Your Bracket.
Real Stakes.
Pick your 63 games. Bet on your confidence. Win money when your upsets hit. The bracket pool your group chat has been asking for.
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Regular brackets are boring.
ESPN and Yahoo give you a bracket and say good luck. Gridlock lets you actually play the tournament.
Bet on Your Confidence
Assign 2x-5x confidence boosts to the picks you believe in most. A correct upset pick with a 5x multiplier is worth way more than a safe #1 seed pick.
Win Real Money
Enter paid pools from $3 to $75. Top 10% of the pool splits the prize. No office pool organizer skimming off the top.
Upsets Actually Matter
Correctly pick a 12-seed upset? You get a bonus multiplier. The bigger the upset, the bigger the payout. Cinderella believers get rewarded.
Two Ways to Play
Bracket Pools
Pick all 63 games just like a normal bracket - but with strategy layers that reward bold picks and deep tournament knowledge.
- ▶Confidence boosts - Put 2x-5x multipliers on your best picks
- ▶Parlay bonuses - Go 3-for-3 in a round for a 2x bonus on those picks
- ▶Free entry or pay to play ($3, $15, or $75 pools)
Team Card Trading
Think a 12-seed is going on a Cinderella run? Buy their card early when it's cheap. If everyone else catches on, the price goes up and you profit.
- ▶Buy low, sell high - Card prices rise as more people buy in
- ▶Sell anytime - Cash out whenever you want, no waiting
- ▶68 teams - Every tournament team has a card you can trade
Get Started in 60 Seconds
Sign in with Google
Use your Google, Apple, or email account. That's it. We set up everything behind the scenes so you can just play.
Fill out your bracket
Pick winners for all 63 games. Add confidence boosts to the picks you feel strongest about. Enter a free pool or put money on it.
Watch, trade, and win
Watch the games and track your bracket live. Trade team cards based on how the tournament plays out. Top 10% of each pool wins.
Tournament starts March 20
Sign up now so you're ready when the bracket drops on Selection Sunday. You can start trading team cards today - buy cards for teams you think will make noise in the tournament.
Why trust Gridlock?
No shady pool organizers. No “the check is in the mail.” Everything runs on code that anyone can verify.