that billion dollar challenge

[spicytomato]

i copied the rules

entered altho i know nothing about it
so , why not

i have no idea if anyone else posted this contest

good luck ..

https://www.quickenloansbracket.com/rules/rules.html


now open for register and selections :cool:

[mostpost]

i copied the rules

entered altho i know nothing about it
so , why not

i have no idea if anyone else posted this contest

good luck ..

https://www.quickenloansbracket.com/rules/rules.html


now open for register and selections :cool:
In order to win the $1,000,000,000.00 you have to correctly predict the winners of every game in the NCAA tournament; all before a single game has been played. That is a total of sixty eight games. Can any of our resident computer geniuses-I do not mean that sarcastically-tell me what the odds are on that?

[Rise Over Run]

In order to win the $1,000,000,000.00 you have to correctly predict the winners of every game in the NCAA tournament; all before a single game has been played. That is a total of sixty eight games. Can any of our resident computer geniuses-I do not mean that sarcastically-tell me what the odds are on that?

This analysis doesn't include the play in games and comes up with 1 in 9.2 quintillion. If you eliminate any 16 vs. 1 upsets, its only a 1 in 576 quadrillion proposition....

http://www.businessinsider.com/odds-of-perfect-ncaa-tournament-bracket-2014-3

[mostpost]

This analysis doesn't include the play in games and comes up with 1 in 9.2 quintillion. If you eliminate any 16 vs. 1 upsets, its only a 1 in 576 quadrillion proposition....

http://www.businessinsider.com/odds-of-perfect-ncaa-tournament-bracket-2014-3
Darn, I was hoping for some really good odds. :rolleyes:
Thanks ROR.

[Delta Cone]

It sounds like it is nearly impossible to predict even the first round, let alone the whole thing.

"ESPN has been running a contest since 1998, and none of the more than 30 million submissions has come close to perfection. Over the past three years, every entry (participants can file more than one) had missed at least one game by the end of the first round of 32 games.

Chris Hamman of SCA Promotions in Dallas, who's tracked bracket competitions for years, says he's never seen a perfect first round..."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/16/buffett-quicken-ncaa-bracket-march-madness-billion-dollars/6410185/

[spicytomato]

the billion is a killer prize

however, for those in the know

that maybe go for the best teams and such

i know nothing like that about the sport
so i guessed away



there are twenty 100,000 dollar prizes also up for grabs :)

[ArlJim78]

there are longshots and beyond that are million to one shots and beyond that are powerball lottery odds and beyond that are astronomical odds and somewhere way beyond that are the odds of picking the ncaa tourney cold.

[cj's dad]

Been following this for years- I believe there has never been a perfect first round; and I am 100% sure that no 16 seed has ever beaten a #1 seed in round 1- A #15 seed has beaten a 2 seed numerous times Here is a good link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship_up setsIt sounds like it is nearly impossible to predict even the first round, let alone the whole thing.

"ESPN has been running a contest since 1998, and none of the more than 30 million submissions has come close to perfection. Over the past three years, every entry (participants can file more than one) had missed at least one game by the end of the first round of 32 games.

Chris Hamman of SCA Promotions in Dallas, who's tracked bracket competitions for years, says he's never seen a perfect first round..."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/16/buffett-quicken-ncaa-bracket-march-madness-billion-dollars/6410185/

[Stillriledup]

This is great publicity, offer up a "billion" on something that can't possibly be won and then if you get to the final game in doubt, offer each player 10million to tank. :D

[cj's dad]

I bet there is an insurance policy covering this Exxxxxtremely remote possibility. Lloyd's of London ?

[johnhannibalsmith]

This is great publicity, offer up a "billion" on something that can't possibly be won and then if you get to the final game in doubt, offer each player 10million to tank. :D

And then sell all of the registrants information to everyone in the gullible consumer/quasi-legal scam industry and make a half-billion or so on top of it.

[TJDave]

I bet there is an insurance policy covering this Exxxxxtremely remote possibility. Lloyd's of London ?

I understood that Buffett was self insuring this.

[Robert Goren]

It is the Quicken Loans challenge. Buffett and Berkshire are insuring it. They are getting a premium paid by Quicken.

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/warren-buffett-s-big-bet-on-march-madness-161027468.html

[spicytomato]

second chance bracket play round by round

so far 9/12 for me
rooting on texas to make it better

good luck :)


http://freeroundbyround.1.mayhem.cbssports.com/brackets/rbr/full-bracket