巴菲特怎么玩競(jìng)猜？
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伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司（Berkshire Hathaway）的NCAA（全國(guó)大學(xué)體育協(xié)會(huì)）瘋狂競(jìng)猜獎(jiǎng)金遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)高于一般競(jìng)猜活動(dòng)。 就像過(guò)去幾年一樣，伯克希爾·哈撒韋董事長(zhǎng)兼首席執(zhí)行官沃倫·巴菲特每年將給成功預(yù)測(cè)甜蜜16強(qiáng)名單的員工獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)100萬(wàn)美元，中獎(jiǎng)?wù)呖山K身領(lǐng)取獎(jiǎng)金。今年，瘋狂三月的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)政策比以往更為誘人。巴菲特表示，如果家鄉(xiāng)內(nèi)布拉斯加州的球隊(duì)挺進(jìn)甜蜜16強(qiáng)，獎(jiǎng)金翻番。 對(duì)于巴菲特來(lái)說(shuō)，這幾乎是場(chǎng)必勝的賭注。去年，娛樂(lè)體育節(jié)目電視網(wǎng)ESPN收到1,880萬(wàn)份競(jìng)猜單，最終僅18人猜對(duì)16強(qiáng)隊(duì)伍。巴菲特的瘋狂競(jìng)猜已進(jìn)行了四年，還沒(méi)人能將終極大獎(jiǎng)抱回家。 以下是過(guò)去幾年的競(jìng)猜活動(dòng)簡(jiǎn)介。 2014年 這是巴菲特瘋狂競(jìng)猜的第一年，公眾也可以參加，獎(jiǎng)金由伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司和快速貸款公司（Quicken Loans）提供。這一年，巴菲特開(kāi)出10億美元，獎(jiǎng)給猜對(duì)所有比賽勝負(fù)的人，不過(guò)最后沒(méi)人得到這筆巨額獎(jiǎng)金。之后的訴訟案件揭露，雅虎曾退出合同，舉辦了類似的競(jìng)猜活動(dòng)。 2015年 2014年的競(jìng)猜產(chǎn)生法律糾紛，導(dǎo)致2015年的活動(dòng)化為泡影，粉絲對(duì)此極為失望，因?yàn)榘头铺卦f(shuō)希望2015年的競(jìng)猜能夠比較容易獲獎(jiǎng)。 2016年 2016年，巴菲特的瘋狂競(jìng)猜強(qiáng)勢(shì)回歸，不過(guò)僅限供職伯克希爾·哈撒韋及其子公司的30多萬(wàn)員工參加。巴菲特不再向成功預(yù)測(cè)所有比賽勝負(fù)的人一次性支付10億美元獎(jiǎng)金，而是給猜對(duì)甜蜜16強(qiáng)隊(duì)伍的中獎(jiǎng)?wù)呙磕戟?jiǎng)勵(lì)100萬(wàn)美元（可終身領(lǐng)取），或給正確預(yù)測(cè)勝負(fù)場(chǎng)次最多的參加者獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)10萬(wàn)美元。兩名伯克希爾員工，來(lái)自USLI保險(xiǎn)公司的凱文·威爾士和伯克希爾旗下蓋可保險(xiǎn)公司（Geico）羅伯特·凱勒成功預(yù)測(cè)了前15場(chǎng)比賽勝負(fù)，平分了10萬(wàn)美元大獎(jiǎng)。 2017年? 去年的競(jìng)猜活動(dòng)與之前一樣：正確預(yù)測(cè)所有16強(qiáng)隊(duì)伍的參加者每年都能得到100萬(wàn)美元，可終身領(lǐng)取；猜對(duì)勝負(fù)場(chǎng)次最多的參加者獲10萬(wàn)美元獎(jiǎng)金。西弗吉尼亞州的一位鋼鐵工人德維恩·約翰遜距終極大獎(jiǎng)僅一步之遙：他正確預(yù)測(cè)了前32場(chǎng)比賽中的31場(chǎng)。最后，他贏得了猜對(duì)勝負(fù)場(chǎng)次最多的10萬(wàn)美元獎(jiǎng)金。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)） 譯者：嚴(yán)匡正? |
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) does not have your average NCAA bracket office pool. As in years past, chairman and CEO Warren Buffett is offering $1 million every year for life to any of his employees who can pick a perfect NCAA tournament bracket through the Sweet 16. This year, the March Madness stakes are even better: Buffett said he’ll double the prize if a team from his home state of Nebraska takes the title. For Buffett, it’s a pretty safe bet. Of the 18.8 million brackets filled out on ESPN last year, only 18 got the Sweet 16 right. In the four years Buffett has run similar contests, no one has taken home the grand prize. Here’s what’s happened in the previous contests: 2014 The first year the prize was offered, the contest was open to the public and sponsored by Berkshire Hathaway and Quicken Loans. The prize that year was $1 billion for a perfect bracket, which no one won. A lawsuit later revealed that Yahoo had backed out of a contract to offer a similar contest. 2015 The legal issues that followed the initial 2014 contest meant the contest didn’t happen that year, much to the disappointment of fans who had taken Buffet at his word that he wanted the contest to be easier to win in 2015. 2016 In 2016, Buffett brought the contest back, but just for the more than 300,000 people who work for Berkshire Hathaway and its subsidiaries. Buffett offered $1 million every year for life rather than a one-time payment of $1 billion to anyone who picked a perfect Sweet 16, or $100,000 to the longest surviving bracket. Two Berkshire employees, Kevin Wills of insurance company USLI and Robert Keller of Berkshire-owned Geico, split the $100,000, having each correctly predicted the first 15 games of the tournament. 2017 Last year, the offer was the same: $1 million every year for life for a perfect bracket, or $100,000 for the best bracket. A West Virginia steel worker named Dwayne Johnson came tantalizingly close to winning the grand prize, correctly predicting 31 out of the first 32 games. He won the $100,000 prize for having the bracket that stayed intact the longest. |
