1.   Office betting pools are not legal.

2.   Americans bet on every imaginable sports event, but the betting pools for the Final Four are unique.

3.   And both have their betting pools.

4.   As a result, so much money was bet on them that the betting pool could not afford to pay off all the winners without help.

5.   But click on the site and you get a National Hockey League betting pool and an online magazine about the art of brewing.

6.   But in the next lane it looked as if other members of the betting pool were knocking down strikes and picking up spares galore.

7.   Despite the raid of his offices and the ongoing investigation, Walters has continued to run his betting pool.

8.   Failing to promptly detect a NCAA Final Four basketball betting pool being run by hotel guests in a privately rented room.

9.   For Peter Bielby, a design engineer in Ann Arbor, Mich., betting pools are just part of the work landscape.

10.   Here are some other picks in major categories that might help win your Oscar-party betting pool.