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Non-Road Boards => Off-Topic => Sports => Topic started by: US 41 on January 22, 2014, 07:16:39 PM

Title: You could win $1Billion for a perfect March Madness bracket
Post by: US 41 on January 22, 2014, 07:16:39 PM
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10328805/1-billion-offered-perfect-tournament-bracket

I think I'm going to win.  :bigass:
Title: Re: You could win $1Billion for a perfect March Madness bracket
Post by: NE2 on January 22, 2014, 07:34:16 PM
spam
Title: Re: You could win $1Billion for a perfect March Madness bracket
Post by: hotdogPi on January 22, 2014, 08:08:13 PM
I don't think it's spam.
Title: Re: You could win $1Billion for a perfect March Madness bracket
Post by: US 41 on January 22, 2014, 09:02:40 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 22, 2014, 07:34:16 PM
spam

Wrong. It's an ESPN story. 
Title: Re: You could win $1Billion for a perfect March Madness bracket
Post by: Alps on January 22, 2014, 10:37:56 PM
Essentially spam, as it's free propaganda for the sponsors and no risk (divide $1 billion by 9 quintillion and round to the nearest millionth of a cent). That said, the $100,000 to the top 20 is real money.
Title: Re: You could win $1Billion for a perfect March Madness bracket
Post by: jeffandnicole on January 23, 2014, 02:02:44 AM
Looks legit. This sums it up:

The odds of achieving such a feat? Well, there are 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 -- that's 9 quintillion (with a "Q") -- ways to fill out a bracket, and entries will be limited to one per household.

Now, unlike a lottery where each ball has the same chance of winning, some teams have a better chance if winning compared to others. It's figuring out which upsets you want to go with that makes the difference.
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