NCAA March Madness Bracket Contests

March Madness is here! Selection Sunday is in the books and the 68 team 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket is set. You can now start filling out your brackets in order to win some big prizes this year. Below you will find a wide variety of free March Madness brackets with some solid prizes, as well as a few value added brackets that will have some kind of entry requirement, but will have much better odds of you winning a prize.

I will be adding new March Madness contests to this page daily until the start of the tournament, so check back often!

Do you know of a March Madness contest not included on this list?

If so please email info@sportsbetlistings.com with a link to the contest and we will add it right away.

**If you’re looking to bet on the March Madness games, check out our how to bet on March Madness online guide.

Free March Madness Bracket Contests

Here is a list of free March Madness bracket contests from around the web.  These contests are generally open to only American or Canadian (or both) residents and you can check this in the eligibility section.  I’ve rated each of the contests mainly based on their prizes and the number of probable entries (I am just estimating the number of entries).  Obviously the bigger the prize the better and the fewer the entrants the better your chances of winning a piece of the prize pool.

I’m also not including ‘perfect brackets’ at all in my grading because the odds are so astronomical that the whole ‘perfect bracket’ promotion seems like a gimmick to me.  For this reason I am not including any contests where the only prize is for a perfect bracket.  That said I do include the perfect bracket prizes in the descriptions for the contests that offer winnable prizes.

**The list is not yet fully updated for 2026. Check back Monday after Selection Sunday for a complete list.

  • Bovada.lv $50,000 March Madness Bracket
    • 1st Place: $25,000 cash prize.
    • 2nd Place: $15,000 cash.
    • 3rd Place: $10,000 cash.
    • Eligibility: Must have a Bovada.lv account to enter the contest.
    • Contest Grade: A
    • **You will find the information on how to enter the bracket on the ‘Promotions’ page of the Bovada website after opening your account.
  • Everygame.eu $25K March Madness Bracket
    • Grand Prize: $25,000 in free bets divided between top 25 finishers ($1,000 in free-bets each).
    • Other Prizes: None
    • Eligibility: Open to all Everygame.eu customers in North America. You must bet at least $50 in the Everygame Sportsbook between March 16th and March 29th to be eligible to win the prizes.
    • Contest Grade: B
    • **If there is a perfect bracket then the $25,000 in free bets will all be awarded to the user with the perfect bracket and not to the 25 highest finishers.
  • Yahoo Fantasy 25K Men’s Best Bracket Contest
    • Grand Prize: $25,000
      • Other Prizes: None
      • Eligibility: 18+ USA or Canada (excluding Quebec and Ontario) residents
      • Contest Grade: D
  • CBS Sports Bracket Challenge
    • Grand Prize: Four 2027 Final Four Tickets + $6,000 ($10,000 ARV)
      • Awarded to a randomly selected participant who is in the top 10% of point scorers in the bracket challenge.
    • Other Prizes: None
    • Eligibility: 21+ USA residents
    • Contest Grade: D
  • ESPN Tournament Challenge
    • Grand Prizes: Twenty Grand Prizes of $5,000 cash
      • Any entry that correctly picks the 2026 National Champion will be entered into the random drawing for the grand prizes.
    • Other Prizes: Twenty-Five First Prizes of $1,000 cash
      • Anyone who fills out 25 completed brackets will be entered into the random drawing for the First prizes.
    • Eligibility: 18+ USA and Canada (excluding Quebec) residents
    • Contest Grade: C
    • The Tournament Challenge Eliminator Contest is also available on the ESPN website.
  • The Gist Sports Bracket Challenge
    • 1st Place: $400 Ticketmaster gift card.
    • 2nd Place: $300 Ticketmaster gift card.
    • 3rd Place: $200 Ticketmaster gift card.
    • Eligibility: 18+ USA and Canada residents
    • Contest Grade: C

Paid 2026 March Madness Brackets

  • $200,000 BetOnline.ag Bracket Madness
    • **This contest features an accumulating prize pool with $200,000 guaranteed. Every dollar collected goes towards the prize pool (no rake). Any entry fees collected over $200,000 will be awarded to winners based on the percentage distribution outlined in the $200,000 guaranteed prize pool payouts.
    • First Place Prize: $50,000
    • Top 1250 Paid: $25,000 for 2nd down to $30 for 1250th.
    • **Prizes will increase if entry fees collected exceed $200,000.**
    • Entries: $20 for 1st entry, $15 for 2nd and 3rd entries, $10 for 4th to 10th entries, $5 for 11th to 20th entries. 20 Entry Max.
  • $200,000 SportsBetting.ag Bracket Contest
    • **Just like the BetOnline contest, this contest features an accumulating prize pool with $200,000 guaranteed. Every dollar collected goes towards the prize pool (no rake).
    • Top Prize: $50,000
    • Top 1250 Paid: $25,000 for 2nd down to $30 for 1250th.
    • **Prizes will increase if entry fees collected exceed $200,000.**
    • Entries: $20 for 1st entry, $15 for 2nd or 3rd entries, $10 for 4th to 10th entries, $5 for 11th to 20th entries. 20 Entry Max.
  • $100K MyBookie.ag March Madness Bracket Contest
    • Total Prizes: $100,000
    • 1st Place: $15,000
    • Top 500 Paid: $12,000 for 2nd down to $70 for 500th.
    • Entries: $15 each (buy 2 get 1 free). 50 Entry Max (33 paid + 17 free).