How to Play
Bid on March Madness teams to win real money as they advance in the NCAA Tournament
🏀 How It Works
→Participants take turns nominating NCAA Tournament teams for auction.
→Real money is used to purchase teams.
→All teams must be sold before the draft is complete.
→No limit on how many teams a participant can own.
→Participants win money whenever a team they own wins a game in the NCAA tournament. All winnings are cumulative — if your team makes a deep run, you collect a payout for every win along the way.
→Payouts increase as the tournament progresses — a Final Four win pays more than a Round of 64 win.
→The entire pot pays out — 100% of all money spent (including luxury taxes) goes to the winnings.
💰 Salary Cap & Luxury Tax
🔨 Auction Rules
→Participants take turns nominating a team for auction. Opening bids can start at any amount (minimum $1).
→Once a team is nominated, anyone can bid — just enter your amount and hit the Bid button.
→Bids must be higher than the previous bid to be accepted.
→A countdown timer runs during bidding. When it hits zero, the nominated team goes to the highest bidder.
→If a bid is entered in the last 5 seconds, the timer resets back to 5 — giving everyone a fair chance to keep bidding.
→If a nominator doesn't pick a team in time, the system auto-nominates the next available team (based on seed order) at $1.
→Participants take turns nominating in left to right order on the draft board. Once every participant has had a chance to nominate, nominations restart again with the first participant.
🏆 Payouts
→Every win pays out a percentage of the total pot. The pot consists of all spending, including luxury taxes.
→Payouts are cumulative — for example, the team that wins the championship collects payouts for each of their six tournament victories.
| Round | Winners | % Per Win | Cumulative % |
|---|
| Round of 64 | 32 | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| Round of 32 | 16 | 1.75% | 2.75% |
| Sweet 16 | 8 | 2.25% | 5.00% |
| Elite 8 | 4 | 2.75% | 7.75% |
| Final Four | 2 | 3.25% | 11.00% |
| Champion | 1 | 4.50% | 15.50% |
Example: If the pot is $3,000 and your team wins the championship, you collect six separate payouts totaling 15.50% of $3,000 = $465.