{"id":635494,"date":"2023-03-02T02:23:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T07:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/?p=635494"},"modified":"2023-03-02T02:23:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T07:23:18","slug":"jack-links-bracket-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Link\u2019s Bracket Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/play.runyourpool.com\/jack-links<\/a><\/p>\n

commences on March 12, 2023 at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time, and ends on April 4, 2023 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time<\/p>\n

How to Play<\/p>\n

To enter this Contest, entrants must: (1) create an account at the Site , (2) join the pool on the Site located at http:\/\/runyourpool.com\/join, and 3) fill out a bracket to predict the outcomes of all 63 games of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, played March 16, 2023 to April 3, 2023. Points are awarded for each winning pick and point values increase as the tournament progresses. The scoring settings for this pool can be found on the Contest dashboard located on the Site and below in these Official Rules.<\/p>\n

All selections must be made by the start time of the first game of the tournament, on March 14, 2023 (“Pick Deadline”). Picks cannot be changed after the Pick Deadline.<\/p>\n

Each entrant may only enter only once and must fill in all of the information requested.<\/p>\n

Scoring<\/p>\n

The points awarded for correctly picking the outcome of a game in each round of the tournament are as follows:<\/p>\n

First Round: one (1) point per correct game pick<\/p>\n

Second Round: two (2) points per correct game pick<\/p>\n

Sweet 16: four (4) points per correct game pick<\/p>\n

Elite 8: eight (8) points per correct game pick<\/p>\n

Final Four: sixteen (16) points per correct game pick<\/p>\n

Championship: (32) points per correct game pick<\/p>\n

There are no points awarded for the four initial play-in games, played March 14-15, 2023.<\/p>\n

Prizes<\/p>\n

Prizes will be awarded to the entrants with the top five point totals after the end of the Contest Period. The total Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of the Prizes for the Contest to be paid by Sponsor is $17,800.00. Prizes are defined and valued as follows:<\/p>\n

\u2022 2024 Final Four Trip: A trip for two to the 2024 NCAA Final Four (consisting of three nights’ hotel rooms and two game tickets to each of the Final Four semifinal games and the championship game) (ARV $5,000)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cash Prize: The specified value of cash, either $5,000.00 or $3,000.00. (ARV $5,000 or $3,000, respectively)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jack Link’s Jerky for a Year: A gift-card redeemable for Jack Link’s protein snacks, redeemable at jacklinks.com valued at one thousand and two hundred dollars ($1,200.00) (ARV $1,200.00 each)<\/p>\n

Prizes will be awarded as follows:<\/p>\n

\u2022 First Place Prize: One five-thousand-dollar ($5,000) Cash Prize and a 2024 Final Four Trip for two<\/p>\n

\u2022 Second Place Prize: One three-thousand-dollar ($3,000) Cash Prize and Jack Link’s Jerky for a Year<\/p>\n

