Best March Madness Contests: Free or Paid Bracket Tournament

• March Madness tournaments are available at many different college basketball sportsbooks in the United States.
• The best free March Madness contest in the United States is like at Bovada where the top prize is $100,000.
• BetOnline’s Bracket Madness contest is the best March Madness tournament-style contests, with players entering for $25 or less to earn their share of $250,000.

DAYTON, Ohio – When the Round of 64 begins, many differing legal March Madness bracket contests will be tipping off as well.

Two nationwide March Madness contests that are exceedingly popular can be found at legal sports betting sites Bovada and BetOnline.

Free March Madness Contest at Bovada

The March Madness Bracket contest at Bovada is a free tournament for players that bet on college basketball with cryptocurrency.

There are two main prizes that are paid out via crypto at Bovada:

• Highest Scoring Bracket: $100,000
• Lowest Scoring Bracket: $1,000

The cryptocurrency payouts and deposits at the popular March Madness betting site can be processed with any of the six approved cryptos at Bovada:

• Bitcoin (BTC)
• Ethereum (ETH)
• Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
• Litecoin (LTC)
• Tether (USDT)
• Bitcoin SV (sv)

Scoring rules for free March Madness bracket competitions often varies, but Bovada has a straightforward style of score keeping for wins during the tournament:

• First Round: 1 point
• Second Round: 2 points
• Sweet Sixteen: 4 points
• Elite Eight: 8 points
• Final Four: 16 points
• NCAA Championship: 32 points

Players have until the start of first Round of 64 game of March Madness on Thursday between West Virginia and Maryland to join the Bovada March Madness Bracket contest.

Bovada is also offering free bonus drops for players that bet during each specified round of March Madness, with players automatically entered into a drawing for different bonuses that are given out after each round.

Paid March Madness Tournament Contest at BetOnline

For more of an expert style March Madness tournament contest, BetOnline is a top choice.

That comes no surprise as BetOnline as the sportsbook is one of the most popular college basketball betting sites in the United States, with payout structures for contests like their Bracket Madness tournament a large reason why.

Bracket Madness Payouts at BetOnline

1. $75,000
2. $30,000
3. $15,000
4. $7,500
5. $5,000
6. $3,500
7. $2,500
8. $2,000
9. $1,500
10. $1,000

Payouts are given to players that finish in the top 1,000 players, with the payouts structure continuing to scale down to $50 for those players.

Total prizes for the Bracket Madness contest at BetOnline total $250,000.

Entry fees for the March Madness contest at BetOnline start at $25, but scale down as players enter. The most entries a single player can put in the Bracket Madness contest is 20.

Entry Fees for Bracket Madness at BetOnline

• 1st. $25
• 2nd. $20
• 3rd. $15
• 4th – 10th: $10 each
• 11th – 20th: $5 each

March Madness officially begins on Thursday at 12:15 pm ET.