And it seems the Midwest can't keep away from all the basketball action. Twenty-three percent of Midwest employees have taken part in office pools. This is compared to 18 percent of workers in the Northeast, 16 percent in the South and 15 percent in the West.
Although March Madness is a common reason to start an office pool, workers have also made bets on:
-- How far the Dow Jones would drop that week.
-- How many e-mails the new manager would send in a day.
-- What employee would win a burrito-eating contest.
-- Co-workers' cholesterol numbers.
-- When the building would be condemned.
-- The amount of time it would take for a couple to break up.