\u2022 Third Place Prize: Jack Link’s Jerky for a Year<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fourth Place Prize: Jack Link’s Jerky for a Year<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fifth Place Prize: Jack Link’s Jerky for a Year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/play.runyourpool.com\/jack-links commences on March 12, 2023 at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time, and ends on April 4, 2023 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time How to Play To enter this Contest, entrants must: (1) create an account at the Site , (2) join the pool on the Site located at http:\/\/runyourpool.com\/join, and 3) fill out a bracket to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7783,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"fst_prize":[],"class_list":["post-635494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-one-entry"],"yoast_head":"\nJack Link\u2019s Bracket Challenge - Free Stuff Times Contests<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/play.runyourpool.com\/jack-links commences on March 12, 2023 at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time, and ends on April 4, 2023 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jack Link\u2019s Bracket Challenge - Free Stuff Times Contests\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"https:\/\/play.runyourpool.com\/jack-links commences on March 12, 2023 at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time, and ends on April 4, 2023 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Free Stuff Times Contests\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-02T07:23:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chris\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chris\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/02\\\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/02\\\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chris\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/067269b17dad055936df35eebaed3589\"},\"headline\":\"Jack Link\u2019s Bracket Challenge\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-02T07:23:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/02\\\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":425,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"One Entry\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/02\\\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\\\/#respond\"]}],\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-02T02:23:18-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/02\\\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/02\\\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jack Link\u2019s Bracket Challenge - Free Stuff Times Contests\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-02T07:23:18+00:00\",\"description\":\"https:\\\/\\\/play.runyourpool.com\\\/jack-links commences on March 12, 2023 at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time, and ends on April 4, 2023 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/02\\\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/02\\\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/02\\\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"One Entry\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/category\\\/one-entry\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Jack Link\u2019s Bracket Challenge\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/\",\"name\":\"Free Stuff Times Contests\",\"description\":\"The Free Stuff Times Contests page is the place to go for Contests, Instant Win Games, Sweepstakes, and more!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Free Stuff Times Contests\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/1200x1200cc.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/1200x1200cc.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"Free Stuff Times Contests\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.freestufftimes.com\\\/contests\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/067269b17dad055936df35eebaed3589\",\"name\":\"Chris\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/90fded9c52f40c42eed30c6bcaca442ecb2938833a74d5e7c676e5bd4756614a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/90fded9c52f40c42eed30c6bcaca442ecb2938833a74d5e7c676e5bd4756614a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/90fded9c52f40c42eed30c6bcaca442ecb2938833a74d5e7c676e5bd4756614a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Chris\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jack Link\u2019s Bracket Challenge - Free Stuff Times Contests","description":"https:\/\/play.runyourpool.com\/jack-links commences on March 12, 2023 at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time, and ends on April 4, 2023 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jack Link\u2019s Bracket Challenge - Free Stuff Times Contests","og_description":"https:\/\/play.runyourpool.com\/jack-links commences on March 12, 2023 at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time, and ends on April 4, 2023 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time","og_url":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/","og_site_name":"Free Stuff Times Contests","article_published_time":"2023-03-02T07:23:18+00:00","author":"Chris","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chris"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/"},"author":{"name":"Chris","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#\/schema\/person\/067269b17dad055936df35eebaed3589"},"headline":"Jack Link\u2019s Bracket Challenge","datePublished":"2023-03-02T07:23:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/"},"wordCount":425,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#organization"},"articleSection":["One Entry"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/#respond"]}],"dateModified":"2023-03-02T02:23:18-05:00"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/","url":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/","name":"Jack Link\u2019s Bracket Challenge - Free Stuff Times Contests","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-03-02T07:23:18+00:00","description":"https:\/\/play.runyourpool.com\/jack-links commences on March 12, 2023 at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time, and ends on April 4, 2023 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/02\/jack-links-bracket-challenge\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"One Entry","item":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/category\/one-entry\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Jack Link\u2019s Bracket Challenge"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/","name":"Free Stuff Times Contests","description":"The Free Stuff Times Contests page is the place to go for Contests, Instant Win Games, Sweepstakes, and more!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/?s={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#organization","name":"Free Stuff Times Contests","url":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1200x1200cc.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1200x1200cc.png","width":1200,"height":1200,"caption":"Free Stuff Times Contests"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/#\/schema\/person\/067269b17dad055936df35eebaed3589","name":"Chris","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/90fded9c52f40c42eed30c6bcaca442ecb2938833a74d5e7c676e5bd4756614a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/90fded9c52f40c42eed30c6bcaca442ecb2938833a74d5e7c676e5bd4756614a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/90fded9c52f40c42eed30c6bcaca442ecb2938833a74d5e7c676e5bd4756614a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Chris"}}]}},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2mit9-2FjU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635494"},{"taxonomy":"fst_prize","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freestufftimes.com\/contests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fst_prize?post=635494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}