What % of the billion dollar contest was eliminated after the first game?

[BiffTFinancial]

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).

[TakingVegasMoney]

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.

[Mac4Lyfe]

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.

[BiffTFinancial]

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.

[BiffTFinancial]

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!

[JuicedUp]

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!

[The Kraken]

Start hedging!

Million a game

[sourtwist]

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

[FarTooGone]

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.

[incognitoh]

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.

[Burkina2008]

at the moment more than 94% of the brackets are out!

[CarpeDime]

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

[V4Value]

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

[alamo]

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.

[BiffTFinancial]

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!

[BiffTFinancial]

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

[seaborneq]

Mercer probably ended it today.

[georgek118]

Mercer probably ended it today.

indeed