Science news articles about 'office pools'

... games. How does the unhappiness associated with betting coexist with the growing popularity of office pools and tournament prediction contests? The researchers found that participants expected that ...

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Is there any mathematical method to "March Madness"? A little bit of contrarianism could improve your payoff — or at least your profile in the office pool.

For budding "bracketologists" busily weighing picks for their annual March Madness office pool, a University of Illinois professor has some advice on how to pick winners: In the later rounds of the ...