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Warren Buffett Pays One Lucky Employee $1 Million: Here's How Sports Knowledge May Have Paid Off
Monday, March 24, 2025 - 7:01pm | 686Billionaire Warren Buffett is known for being frugal with his money. So, it’s interesting to find out that The Oracle of Omaha is paying $1 million to one lucky Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK)(NYSE:BRK) employee. The employee isn't being rewarded for their work ethic or performance, but...
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March Madness Perfect Bracket's Near Impossible Odds: Among The Big Payouts Is The X Offer For Trip To Mars
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 - 2:48pm | 1277March Madness 2025 has arrived with the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament set to kick off the round of 64 games on Thursday, March 20. For years, sports fans and non-sports fans alike have competed in office pools, online challenges and other contests to make a perfect bracket picking the winners of...
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Robinhood Launches March Madness Event Contracts With Kalshi: 'Change The World Of Finance And Trading'
Monday, March 17, 2025 - 12:17pm | 549Brokerage Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) is launching more event contracts after its successful launch of 2024 election contracts for users. What Happened: On Monday, Robinhood announced it is launching event contracts for every match-up and the championship for the NCAA Men's College Basketball...
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UConn Wins Back-To-Back NCAA Basketball Title: Here's How Much You Could Have Made Following Biden, Obama In March Madness Bracket
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 - 3:15pm | 786The University of Connecticut Huskies have won back-to-back NCAA Men's Basketball Championships, becoming the first team to win consecutive titles since 2006-2007. The victory comes after Connecticut was ranked sixth to start the season. Two presidents picked Connecticut to win the NCAA Men's...
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March Madness Sweet 16: 10 Teams Have Never Won Championships, Here Are The Betting Odds
Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 4:45pm | 688After the first weekend of games, the 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is down to the Sweet 16 with the remaining teams hoping to win the March Madness Tournament. For 10 of the 16 teams, this would mark a first NCAA Basketball championship. What Happened: The odds of a perfect bracket in...
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Caitlin Clark Helping ESPN, Sportsbooks: How Iowa's Success In NCAA Tournament Could Help Women's Sports
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 6:24pm | 1088The NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament recently kicked off and thanks to the star power of several players, including University of Iowa's Caitlin Clark, the media coverage of the event and sports betting companies could benefit. Record-Breaking Viewership: Caitlin Clark, a senior, set several...
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March Madness Air Ball: Bettor Nearly Turns $50 Into $202K Profit, Ends Up With Nothing
Monday, March 25, 2024 - 1:37pm | 697The first weekend of March Madness games for the 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament provided many exciting outcomes and finishes for sports bettors. One sports bettor nearly won big thanks to successfully predicting the outcome of multiple games, but fell just shy. What Happened: Billions of...
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Betting On Biden: A $100 Bet On President's March Madness Final Four Picks Could Pay Out $7,870
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 11:34am | 600President Joe Biden has joined athletes and celebrities in participating in the March Madness festivities by completing his NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament bracket. Here's a look at Biden's bracket. What Happened: Former President Barack Obama began filling out a March Madness bracket in 2009 and...
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March Madness Perfection: The Incredibly Low Odds Of Correctly Nailing 63 NCAA Games
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 9:20am | 971The 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament will see millions of people tune into games and billions of dollars wagered with sportsbooks and bracket pools. Since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, no one has ever had a verified perfect bracket. The huge odds of this actually happening may...
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March Madness 2024: Betting Legend Stakes $1M On Surprise Team — See The Payout On A $100 Bet
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 4:55pm | 748The 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament kicks off its first round of games on Thursday and will see millions of viewers and billions of dollars wagered during the annual March Madness competition. One bettor will be closely watching, with $1 million and potentially more on the line. What Happened...
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March Madness 2024: Betting Odds, How To Watch NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Use Data To Predict Winner
Monday, March 18, 2024 - 4:24pm | 986March Madness is one of the most bet on sporting events year after year and with more states legalizing online sports betting, the 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament could provide a boost to the sports betting sector. How to Watch 2024 March Madness: The 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament...
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Warren Buffett Once Offered $1B For A Perfect March Madness Bracket, Now Pepsi Is Offering $100K For The Opposite: A 'Zero Right' NCAA Men's Basketball Challenge
Monday, March 18, 2024 - 12:41pm | 805March Madness is here with the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament field officially revealed on Sunday, March 17. Pepsi is taking things up a notch to highlight the near impossible odds of a perfect bracket. What Happened: After several play-in games, a field of 64 teams will compete for the NCAA Men'...
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March Madness 2024: 4 Teams With The Exact Qualities To Dominate NCAA Tournament
Friday, March 1, 2024 - 4:44pm | 1077Each year, millions of Americans wager money on NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament games and take part in office and online bracket challenges. Predicting a winner is tough before the March Madness bracket has been revealed. Using data can help look at some teams that could have the best chance to...
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Kansas Jayhawks Top NCAA Basketball Poll: Here Are Betting Favorites To Win, Plus Payouts
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 9:09am | 1019The 2022-2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball season ended with four-seed Connecticut winning their fifth title in a crazy upset filled March Madness tournament. Here’s a look ahead at the upcoming 2023-2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball season with the first AP Top 25 poll out and the early sports...
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Here's How Much A $100 Bet On 15-Seed Princeton Paid Out And How It Crushed Joe Biden's Bracket
Friday, March 17, 2023 - 1:16pm | 1001The 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament kicked off this week with 16 games played on Thursday, March 16. The games featured several upsets including one that is among the biggest of all time. Here’s a look at how much bets on the upset paid and how it impacted the president’s...