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So you are sitting down, pouring over all the stats, replaying all things you saw in those conference tournaments and you are ready. You are not only ready to win your office bracket contest but you are also ready to win the millions of dollars being offered by several online outfits for filling out the perfect NCAA Tournament bracket. Hell, sportsbook.com is offering $11,000,000 to anyone who can fill out a perfect NCAA tournament bracket. Ever wonder why this place would be so willing to part with that kind of money for someone to fill out a tournament bracket. I mean with 1,000’s of entries, someone or some people might get lucky.
Well, trust me, the online sportsbooks aren’t raking in millions and billions of dollars because they are lucky. They’ve done the research and they know the numbers. The chances of someone filling out a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket are….. drum roll please……………….
One in Nine Million Trillion. Yes that’s 1 in 9,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. You have a better chance at your local lotto. You have a better chance in a power ball loto. You have a better chance in a multi-state power ball lotto. You have a better chance of getting hit by lightning on a clear and sunny day. You have a better chance of being King of England when you know you are from the tough streets of Detroit.
But don’t let that stop you. It hasn’t stopped thousands of online surfers from throwing their hat in the ring and taking a shot at changing their lives.
For you mathematics lovers, check out this article which goes into more detail about just how hard it is to hit the perfect bracket:
6 responses so far ↓
1 Emil Calomino // Mar 18, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Amen, your chances of doing this are ZERO. My dad got hit by lightning (on a rainy day) and survived, he has a better chance of doing that again than picking a perfect NCAA tourney bracket.
2 CWilson // Mar 18, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Think about it. You have to correctly pick 63 games. Not going to happen
3 LauderdaleLegend // Mar 19, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Wow! A 63 game Parlay! I’m happy with a two teamer!
4 CWilson // Mar 19, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Essentially, that’s what you have to do. Hit a 63 team SU parlay. Imagine doing that.
5 chris // Mar 26, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I GOT A PERFECT BRACKET BEFORE! yaya
6 Chad // Mar 26, 2008 at 1:35 pm
The chances of me believing you are 9,000,000,000,000,000,000 to 1.
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