BetMGM recently announced that it would be giving its customers special promotions for the tournaments that the brand has organized this March. BetMGM will be throwing free-to-play contests worth $10 million, as well as promotions to incentivize and reward its customers. This new promotion has been christened the $10 million Perfect Bracket Challenge.
This challenge will allow its mobile customers to win $10 million by placing guesses and estimates for the perfect bracket for tournaments this March. Individuals that are interested in taking advantage of the promotion can do so by signing up through BetMGM’s mobile app. According to BetMGM, if any of the customers are unable to guess or estimate the bracket correctly, the app will reward one lucky winner with a guaranteed prize of $100,000.
Each year, the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament whips sports lovers and sports betting fans into a frenzy, which probably explains why the period is referred to as March Madness. A lot of sports fans during this period usually find themselves in bracket challenges. Bracket challenges is where groups of people assembled in pools try to outguess their peers in predicting the top-winning teams in the NCAA tournament.
As mentioned above, if no player correctly guesses the perfect bracket, they will be given the $100,000 guaranteed prize. However, for a player to win the prize, they will have accumulated the most points throughout the promotion. In addition to the $10 million Perfect Bracket Challenge, BetMGM will also be giving its customers access to the newly debuted Parlay Boost Token.
With the Parlay Boost Token, BetMGM customers, both newly registered and existing customers, will earn a free parlay boost token that will allow them to boost their best parlay wagers for the day. If players opt to take advantage of the promotion, they stand to win extra prizes. Customers that are signing up to BetMGM for the first time will also be able to take advantage of more incentives, which include a $1000 risk-free wager for March matchups.
In addition to all these promotions, BetMGM revealed that it would also be offering its customers in DC an exclusive Second-Chance Promotion. This offer will only be available to BetMGM Sportsbooks customers situated at National Park. This Second Chance promotion will allow punters in DC to turn their losses into wins.
To take advantage of this promotion, customers can place their losing ticket slops into a special container at the BetMGM sportsbook. These customers are also encouraged to leave their contact details in case they succeed. If selected, a customer stands the chance to win VIP seats at any one of the Washington Nationals matches or tickets to attend a concert at the MGM National Harbour.
More offers tied to this promotion also include a $1000 free wager, as well as an array of other exclusive bonus prizes. March is one of the most exciting months for lovers of sports betting. According to BetMGM, this is the largest promotion that it has ever organized since the brand joined forces with Entain. Participants are only permitted one entry during the free-to-play bracket.
BetMGM just concluded March Poker Mania
Just recently, BetMGM concluded its March Poker Mania, which was a tournament series that was scheduled to run from March 20th and March 27th. This event was designed to cater to BetMGM customers that are not necessarily interested in the festivities and promotions surrounding March Madness.
March Poker Mania was held in all the states that BetMGM operates namely New Jersey, Michigan, as well as Pennsylvania. The online poker tournament featured a pooled $1.3 million in guarantees in all 3 states.
In addition to the massive prize pool, the series also incentivized online poker players to take part by featuring their famous brand ambassadors as hosts. New Jersey punters were treated to a guest appearance by Darren Elias while in Pennsylvania, the poker event was hosted by Matt Berkey. In Michigan, on the other hand, celebrated poker vlogger Andrew Neeme was invited to host the festivities.
Out of the 3 states, New Jersey online poker players had access to the largest guarantee of $472,000. That’s because New Jersey has enjoyed online poker for longer and therefore has a more mature market. Pennsylvania and Michigan have not been in the online poker game for long, which is why they offered participants a guaranteed prize pool of $397,000.
The series was designed to cater to a wide array of audiences and budgets. As such, participants had a wide range of events to choose from including regular PKO Holdem competitions, Pot-Limit Omaha events, as well as a substantial Heads-Up tournament that was promising $10,000 in added prizes. To cater to all budget types, buy-ins during this tournament ranged from a mere $55 to a much heftier $1060.
Unlike other tournaments, thus March Poker Mania event also featured 2 Main Events instead of one as is the norm. This helped to add even more excitement to the already highly anticipated online poker festival. All the 3 states recently concluded the competition with 2 events. Event number 15, was a $1,060 Heads-up Bracket Battle 32-max promising a $10,000 bonus for those who finished in the first place.
In Pennsylvania, the heads-up Bracket Battle was won by “MrSchneebly” from Pennsylvania. “MrSchneebly” beat 25 runners to walk away with $22,500-$12,500 in addition to the $10,000 bonus promised to first-place finishers. Matt Berket streamed his action directly from his Youtube channel but only managed to finish in 18th place.
The Michigan tournament, on the other hand, attracted 30 runners, which led to a total pool worth $40,000. “Treeguy88 was crowned the winner and won $7,500. Host Andrew Neeme also streamed his experience live and finished in 9th place. In New Jersey, the final event attracted 29 runners and a $39,000 pool.
Consequently, New Jersey’s event crowned “MBohmerwald23″ with the top title and awarded him $24,500. Similarly, to the other 2 hosts, Darren Elias also streamed his match where he finished in 18th place outside of the money. Event #15 was later followed up by a $55 Phase I to $535 Phase II Main Event, which attracted a total of 18 tickets in all the states.
