2008 March Madness Brackets Contests Galore at Gambling911.com

Miami Beach, FL (PRWEB) March 14, 2008 -- When looking for the very best in 2008 March Madness Brackets Contests, Gambling911.com is making it easy for visitors to find. "We have created a page that features all the updated March Madness contests," explains Payton O'Brien, Senior Editor of the Gambling911.com website.

That page can be found at www.gambling911.com/2008-NCAA-Tournament-Betting-Odds-March-Madness-Brackets-Contests-031207.html.

Some of these contests offer $1 million perfect bracket wins but these are pretty difficult to win, regardless of how much fun they might actually be. The more intriguing contests are those that offer smaller cash prizes but with better chances. It is relatively easy to win a few thousand dollars in the whole scheme of things.

"March Madness Brackets contests are among the most sought after between Selection Sunday and the first game played of the tournament," O'Brien stated. Ms. O'Brien is forecasting this year's March Madness traffic between that period of time to be double that of last year. "For sites like ours that cover the 2008 March Madness betting season, it's all about capturing the biggest chunk of the market."

And that market is huge.

While Vegas bookmakers will likely be posting their forecasted betting totals for the 2008 March Madness season, online gambling sites have been less reluctant to publish their numbers since 2006 due to attempts by some overzealous politicians like disgraced New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's attempts to squash the industry.

But in 2006, according to the FBI, several million Americans were estimated to bet $2.4 billion on the annual NCAA Division I basketball tournament (Harrop, 2006). Las Vegas' casinos were expecting to make about $90 million from March Madness this year (Harrop, 2006). Wagering on the basketball tournament across the board, however, was expected to reach approximately $4 billion dollars that year. This number included online betting, small-stakes betting among friends, and office pools.

"March Madness is the single most bet on multi-day sporting event," O'Brien pointed out. "The Super Bowl, Kentucky Derby and Oscars are the most bet on single day events, in that order."

For up to the minute 2008 March Madness Betting Odds and News go to www.gambling911.com/2008-March-Madness-Betting-Odds-030908.html.

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