Billion $ Bracket Challenge

[yoEMAW]

Anybody else planning on entering this? If everyone from here submitted a bracket, I feel like the odds are pretty good that one of us would be by the time this all plays out (please confirm, mocat).



Anyway, that's the best payout I have found for a perfect bracket, so I plan to save my best one just for this.

Here's the deets: https://www.facebook.com/notes/quicken-loans/quicken-loans-billion-dollar-bracket-challenge-short-form-rules/10152185833560489

[mocat]

odds are not good yoEMAW

[yoEMAW]

odds are not good yoEMAW

You mean, not good like one out of a hundred?

[steve dave]

what if 9 or 10 of us win. do we have to split the billion or does each get a billion?

[TheCatFanSpeaks]

what if 9 or 10 of us win. do we have to split the billion or does each get a billion?

You have to split it.

[yoEMAW]

what if 9 or 10 of us win. do we have to split the billion or does each get a billion?

No worries, steve. This thing has Buffett's backing.

He's good for it.

['taterblast]

can't wait to give kstate athletics $100 million with one requirement: lazy river

[Trogdor]

can't wait to give kstate athletics $100 million with one requirement: lazy river

Im going to buy the WSC and have all the seats to myself

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

what if 9 or 10 of us win. do we have to split the billion or does each get a billion?

I can only hope 3 or 4 goE's win. would make for some interesting BBS'n.

[OK_Cat]

how many spare tires could fanning buy with a billion?

[kynard_fan]

Out of the millions of entries, has there ever been a verified perfect bracket in the 64 team bracket era. I seriously doubt it. Otherwise continue with the fantasizing

[Spracne]

Out of the millions of entries, has there ever been a verified perfect bracket in the 64 team bracket era. I seriously doubt it. Otherwise continue with the fantasizing

I bet you're a blast at parties

[sonofdaxjones]

ESPN Radio guys were saying you have better odds of winning power ball three times in a row.

So, there's chance.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

Out of the millions of entries, has there ever been a verified perfect bracket in the 64 team bracket era. I seriously doubt it. Otherwise continue with the fantasizing

I bet you're a blast at parties

 

[MadCat]

ESPN Radio guys were saying you have better odds of winning power ball three times in a row.

So, there's chance.

Probably a better chance of discovering the correct bracket by developing time travel. 

[sonofdaxjones]

ESPN Radio guys were saying you have better odds of winning power ball three times in a row.

So, there's chance.

Probably a better chance of discovering the correct bracket by developing time travel. 

I know, would somebody PLEASE get on that!

[steve dave]

Out of the millions of entries, has there ever been a verified perfect bracket in the 64 team bracket era. I seriously doubt it. Otherwise continue with the fantasizing

I've done it. We had a 50+ page thread about it on ksufans.

[#LIFE]

The championship game would be the most epic nervous shits of all time 

[steve dave]

The championship game would be the most epic nervous shits of all time 

unless you are a complete dumbass you have a $500 million bet on whoever you don't have picked.

[steve dave]

The championship game would be the most epic nervous shits of all time 

unless you are a complete dumbass you have a $500 million bet on whoever you don't have picked.

a good advisor would instruct you to hedge at the final four or probably even elite eight.

[Emo EMAW]

ESPN Radio guys were saying you have better odds of winning power ball three times in a row.

So, there's chance.

Assuming Creighton shoots 40% from 3 range, their odds of making the first 10 consecutive 3's in a game are 9537:1.  So like crazy crap happens, man.

[yoEMAW]

ESPN Radio guys were saying you have better odds of winning power ball three times in a row.

So, there's chance.

Or, to put it another way: "You're just as likely to win Powerball three consecutive times as you are to picking a perfect bracket by flipping a coin," Weimerskirch says.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/12/ncaa-tournament-bracket-odds-against-perfect-bracket_n_1340212.html



You won't find me flipping coins with a cool Billion on the line. I plan to rely heavily on the three S's (seeds + stats + science), thanks.

[steve dave]

nobody is going to waste their time buying another powerball ticket after they just won the powerball idiots.

[Emo EMAW]

ESPN Radio guys were saying you have better odds of winning power ball three times in a row.

So, there's chance.

Assuming Creighton shoots 40% from 3 range, their odds of making the first 10 consecutive 3's in a game are 9537:1.  So like crazy crap happens, man.

They've only played ~2400 games all time, many of those before the 3 ball, so that's more crazy crap, brah!

[Emo EMAW]

nobody is going to waste their time buying another powerball ticket after they just won the powerball idiots.

http://www.ibtimes.com/7-time-powerball-winner-richard-lustig-other-victors-offer-lottery-advice-905908