As of Feb 22, 2009, the following sites were not active.
Was it time, money, who knows. When you can, make sure you patronize
their sponsors to keep more sites running!
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ProbabilityBasketball
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This is one of the most unique brackets around. You give the probability that a certain team will win based as a percentage. Prizes include $4800 for the perfect bracket and other cash prizes. There are prizes for the first 2 round, Sweet 16, and the entire tournament. In their words on scoring:
"The more bold your pick is (moving toward 100% for the favorite), the more points you can gain or lose. If you pick 50% for both teams, or do not make a pick for a game, you will neither gain nor lose points, regardless of the outcome for that game. This unique scoring function ensures that the players most accurately estimating the probabilities (strengths of the teams) in each game will score the most points on average. " For example, should you pick a team as 100% certainty, if they win you get 100 points, but if they lose, you lose 300 points. Not active yet !!! 3
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CDM has a very unique game. Select 8 schools that you think will get you the most points. Elite 8 points are based on the school's seed and the round number of games won. Select the 4 regional winners and the overall champion for more points. After Round 2, select 2 bonus schools for even more points. $10 to enter, 3 for $25. Win $3,000 for 1st place. |
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Win your mortgage by picking the champion, up to $12,000 per year. |
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Is a $10 or $20 fee not enough for you, then move up to the big leagues! The entry fee is $99 and you are randomly put into a 10 person league, where the top 4 earn cash - $500 for first place.iSportsLinks link
partner.Not sure about 2006 yet |
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Fantasycup
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You have to anti-up $14.95 to play (Buy 4 get 1 free), but the winner gets $5,000, with 50th place still receiving $50! Places 51-300 get a T-Shirt. The points scale up as the rounds progress, from 2 points for the first round to 20 points for the championship game - plus 1 point for each seed ranking. This is a patented system - really!check it out
They are focusing on NASCAR now
The most unique aspect is that you can swap up to 25% of the teams after each round, but you must make your changes before the start of the next round - ie. you can change up to 8 teams after the first round. If you make no changes, you can receive 25 bonus points. This site earns an A+ for originality. |
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$5 to play, but not open in 2005 as of noon, 3/13. |
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Sports Touts
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This site offers a $1000 grand prize, although you have to use it to bet on a gambling site, but hey, its free. The points are progressive throughout the tournament and lower seeds winning will receive bonus points in the first 3 rounds of the NCAA tournament. |
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They have 3 bracket challenges and they'll host your March Mania. |
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Win up to $10,000 with 2 different contests. |
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This is run through a forum. See site for details on how to play. |
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Go-Native
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Set-up your own pool here. They should have an open pool to enter. |
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It's Madness!
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This site is from SandboxPlus.com. Their challenge has a unique twist - you start with $64,000 and your prize is halved after every miss until 10 misses, then you get zero. SPAM WARNING!! - This site IN THE PAST would sell your email address to everyone - use an alternace email address! Its still a fun challenge, just be careful. |
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$20 entry fee and you are put in a 20 person league. The Top 4 in each league wins cash. You pick 8 teams, with each assigned a dollar value. You then get points for every win, plus points by seed. A very unique set-up.
iSportsLinks link partner. -not updated for 2006 yet |
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You pick 1 team from each seed and then earn points for each point they score, rebounds, etc. No prizes, but a fun game none-the-less. Not up yet for 2005. |
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They may have their own, but for now links to 2 other sites. |
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Win the impossible $1,000,000 for the perfect bracket, or with $1,000 or one of 9 betting accounts. |
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Coka-Cola has an ongoing Live the Madness game and will have a March game. |
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This betting site offers $500,000 if you predict 60 or more games correctly! Win $20,000 if you predict 57 to 59 games correctly!
Win $1,000 if you predict 55 or 56 games correctly! Other prizes include a TV, digital camera, mp3 player, and betting account. |
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Win a tee shirt and bragging rights. Has a different interface. |
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Win a plaque - and donate to charity and they will match your funds to the Jimmy V Foundation! |
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A "Upickem" challenge with a TiVo Grand prize, or cash for 60-63 correct picks. |
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Lawrence, Mo |
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Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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Win $250, $150, or $100 |
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ONLY EMPLOYEES OF SOUTHERN PIONEER'S CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS MAY ENTER THE 2005 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT CHALLENGE |
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$5 to play, but not open in 2005 as of noon, 3/13. |
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This $10 pool offers 60% to the winner, then 30%, and then 10% |
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Mostly for friends, but I needed at least 1 more $15 pool! |
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Not updated for 2005, but I'm sure it will be live. Has great strategy links. |
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This website offers a great $5 contest with payouts for the top 2 players (80%/20%) He requests an email be sent to double check the entries. If over 100 players then the top 3 winners 70%, 20% 10% . Last place gets free 2006 entry. Not updated yet
iSportsLinks link
partner. |
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Bullysports
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The contest is free this year. You can play 1 of 2 types of games - One shot where you pick once, or re-pick, where you can change each round. Details coming soon 10 |
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Ryan
McGhee
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This free site offers bragging rights
only. Turbo Tourney is used to run the contest. His
site also contains a lot of great NCAA tournament information,
including his World Famous Bracket
Map
iSportsLinks link
partner. |
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College Picks
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The details on this site are not in
yet, but they seem to have an interesting format. There are
over $4000 in prizes and the more people play, the bigger the prizes. More
details to follow soon.
iSportsLinks link
partner. |
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Win a $500 gift certificate, or $50
prizes. |
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Win a grill and $500! |
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Pick every week for unknown prizes.
