Facebook Gives Away $37,500

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Pete Cashmore
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Facebook Gives Away $37,500

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Facebook's March Madness contest has now ended, with $37,500 in prizes being handed out.

Jacob Dodson of St Louis, Missouri, took the top spot. Over 1.5 million people submitted brackets, with the University of Florida topping the college rankings, Oak Hall High School in Gainesville winning among the high schools, Wells Fargo winning among work-based networks and Gainesville, FL coming out as the top regional network.

We did, however, receive a complaint a few days ago that there were errors with Facebook March Madness - when Florida beat UCLA, one user claimed that Facebook awarded 15 points to both those who chose Florida and those who chose UCLA. We're not sure whether this was fixed.

Related: Facebook biography.

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