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2025 $200K March Madness Bracket Contest

Scott Morris | March 6, 2025
2025 ncaa bracket contest real money - best one

It’s March and that can mean only one thing for most sports bettors: March Madness! Conference tournaments start t0day. These tournaments will help some teams secure their spot in the “Big Dance” and send others home. After the tournaments conclude then comes “Selection Sunday” on March 16th. This is when the entire nation finds out who has earned one of the 68 spots to compete for the national title.

No tournament season is complete without contests. Whether it’s one that the fellas at work put on, your family passes around, or an online bracket contest like the one we will be mentioning today, the idea is the same: to compete for a prize pool and have fund while doing so.

SportsBetting.ag is putting on a a contest which pays over $200K in total prizes. First place wins $50,000. Could you use an extra $50K?! Everyone I know could! The fee to get into this pool is just $20. But the more entries you buy, the cheaper the entries get.

1st Entry: $20
2nd & 3rd Entry: $15 each
4th to 10th Entry: $10 each
11th to 20th Entry: $5 each

Entry into the contest closes  on Thursday, March 20th, 2025 at 12:30 pm ET. You can purchase a maximum of 20 entries. Only fully completed brackets qualify for the contest prizes.

 

How to Play

Make sure to use our link to sign up so you get the VIP treatment from the jump. Also, by ding this, we can act as an agent on your behalf should there ever be any misunderstanding from any sportsbook you sign up to from our website.

  1. Signup and Deposit at Sportsbetting.ag
  2. Navigate to “Contests” tab
  3. Select “$200K Bracket Madness Contest”
  4. Purchase entries
  5. That’s it! Have fun.

Related Article:

How to Win Your NCAA Tournament Bracket Office Pool

 

Tournament Schedule

  • Selection Sunday: 6 p.m. ET Sunday, March 16 on CBS
  • First Four: March 18-19
  • First round: March 20-21
  • Second round: March 22-23
  • Sweet 16: March 27-28
  • Elite Eight: March 29-30
  • Final Four: April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas
  • NCAA championship game: April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas
    more details here

 

Fine Print

Accumulating $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

    1. The 2025 Bracket Madness Contest features an accumulating prize, starting with a guaranteed $200,000 cash in the prize pool.
    2. Every dollar in entry fees collected above $200,000 goes into the prize pool, growing the prize for the winners.
    3. Winners will receive a percentage of the prize pool based on their finishing position, starting with a guaranteed pot of $200,000.
    4. The Top 1,250 will win prizes. The cash prize pool will be divided based on the table below.
Place Prize
1st $50,000
2nd $25,000
3rd $10,000
4th $5,000
5th $4,000
6th $3,000
7th $2,500
8th $1,750
9th $1,250
10th $1,000
11th – 15th $800
16th – 20th $500
21st – 30th $400
31st – 40th $320
41st – 50th $280
51st – 75th $240
76th – 100th $200
101st – 150th $160
151st – 200th $120
201st – 400th $80
401st – 700th $60
701st – 1,000th $45
1,001st – 1,250th $30
  1. In the event that the tie-breaker is necessary, participants will be ranked based on having the closest answer to the Total Points Scored in the Championship Game.
  2. If various participants remain in a tie after the tie-breaker, the winnings will be split along with the next lowest prize. Example: If two contestants tie for first with 160 points, they will split the 1st and 2nd Place prizes; the participant with the next highest point total will win the 3rd Place prize.
  3. Winnings are awarded as cash with no rollover requirements.
  4. Winners will receive their prize money by 6:00 pm ET on Wednesday, April 9th, 2025.
  5. Winnings are non-transferable.

 

 

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