NCAA March Madness Bracket Contests

March Madness is here! Selection Sunday is in the books and the 68 team 2025 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 perfectly organized anymore, due to the fact that I’m constantly adding new contests as I become aware of them.  But this is the most extensive list of March Madness contests you will find online.

  • 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
  • Everygame.eu $25K March Madness Bracket
    • Grand Prize: $25,000 cash prize divided between top 25 finishers ($1,000 each).
    • Other Prizes: None
    • Eligibility: Open to all Everygame.eu customers in North America. You must bet at least $100 in the Everygame Sportsbook between March 17th and March 30th to be eligible to win the prize.
    • Contest Grade: A
  • BetUS.com Free Play Bracket Contest
    • First Prize: $100,000 in free play (10x Rollover)
    • 2nd-5th: Free Plays and BetUS gear.
    • Eligibility: Open to all BetUS.com customers who have deposited $100 or more between March 1st and March 19th.
    • Contest Grade: C
  • Yahoo Fantasy 25K Men’s Best Bracket Contest
    • Grand Prize: $25,000
      • Other Prizes: None
      • Eligibility: 18+ USA or Canada (excluding Quebec) residents
      • Contest Grade: C
  • CBS Sports Bracket Challenge
    • Grand Prize: Four 2026 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 2025 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 Allstate Tournament Challenge and Coors Light March Hoops Bracket Contest are also being hosted on the ESPN website. You can automatically enter your bracket into these contests. The Allstate bracket has a grand prize of $5000, while the Coors Light bracket has a prize of $30,000.

Paid 2025 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.
    • Top Prize: $50,000 Guaranteed
    • Top 1250 Paid: $25,000 for 2nd down to $30 for 1250th.
    • 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.
    • 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: $20 each (buy 2 get 1 free). 50 Entry Max (33 paid + 17 free).