One for you numbers geeks

[SoCalPat]

And when I use the term "geek", I mean it with the highest degree of respect.

Disclaimer: This isn't about poker, but gambling in general.

I just had a conversation with a friend of mine at work about the NCAA Tournament. He claims he read an account of a person who once correctly predicted all 63 tournament game winners.

I called BS on that one. I likened it to picking 20 out of 20 numbers in an 80-number Keno game -- nevermind that no one has ever picked 17, 18 or 19 out of 20 correctly, and that the number of Keno games played over the last 30 years dwarfs the number of brackets filled out over the same timespan.

So ... what are the odds of someone doing what my coworker friend said he read about? Is such an event equivalent to the longest of longshot Keno odds?

Anyone who can fill in the blanks here would earn my never-ending respect. Thanks.