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    $50K TO BE WON WITH OUR MARCH MADNESS BRACKET

    Enter our Bracket Competition and be ready for everything March Madness! Score points with every correct pick—the top bracket wins $25,000! Plus, Bonus Drops are available throughout the tournament. At the end of each round, players who placed a bet will have a chance to win a share of a bonus.

    Take your best shot, big prizes await!

    Entires are now closed but you can view your Bracket and leaderboard using the button above!
    PositionPrizeBonus
    1st$25.000Cash
    2nd$15.000Cash
    3rd$10.000Cash
    • Participants must be 18+.
    • One entry per participant.
    • Participants must have a valid Bovada.lv account to enter the bracket.
    • To be eligible for a prize, players must have made a crypto or Matchpay deposit in the last 14 days before entry.
    • Prize amounts are as follows:
      1st Place - $25,000
      2nd Place - $15,000
      3rd Place - $10,000
      All prizes are cash, credited into the winners’ Bovada accounts.
    • Winnings will be credited within 10 days of the NCAA Championship ending.
    • Contest entries can be made from 03/16/2025 to 03/20/2025 (before the First Round begins).
    • The contest finishes and results finalized on April 7th 2025 after the NCAA Championship game is over.
    • The scores per correct pick for each round are as follows: First Round – 1 point. Second Round – 2 points. Sweet Sixteen – 4 points. Elite Eight – 8 points. Final Four – 16 points. NCAA Championship – 32 points.
    • Any ties will be settled based on who entered the contest first.
    • Picks cannot be changed once submitted.
    • Should Bovada detect fraud, foul play, any manipulation of the promotion rules or abuse of the promotion, the relevant player and their related accounts will be suspended from the current and any future promotions.
    • Bovada reserves the right to amend, suspend or cancel the promotion at any time.

    What Is March Madness?

    March Madness is the annual NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament, beginning in March and ending in April. It features 68 college teams competing to determine the national champion.

    What Is The March Madness Bracket?

    The March Madness bracket is the tournament layout used to track the progress of teams in the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships. It starts with 68 teams (after the "First Four" play-in games) and follows a single-elimination format until a champion is crowned.

    How Does The Tournament Work?

    1. Teams Are Seeded –
      The 68 teams are ranked and placed into four regions: East, West, South, and Midwest. Each region has teams seeded 1 through 16.
    2. First Four –
      Four games determine the last four spots in the 64-team field.
    3. Round of 64 –
      64 teams compete, with lower seeds facing higher seeds (e.g., #1 vs. #16, #2 vs. #15, etc.).
    4. Round of 32 –
      32 teams remain.
    5. Sweet 16 –
      The last 16 teams advance.
    6. Elite Eight –
      The final eight teams compete for a spot in the next round.
    7. Final Four –
      The last four teams (winners of each region) battle it out
    8. National Championship –
      The two Final Four winners compete for the title.

    March Madness Bracket Challenges

    Millions of viewers participate in bracket challenges every year. The goal is to predict who will win each game in the bracket, from the Round of 64, all the way to the National Championship. Depending on how many predictions you get correct, the more points you will earn. 

    Usually, the points for each correct pick increase throughout each round.

    e.g. Round of 64 - 1 point, Round of 32 - 2 points etc.

    This is to reward players who's picks progress further into the tournament.

    Once the tournament is over, whoever has the most points will win.

    The Perfect Bracket

    A March Madness perfect bracket is a bracket where you correctly predict the outcome of every single game in the tournament, from the first round to the national championship. This means selecting the winning team for all 63 games (in a 64-team bracket, not counting the First Four). Essentially, it’s correctly guessing the result of every match-up.

    Odds Of A Perfect March Madness Bracket

    There are 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 different outcomes for the bracket.

    Therefore, if someone guesses randomly (50-50 for each game), their odds of picking a perfect bracket are 1 in 9.2 quintillion.

    However, with basketball knowledge and taking into consideration the seeds, experts estimate the odds improve to about 1 in 120 billion.