Are you ready for March Madness? Nitrogen Sports is making this years edition a special one by hosting their first Nitrogen Sports March Madness Bracket! Make your picks and predictions starting March 11th for a chance to win a share of the 0.5 BTC prizepool. As of today that equals about $5,000. Entry is free so invite all your friends to play! Be sure to follow all the guidelines below to make sure you’re qualified to win the BTC credit!

Here’s how it works:

Register a free gambling account at https://nitrogensports.eu/
Register at the bracket page and select your predictions for the upcoming tournament.
You earn points for every correct winning team in the tournament. The number of points increase each round:
- - The four (4) play-in games (“First Four”) do not count,
  - First Round – 1 point per correct prediction (32 total points max)
  - Second Round – 2 points per correct prediction (32 points max)
  - Sweet Sixteen – 4 points per correct prediction (32 points max)
  - Elite Eight – 8 points per correct prediction (32 points max)
  - Final Four – 16 points per correct prediction (32 points max)
  - Championship – 32 points per correct prediction (32 points max)
At the end of the tournament the player with the most points wins!

General guidelines

You can only play if you have an account at Nitrogen and have registered an email address.
You are welcome to create a new account via the following link: https://nitrogensports.eu to join the bracket challenge.
You can only participate once. If Nitrogen recognizes you use multiple accounts you will be banned from the bracket challenge and future promotions immediately.
You can make your picks from March 11, 2018 until 11:59 AM ET of March 15.
You have to possibility to change your picks untill the start of the tournament.
You have to predict the total score of the NCAA Championship Game as well. That score will be used as a tie-breaker in case two players end up with the same amount of points.

Scoring Guidelines

If you correctly predict the winning teams in the NCAA tournament you will earn points. The number of points you earn will increase for each round of the tournament. If you correctly predict all games you earn the maximum amount of points (192);

– The four (4) play-in games (“First Four”) are not counted in this Bracket Contest.
– First Round – 1 point (32 total points max)
– Second Round – 2 points (32 total points max)
– Sweet Sixteen – 4 points (32 total points max)
– Elite Eight – 8 points (32 total points max)
– Final Four – 16 points (32 total points max)
– Championship – 32 points (max)

At the end of March Madness 2018, the scores will be calculated and winners will receive a percentage of the prizepool based on the amount of entries (see image below). The exact number of winners will be dependent on the total number of entries in the bracket contest.

In the event of any tie for any spot, the following tie-breaker rules will be applied;

– Tie-breaker #1 – Closest to total points scored by both teams in the Finals
– Tie-breaker #2 – Number of points scored in the Final Four
– Tie-breaker #3 – Number of points in Elite Eight
– Tie-breaker #4 – Number of points in Sweet Sixteen
– Tie-breaker #5 – Number of points in Second Round
– Tie-breaker #6 – Number of points in First Round
– If still tied after the first six tie-break processes, shared prize pool (combined prize for involved spots in the leaderboard)

BTC Credit/Prize will be awarded after 48 hours after the final game of March Madness 2018 and after verification of all entries and winners.