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January 21st, 2014 at 1:31:56 PM permalink
Fill out a perfect NCAA bracket, win a billion dollars

http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/college-basketball/warrenn-buffett-offers-1-billion-for-perfect-ncaa-/ncwjr/
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January 21st, 2014 at 1:36:25 PM permalink
Is the money in an escrow account ? I don't want to spend time winning this and then not get paid !
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January 21st, 2014 at 1:43:25 PM permalink
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Fill out a perfect NCAA bracket, win a billion dollars

http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/college-basketball/warrenn-buffett-offers-1-billion-for-perfect-ncaa-/ncwjr/



The odds of filling out a perfect bracket are astronomical
1 in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808

http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/03/19/ncaa-tournament-perfect-bracket-odds-quintillion/1999795/?showmenu=true
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January 21st, 2014 at 1:44:11 PM permalink
Quote: Buzzard

Is the money in an escrow account ? I don't want to spend time winning this and then not get paid !



It's insured by Berkshire, and Buffett has publicly commented on it. Of all people, I don't think Buffett is the one that would ruin his reputation at the end of his life by refusing to pay it off. The guy is old and knows he can't take it all with him.
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January 21st, 2014 at 1:45:29 PM permalink
Yeah, the ESPN game has millions of entires a year, and no one ever wins. Still, at a billion dollars, this is sort of like a larger lottery with longer odds and no investment of $1.
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January 21st, 2014 at 1:45:53 PM permalink
Quote: Transcend

The odds of filling out a perfect bracket are astronomical
1 in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808



So you're telling me there's a chance?
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January 21st, 2014 at 1:58:28 PM permalink
US citizens only.... sigh...
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January 21st, 2014 at 2:01:55 PM permalink
Quote: befamous7

So you're telling me there's a chance?



There is always a chance....and you may as well enter if you can
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January 21st, 2014 at 2:16:46 PM permalink
Quote: Transcend

The odds of filling out a perfect bracket are astronomical
1 in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808

http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/03/19/ncaa-tournament-perfect-bracket-odds-quintillion/1999795/?showmenu=true



That's if you pick blindly though.

If you have a 2/3rds chance of winning every game (more realistic), then you have 1 in 124 billion chance of being perfect.
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January 21st, 2014 at 2:26:17 PM permalink
Quote: tringlomane

That's if you pick blindly though.

If you have a 2/3rds chance of winning every game (more realistic), then you have 1 in 124 billion chance of being perfect.



True but still rather outrageous chances
Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly. -George Raft
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