Check back for updates. |
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620 WTMT
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An entry card must be picked up locally
to enter - In Louisville |
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$4.95 to enter. Win $2500 0r $1,000,000
for the perfect bracket. |
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This site offers
a 61" TV as Grand Prize along with other prizes. They will
also have a Sweet 16 contest with a 50" TV!! |
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Maxim
Online
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The online version of Maxim Magazine
has a great contest with fantastic prizes such as a vacation to
Cancun, a scooter, and tons of other prizes. The contest
involves getting points based on the seed of team. There
is also a sweet 16 contest with more great prizes. 2003 only. |
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Win $250 for 1st place, with a total
of $1500 in prizes. |
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Bracket contest where points are awarded
by seed. |
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Win a great trophy, with proceeds going
to the V Foundation. |
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The Road to the Championships
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A bragging rites site offers another
bracket contest. Not sure how this one works, will fill in
more details after I enter. Not active for 2003 yet. |
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Win a $300 betting account. |
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Alltel
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Mostly geared to Alltel Wireless customers,
but anyone can play. No details for 2003. |
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MarchMadness2003
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This sports betting site has a $1,000,000
Grand Prize (Perfect Bracket), otherwise win $1500, $1000, $500,
and other prizes. |
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One to Many
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Picks must
be made weekly and
points double every week. No prizes (prizes may be added),
just bragging rights, but pride can be a great prize! Unknown
status 2003. |
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Games
Alive
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Win $10,000 with this contest. No
details on how it is run yet, so check back soon. Changed to a
gambling site ad only |
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A unique prize of a Vacation to The Blue Water Hotel in Antigua. You get entries based on the number of correct picks you get. You also win cash for 41 or more picks correctly. |
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Win 50% of the pool money, with 25% going to 2nd place. |
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Actually a free contest, but you must be an "active" member to play the free games. |
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Poolsheets
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This site is from rascon.com, a private company showing off their database building skills. They have been around for many years and is always worth playing.21 |
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A new contest is promised call "Starting Five".25 |
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Win $100,000 for the mythical 63 perfect games, or win upto $1,000, also round 1 and 2 prizes, but due to new gambling laws, US or Canadian residents can't win unless they were already a member, bummer. 47 |
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Play for bragging rights! A good place to try new strategies.78 |
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Win a Dell 37" LCD and other prizes.90 |
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This Brackets Challenge has an entry restriction - The Incapital Brackets Challenge is open to all financial professionals. Participants must be employed by a NASD member firm or Registered Investment Advisor. Winners may be asked to verify Series 7 or RIA status. So if you qualify, you could win one of 3 Apple iPhones or an 80GB video iPod.97 |
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A Private 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Challenge for customers of Southern Pioneer Insurance, but to hit 100 contests this year, I need to list them all!.30 |
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Pays 70 / 20 / 10 79 |
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Great $10 bracket contest - Pays top 432 |
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This $10 pool offers the top 3 places, then adds a place for every 25. Had about 150 people last year. Actually I can't tell if the contest is free or pay at this time.39 |
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$10 contest with underdog scoring - pays 60% to winner / 30% / 10% 40 |
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$10 entry which must be mailed, top 3 spots win 70% / 20% / 10% 48 |
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$25 to win $2500 in prizes. Not updated for 2007 yet.52 |
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This $25 site offers 70% / 30% / 10% ?? for 2007 |
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When running for president, you need to reach as many people as possible, so why not with a Basketball Bracket! Win some McCain wear. 47 |
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Play for a $1,000 gift card drawn at random .19 |
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Sponsored by UPS, win a trip to any college basketball game anywhere, with first prize of $500. Get bonus points for picking the underdog in the first 4 rounds.WARNING - pain in the butt graphical bracket picking system! 20 |
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Netvision
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All you need is an e-mail address to register. Prize for the top 3 places - $50, $30, and $20 Staples gift cards Their 8th annual tournament. .27 |
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The top 10 win great Home Theater prizes.87 |
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A great Fantasy Sports site with their first Bracket Pick'em contest. Play for rotobucks.64 |
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This newly found site offers great prizes, but you must sign up for their Mobile payment service. 40 |
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Win $1000 - not much other information. Although you do need to enter a lot of information in order to play.73 |
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Now just a special group on Yahoo, but another contest none-the-less. 94 |
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Win cash prizes for the top 16, including $5,000 for first. 95 |
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Pick the Final 4 and the Champion to win $25,000. You must be a member and have a $300 account balance. 80 |
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Win upto $1,000,000 with the impossible perfect bracket, or $2500 for the winner. 125 prizes in all. 83 |
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Newly found in 2008, this $10 contest pays $125 and you only pick the Saturday games. Will provide more details later once they are clear. 39 |
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Marching2Madness
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The cost is $24.99 or $19.99 for 2 or more each. In this contest, you pick 1 round at a time during March Madness. The you must return to the site to pick every week! The lower the seed, the more points are won for a given entry. Prizes are cash for the top 25 places, with a $5000 grand prize if enough people enter.51 |
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70% for first, 20% for 2nd, 10% for 3rd - Standard points + upset points - not ready for 2007 |
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3 Sales Guys Games
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THEY MOVED TO A
NEW SERVER, BUT HOPEFULLY WILL BE BACK IN 2005. Here is the process
to get to the March Madness contest:
1) login, 2) Hover over the "Call a Play" link, 3) Move over "Play
the Games", then join group iSportsLinks.com,
or play solo. Netofficepool.com offers a variety of "office pool" games. No
prizes offered except bragging rites, which is the best prize of all. |
