1. 03-20-14 08:40 PM #36
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    Quote Originally Posted by d2bets View Post
    They're still giving away a bunch of money to the top 100 or something, but it's still peanuts. It's a great promotion.
    Quicken Loans will give 50k apiece to top 20 best-but-not-perfect brackets ($1 million total) and also $1 million apiece to Cleveland and Detroit city schools (two areas where Quicken has a huge presence). Quicken gets very valuable personal info from 15 million people plus promotion for $3 million bucks, $2 million of which goes to inner city schools. Buffett/Berkshire risk insurance doesn't pay any of that, as i understand it, but they may (i.e., publicly say that Quicken gives it to make them look better since they have kind of a shady business trafficking overpriced mortgages and payday loans to poor people, but there may be some sort of split behind the scenes).
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  2. 03-20-14 09:12 PM #37
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    Quote Originally Posted by BiffTFinancial View Post
    Quicken Loans will give 50k apiece to top 20 best-but-not-perfect brackets ($1 million total) and also $1 million apiece to Cleveland and Detroit city schools (two areas where Quicken has a huge presence). Quicken gets very valuable personal info from 15 million people plus promotion for $3 million bucks, $2 million of which goes to inner city schools. Buffett/Berkshire risk insurance doesn't pay any of that, as i understand it, but they may (i.e., publicly say that Quicken gives it to make them look better since they have kind of a shady business trafficking overpriced mortgages and payday loans to poor people, but there may be some sort of split behind the scenes).
    100k to the top 20. Not 50k.
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  3. 03-20-14 09:29 PM #38
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    Fella's, I'm still perfect. I had Saint Louis which somehow came back from 16 down in overtime and I had N Dakota State which is about to beat Okie in OT too. What are the chances of getting those 2 games right alone???

    What an unreal day for me thus far.
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  4. 03-20-14 09:32 PM #39
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    Quote Originally Posted by TakingVegasMoney View Post
    100k to the top 20. Not 50k.
    Oops, my mistake. Thanks for clarifying. So, $4 million total to be paid out for a lot of promotion and free personal info for 15 million people that is very valuable to a company like Quicken. No-brainer good move for them still.
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  5. 03-20-14 09:37 PM #40
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac4Lyfe View Post
    Fella's, I'm still perfect. I had Saint Louis which somehow came back from 16 down in overtime and I had N Dakota State which is about to beat Okie in OT too. What are the chances of getting those 2 games right alone???

    What an unreal day for me thus far.
    If you rolled SLU + NDSU in ML parlay pre-game, about +320. However, given that SLU was down double digits with around 4 minutes left, and that NDSU had to have been about +500 to +750 live before the 3 at the end of regulation, lives odds at worst points would've been unreal. ML parlay with two plays at +750 (which i figure SLU also would've been at their worst point), probably about +5000 to +7000 according to parlay calculator.

    Nice work, congrats!
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  6. 03-20-14 09:41 PM #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac4Lyfe View Post
    Fella's, I'm still perfect. I had Saint Louis which somehow came back from 16 down in overtime and I had N Dakota State which is about to beat Okie in OT too. What are the chances of getting those 2 games right alone???

    What an unreal day for me thus far.
    nice man. good luck!
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  7. 03-20-14 10:30 PM #42
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    Start hedging!

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  8. 03-20-14 10:31 PM #43
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    Quote Originally Posted by CarpeDime View Post
    had dayton, didnt do the billion bracket. If my bracket winds up being perfect i'm gonna be fukin PISSED
    Sorry, fruitcakes(sodomites) cannot win as per buffets rules
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  9. 03-20-14 10:34 PM #44
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    Quote Originally Posted by BiffTFinancial View Post
    If you rolled SLU + NDSU in ML parlay pre-game, about +320. However, given that SLU was down double digits with around 4 minutes left, and that NDSU had to have been about +500 to +750 live before the 3 at the end of regulation, lives odds at worst points would've been unreal. ML parlay with two plays at +750 (which i figure SLU also would've been at their worst point), probably about +5000 to +7000 according to parlay calculator.

    Nice work, congrats!
    At the 3:18 TO, 5dimes had the live bet for St Louis ML at +3000 (NC State ML -7000). At the 2:14 TO is was still at +1250 SLU ML and still at +1250 at the 1:22 TO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NYSportsGuy210 View Post
    I had Harvard and Pitt....Ohio State effed up my perfect bracket.
    Same for me so far; OSU is my only miss so far, although AZ State is testing it to be my 2nd.
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    at the moment more than 94% of the brackets are out!
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  12. 03-21-14 02:44 AM #47
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    Quote Originally Posted by sourtwist View Post
    Sorry, fruitcakes(sodomites) cannot win as per buffets rules
    sourtitts u have a peppery personality it turns me the fuk on i want to make love with you guy

    please try being with a guy just once i think u will like it
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    Quote Originally Posted by incognitoh View Post
    Same for me so far; OSU is my only miss so far, although AZ State is testing it to be my 2nd.
    On point with you sir.

    I don't know but if Lillard's bracket was to hit, I think Buffett should hand his soul over and take Bill Gates' with him. lol

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  14. 03-21-14 07:09 AM #49
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac4Lyfe View Post
    Fella's, I'm still perfect. I had Saint Louis which somehow came back from 16 down in overtime and I had N Dakota State which is about to beat Okie in OT too. What are the chances of getting those 2 games right alone???

    What an unreal day for me thus far.
    Great stuff Mac. Keep us posted on how you go today.
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  15. 03-21-14 08:56 AM #50
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    Quote Originally Posted by FarTooGone View Post
    At the 3:18 TO, 5dimes had the live bet for St Louis ML at +3000 (NC State ML -7000). At the 2:14 TO is was still at +1250 SLU ML and still at +1250 at the 1:22 TO.
    Whoa, good intel! Thanks for sharing that. My numbers were way too conservative. Using the parlay calculator, an open two-teamer (which would've been necessary given that worst point for each side obviously did not occur at same time) with SLU +3000 and NDSU +750 would've paid +26250! So, $200 bucks on that would net you over 50 grand. $200 bucks and a fuckload of foresight and you get a pretty nice new car for cash!
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  16. 03-21-14 08:58 AM #51
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    Per this link, only 0.2% of brackets on CBS sports remain perfect after day one.

    If same is true for Buffett/Berkshire Hathaway/Quicken contest (run through Yahoo), that means that about 30,000 people are still in the game (15 million entrants).

    http://collegespun.com/national/how-many-people-still-have-perfect-march-madness-bracket
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  17. 03-21-14 01:29 PM #52
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  18. 03-21-14 01:31 PM #53
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    Quote Originally Posted by seaborneq View Post
    Mercer probably ended it today.
    indeed
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