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March Madness contests explode online

It wouldn’t be March Madness without some great contests, pools and—more importantly—prizes. Here’s a look at some of the contests sportsbooks will be hosting when the Madness begins next week including a whopping $13 million contest!

Sportsbook.com Perfect Bracket

This might be the highest grand prize on the internet; Sportsbook.com is offering a $13,000,000 cash prize if any contest participant can score a perfect bracket—one million dollars for every year they’ve been taking action on March Madness.

That’s not the only way to win, however, as there’s also a guaranteed $10,000 in cash prizes available. The perfect bracket is a longshot for sure, but definitely worth a try for college basketball handicappers.

Bodog.com

Bodog has long offered one of the slickest bracket games called Bracket Buster and there are always plenty of guaranteed prizes. Each of the .com and .ca has prizing as follows:

Grand prize $5,000
2nd place $2500
3rd $1250
4th $750
5-10th $500
11-20th $200
21-50th $100
51-250th $50

You pick your bracket upfront and watch your winning picks add up to a winning score. And while you handicap bracket winners, you can wager against the spread as well.

SPORTSBETTING.COM Hoops Madness

SPORTSBETTING.com is hosting your typical, straightforward bracket contest with some pretty nice prizes. The grand prize is $1,000,000, but sports bettors will also have a shot at other cash prizes ($20,000 and $1,000) a 42-inch HDTV, Blu-ray DVD player, a Nintendo Wii or an Apple iPhone.

There are also numerous $100 prizes for individual segment winners.

There’s one more nice perk—participants can also create their own private groups to share with friends or coworkers.

BetUS.com March Mayhem

The BetUS.com March Mayhem bracket contest features a huge grand prize: a whopping $5,000,000. There are also 16 and eight-team contests offering a $10,000 prize in each.