March is the time of year for sports gamblers to make their picks for the NCAA March Madness tournament. Basketball fans go crazy, watching game after game, hoping their team wins their bracket. However in the United States it is not really legal to place bets on the tournament though probably almost half of the population does especially during March Madness.

Most US citizens hope that times are changing and the latest person to make their March Madness picks could help with that. President Barack Obama recently appeared on ESPN and made his own bracket picks. The president loves basketball so it is no wonder that he follows March Madness.

Obama picked all sixty three games and showed he has extensive knowledge in the game of basketball as well as the college game and each team playing. The president picked Maryland to beat California, VCU to beat UCLA and Syracuse over Oklahoma among his predictions. Obama also picked three number one seeds to make it to the final four in the tournament.

Obama also mentioned that his top choice was North Carolina and asked them not to let him down again. Osama had picked them last year as well. Osama has also mentioned being an avid poker player so hopefully he will make the changes necessary to allow wagers to be placed at online poker sites by players in the US and make other changes in the way people can enjoy online gambling as well as land gambling.






- 2009-03-19