You are about to bet on March Madness. Cancel or Allow?

By Vin, Section College
Posted on Sun Mar 18 2007 at 9:41 PM EST
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CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! I'm not stupid enough to actually bet cash on the tournament since I'm not up on my college bball this year (aside from throwing $50 away on office pools) but I am part of a contest from nbx.com called Battle of the Blogs. Instead of a bracket, they do a contest where you start with 100,000 points and you can bet on each game. Good thing it's not real cash or I'd be selling blood and sperm right now.

I waded slowly into the betting pool, putting down 100 or 500 points on BC over Texas Tech, Louisville over Standford, Michigan State over Marquette, and various other games. Amazingly I went 11-3-1 to begin the contest. However, from Friday to Sunday, it seemed that college basketball was fixed. Against me specifically. I dropped 16 straight bets. 16. You could flip a coin and not do anywhere near as bad.

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