Warren Buffett said that any employee of his company, Berkshire Hathaway, to accurately predict the Sweet 16 will win $1 million a year for life.
CLOSE SportsPulse: Before you hit "submit" in your office pool's bracket challenge follow these simple "Do's" and "Don'ts" when filling out your March Madness bracket. USA TODAYIn an interview with CNBC last month, Buffett said that any employee of his company, Berkshire Hathaway, to accurately predict the Sweet 16 will win $1 million a year for life.
Buffett will also offer a $100,000 consolation prize to the person who does the best. Last year, he split $100,000 between eight employees. The year before, five people lost with just one game left.In 2018, there were no perfect Sweet 16 brackets among the 17.3 million on ESPN after No. 16 UMBC defeated No. 1 Virginia in the first round of the tournament.
According to Duke University math professor Jonathan Mattingly, the odds of someone picking a perfect bracket are one in 2.4 trillion.BRACKET TIPS: Everything you need to dominate your office pool
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