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Warren Buffett’s billion dollar challenge ended after only 25 games, but now he is thinking of offering the prize to the winner of NephMadness.* This Wizard of Omaha is no stranger to dialysis. He owns 18% of Davita, so when we called him and told him about the opportunity available at NephMadness he jumped at it. Negotiations are in the tricky final steps but we are confident that Buffett will be offering a prize (likely somewhat smaller than a billion dollars, actually almost certainly much smaller than a billions dollars) for the person with a perfect NephMadness bracket.

Buffett discusses his NephMadness Brackets with the President. White House Photostream

The polls close Wednesday at noon EDT and then all 32 matches will begin simultaneously. By mid afternoon all of the first round results will be posted. If you are interested in being eligible for the prize that Warren Buffett may or may not be offering you better get in the game.

Enter NephMadness now or for the rest of the contest you will be sad.

(*Not really, click here for information on the real prizes; also see the scoring & rules.)

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