Sportsbetting.com Brings Back Hoops Madness

ST. JOHNS, Antigua –- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Sportsbetting.com, a recognized leader in Internet sports wagering, brings back Hoops Madness -- a free fill-in-the-bracket contest on this year's division 1 college basketball tournament.

To play Hoops Madness contestants must visit Sportsbetting.com before March 16, 2006 and enter for free. Then they must predict the winner of each of the 63 games that make up the March Madness basketball tournament. Any contestant who predicts 60 or more games correctly wins $500,000 in cash. Any contestant who predicts 57-59 games correctly wins $20,000 and any contestant who predicts 55 or 56 games correctly wins $1,000.

Consolation prizes include a 42-inch Philips Plasma TV, a Sony DVD Handycam Camcorder, an Apple iPod Nano and six $100 betting accounts.

Last year, Melisa Gluhareff of Ocala, Florida bested thousands of other contestants. She did not predict 55 or more games correctly, but he was thrilled to receive a Toshiba 57" Projection Television for obtaining the highest score.

Sportsbetting.com offers live odds and accepts real money bets on all NBA and college basketball games and most other North American sports plus European and South American football. They guarantee fast and secure betting transactions and they offer various deposit options for customer convenience. The minimum sports wager is US $5 and the maximum is US $2,200.

Sportsbetting.com offers free contests daily. It is owned by Interactive Systems Inc, a subsidiary of London Stock Exchange AIM listed World Gaming Plc, and is licensed and regulated by the government of Antigua to accept Internet casino and sportsbook wagers from an international audience. The company receives and pays millions of dollars in wagers weekly on major sporting events from around the world.

Sportsbetting.com employs state of the art hardware and software solutions developed by leaders in e-commerce to provide online sports betting and casino gambling in a simple and secure environment. They also offer a wide range of the latest sports news, schedules, stats, standings and scores.