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Warren Buffett Offers $1 Billion for Perfect March Madness Bracket

• at-fates-hands 13y ago
  Probably because the odds are only 9 Quintillion to 1. Yes, that's a 9 with 18 zero's on the end of it. By contrast, the odds of hitting the Mega Millions jackpot is around 175 million to 1.
  • dagw 13y ago
    Those are the odds assuming you fill in the bracket by flipping a coin. You can substantially improve those odds by using data like seeding, historical win percentages and similar basketball knowledge. According to http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB114304314046605235 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB114304314046605235 a skilled statistician knowledgable about college basketball could get odds as low as 1 in 772 billion.
    • te_platt 13y ago
      So you're saying there's still a chance!