Ways to Play

Call the whole tournament before it starts.

Predict how teams or players advance through a tournament. Correct picks earn points, and later rounds are worth more than early ones.

• Fill in your bracket before the published deadline
• Graduated scoring: later rounds pay more points
• The highest-scoring brackets top the leaderboard

Pick the winners, week after week.

Choose the result of each game on the slate. Every correct pick adds to your score, and the standings update as games finish.

• Daily and weekly slates, depending on the sport
• Picks lock at the deadline shown on the contest
• Rank on the leaderboard by correct picks

One pick a week. Stay alive.

Make one pick for each week and stay in the contest by picking correctly. The last entries standing share the prize.

• Straight-up and against-the-spread formats
• Some contests allow repeat teams, others use each team once
• NFL and selected college football conferences

A 100-square grid for one big game.

Claim squares on a 10 by 10 grid. The numbers are drawn at random after kickoff, and each checkpoint pays the square that matches the last digit of each score.

• Numbers are assigned after the game starts
• Standard payout: 20% Q1, 20% halftime, 20% Q3, 40% final
• The payout on the contest page is the one that applies

Bid on teams. The pool pays the owners.

An auction-style contest where you bid for the contest rights to a team, athlete or entry. When the event ends, the pool pays out by final results.

• Proxy bidding up to your own maximum
• Late bids extend the close so nobody gets sniped
• Each auction shows its fee and payout terms

Daily player cards, one spin of the wheel.

Reveal a player card each day of the contest and add up those players' stats. When every card is revealed, spin the wheel: its multiplier sets your final score.

• A new player card every day of the contest
• Miss a required day and you cannot spin
• Final score: total stats times your wheel multiplier