 46
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 630
| 0.2%
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| 47
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 450
| 0.2%
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| 48
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 450
| 0.2%
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| 49
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 360
| 0.1%
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| 50
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 252
| 0.1%
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| 51
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 252
| 0.1%
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| 52
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 126
| 0.0%
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| 53
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 50
| 0.0%
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| 54
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 50
| 0.0%
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| 55
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 45
| 0.0%
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| 56
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0.0%
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| 278,256
| 100.0
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As shown in Table TB-2b, there are 56 different bucket combinations. The buckets with the highest count are at the top of the table. The buckets with the fewest count are at the bottom of the table. Note that the combination number on the left side is only a reference. These are not the same as Table TB-2a.
The table on the previous page illustrates this same information, but is NOT sorted.
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