We Made 10 Million Computer-Generated March Madness Brackets. Will Any of Them Be Perfect?

Mar 22, 2019, 10:40 AM

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There's a secret to winning your March Madness pool that Vegas doesn't want you to know: All you have to do is enter 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 brackets, and you are certain to pick perfectly. Once.

There are 63 games in the NCAA tournament, not including the four play-ins. Filling out a bracket involves making an up-or-down decision for each one.

There's a secret to winning your March Madness pool that Vegas doesn't want you to know: All you have to do is enter 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 brackets, and you are certain to pick perfectly. Once. There are 63 games in the NCAA tournament, not including the four play-ins. Filling out a bracket involves making an up-or-down decision for each one.