2012 NCAA Tournament Contests


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The 2012 NCAA Tournament brackets have been released and that means it’s time to start scoping out all of the March Madness contests from around the web. I have a combination of free contests and ones that require a deposit into an online sportsbook to enter. The sportsbooks tend to give out some pretty great prizes, and the entry fee is just a deposit into an account to wager with and isn’t used on the entry.

This year there are going to be 68 teams in the field, but I do not think that any of the contest will factor the play-in games into their brackets.  The strange thing is that two play-in games are with an 11 seed and a 12 seed, so these teams might have a chance to pull an upset and make it a few rounds into the tourney.

When entering into these contests, you can either fill one bracket out to use at all of them or mix and match.  If you happen to do really well and submit the same one to each, it could make for an interesting beginning of April if you cash in at multiple places!

I’ll keep this list updated as I learn about more contests this year, but if you have any suggestions just shoot me an email and I’ll get it posted.  Remember to bookmark this page and send it to your friends, family, or anyone else who will be interested in filling out brackets this year.  Why not help them enter free contests to earn some money!

ESPN
1st Prize: $10,000
2nd Place: $5,000

NBC Sports

Grand Prize: $2,000 USD
1st Prize: $500 gift certificate to the NBC Sports Shop2nd Prize: $300 gift certificate to the NBC Sports Shop3rd Prize: $200 gift certificate to the NBC Sports Shop4th Prize: $100 gift certificate to the NBC Sports Shop

Yahoo
Winner: $10,000
Perfect Bracket: $5,000,000

Fox Sports
Perfect Bracket: $1,000,000
1st: 46″Westinghouse HD LED TV
2nd-200th: $25 Fox Sports Gift Card

USA Today
1st: $1,500
2nd: $250
3rd: $100

CBS Sports Bracket Challenge
Get in the top 10% of entrants and be included for a drawing to win four 2013 Final Four tickets and $6,000 cash for accommodations.

CBS Sports Round-by-Round
Rank in the top 10% of each round and enter a drawing for the grand prize and runner-up drawings.  The grand prize is 2 2013 Final Four Tickets and $500 in accomodations.  The runner-up prize is a 16 GB Wi-Fi tablet (iPad).

CBS Sports Facebook Contest
Finish in the top 10% and enter a drawing for 2 2013 Final Four tickets plus $3,000 in cash.

Sportsco.com
1st: $500
2nd: $250
3rd: $125
4th: $75
5th: $50

Sirius
1st Place: Trip for 2 to New York City with 2 nights hotel, chance to attend mad Dog Unleashed taping, $100 gift card to NYC restaurant, tour of Sirus XM Studios.
2-3: XMP3i radio with six months of service in XM everything.
4-10: Sirius XM t-shirt

First Arkansas Bank & Trust/103.7 Buzz
$10,000 Bracket Challenge!

The Score
Perfect Bracket: $100,000
1 or 2 losses: $10,000
3 or 4 losses: $1,000
1st: $3,000
2nd: Sony Digital Camera & Xbox 360
3rd: Sony Digital Camera

WWMT News Channel 3
Perfect Bracket: $1,000,000
Miss 1 or 2 Games: $10,000
Miss 3: $1,000

NCAA.com
Prize: 4 tickets to 2013 Final Four randomly drawn from all entrants

Athlon Sports
60 Picks for $60,000 – Get 60 picks correct in the field of 64 and win $60,000
Winner: Everio Camcorder, Front Surround Soundbar System & Noise Cancelling Headphones

HHGregg
Grand Prize: 55″ Sony 3D 1080p HDTV & 3D Blue-ray Disc Home Theater System
2nd Place: Sony 32″ 1080p LED HDTV
3rd Place: Sony Internet TV Blue-ray Player

Bracket Science
1st: 32GB iPad 2

Jiffey Tickets
1st place: $1000* in gift cards of your choice
2nd place: $500* in gift cards of your choice
3rd place: $300* in gift cards of your choice
4th-10th place: $100* in gift cards of your choice

BracketContest.com
Perfect Bracket: $1,000,000
Perfect Up to Championship Game: $250,000
Perfect Final 4 Bracket: $100,000
Perfect Elite 8: $25,000
Perfect Sweet 16: $5,000 betting account
First & 2nd Day Perfect: $1,000 betting account
1st Place = $500 ($3000)
2nd Place = $400 ($2000)
3rd Place = $300 ($1000)
4th Place = $200 ($500)
5th Place = $50 ($100)
6th Place = $50 ($100)
7th Place = $50 ($100)
8th Place = $50 ($100)
9th Place = $50 ($100)
10th Place = $50 ($100)

MarchMadNet
1st: $100
2nd: $50
3rd-5th: Free Hat

SportingNews
Easy way to compete with friends in a different kind of format, picking after each round is completed,

William Hill
$10,000 Bracket Challenge

Ruby Tuesday’s
$1,000,000 Bracket Challenge

Dell Sports
Grand Prize: Two RetroCollegeCuts.com shorts of your choice, two RetroCollegeCuts.com t-Shirts of your choice, and $100 Best Buy Gift Card.
2nd Place: RetroCollegeCuts.com shorts and t-shirt of your choice. $50 Best Buy Gift Card.
3rd Place: Retro college logo t-shirt. $25 Best Buy Gift Card
4th Place: Retro college logo t-shirt.

BetOnline

Perfect First Round: Trip for 2 to the 2012 Final Four with tickets, flight, and hotel
Predict All Final Four teams: Eligible $1,000 Prize

1st Place: $2,500.00
2nd Place: $1,500.00
3rd Place: $1,000.00
Requirement: Must have at least $100 in your account before March 17 and place at least one bet per weekend of the tournament.

Bovada
1st Place: $5,000
2nd: $2,000
3rd: $1,000
4th-5th: $500
6th-20th: $200
21st-50th: $100
51st-100th: $50
101st-200th: $25
201st-300th: $20
301st-500th: $15
Requirements: No deposit required!

5 Dimes
Perfect Bracket: $1,000,000
Prize: 100% of the pool
Requirements: $1, $5, $10 and $25 pools that you can enter

Bookmaker
1st: $10,000
2nd: $5,000
3rd: $2,500
4th-100th: 15,000 BetPoints +Extras
101st-150th: 7,500 BetPoints + Extras
151st-300th: 3,500 BetPoints + Extras
301st-500th: 1,000 BetPoints+ Extrast
501st-1000th: 500 Bet Points + Extras
1,001st-2,500th: 100 BetPoints + Extras
2,501st-5,000th: 75 Points + Extras
Everyone Else: 50 BetPoints
Requirements: 1 Entry per each $100 deposited

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