The controversial billionaire has offered a unique prize for basketball fans.
Every March, collegiate basketball takes center stage in the American sports landscape.
March Madness, the NCAA tournament, is known as one of the most exciting and unpredictable competitions in the world of sports.
Unlike the NBA – where the playoffs are played in a best-of-seven series to determine the champion – March Madness is a single-game, single-elimination tournament.
This means that not only does the NCAA highlight the best talents expected to go to the NBA – such as Cooper Flagg, who currently plays for the Duke Blue Devils and is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the upcoming draft – but it also creates the opportunity for small teams to challenge basketball giants, producing the big surprises that have become a symbol of this tournament.
And every year, millions of fans follow the tournament, creating their own predictions for all stages of the competition. But accurately predicting all seven rounds is almost impossible.
In fact, no one has ever achieved it. The odds of making a perfect March Madness prediction – even for someone with deep knowledge of college basketball – have been estimated at about 120 billion to one.
But if someone achieves this incredible feat this year, Elon Musk and his X platform have offered an incredible additional reward.
The social network run by the world's richest man has teamed up with Uber Eats for the "X Bracket Challenge."
The winner – if there is one – will have the opportunity to go to Mars on a future SpaceX mission.
"We're not just hosting an ordinary challenge, we're rewriting the way fans connect, compete and dream bigger than ever, on a platform that's already the heart of real-time sports culture," said Andrew Musk, Elon's younger brother and chief product engineer at X.
However, for those who don't want to risk their lives on a mission to Mars - which is currently completely hypothetical - there is an alternative prize package that includes $250,000, a year of free Starlink internet service, and the opportunity to train as an astronaut at SpaceX's center.
And considering how small the chance is for someone to predict a perfect bracket, there will also be a $100,000 reward for the person who makes the most accurate prediction. /GazetaExpress/
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