One pot. Winners split it.
It's free, and there's no bookmaker. Every pot opens with 2,000 starter points at the pregame odds, then every pick goes into the same pot, and the crowd moves what each side pays.
- Start every week with 1,000 points. Every Monday at 2 AM ET, everyone's points reset to 1,000, win or lose, so every week starts even. Points don't carry over, can't be bought, and have no cash value.
- Make one pick per game. Choose a side and put in up to 500 pts. Your points go in the pot with everyone else's.
- The winners split the pot. Everyone who called it shares the pot by how many points they put in, along with the starter points on their side (see below). The house keeps nothing: starter points that win are removed from the game, so the first picker has something to beat.
- Finish the week on top. The players who've won the most points when the week ends (Monday at 2 AM ET) top the leaderboard. Cash prizes are coming soon.
The prices move until the game starts: the fewer points on a side, the more each winning point gets. Your own pick moves the price too, and the pick slip shows you exactly how before you lock it in.
A worked example
10,000 pts is in the pot: 6,000 pts on Team A (including your 100 pts) and 4,000 pts on Team B.
- Team A60%6,000 pts
- Team B40%4,000 pts
- If Team A wins, the whole 10,000 pts is shared by 6,000 pts of winning picks. That's 1.6667 per point, rounded down to 1.66×. Your 100 pts comes back as 166 pts.
- If Team B wins, the same 10,000 pts is shared by only 4,000 pts, so B pays 2.50×, and your pick on A loses.
Every pot starts with 2,000 starter points
When a game's picks open, we put 2,000 starter points in its pot, split between the sides by the pregame odds (evenly when a game has none). So there's something to win from the very first pick, however many people are playing.
The pregame odds make Team A the favorite, so its pot opens with 1,240 pts on Team A and 760 pts on Team B. You put 100 pts on Team B, and nobody else picks.
- If Team B wins, the 2,100 pts pot is shared by the 860 pts on Team B: that's 2.44× a point, so your 100 pts comes back as 244 pts.
- If you'd picked Team A and it won, your 100 pts would come back as 156 pts. The favorite pays less, just like with players' picks.
Starter points count like a pick, but they aren't anyone's: whatever they win leaves the game, and nobody gets it. They never show up on the leaderboard, and a pot gets them once, when it opens. Each game's page says exactly how many are on each side. As players pick, their points outweigh the starter points, and the crowd moves the prices.
Play with friends
Start a league, give it a password, and send the link to your group (they'll need the password to join). Everyone plays the same pots, and your league keeps its own standings, so you'll know who really calls it best.
The fine print
- Picks open on game day (at 2 AM ET) and close when the game starts, so there's something new to pick every day.
- One side per game. Until the game starts you can add points to your pick, up to 500 pts on the game in all, but you can't lower it, cancel it or switch sides.
- The weekly drawing. Make 3 picks in a day to earn that day's entry, up to 7 a week. On a day with fewer than 3 games, picking every game earns it, and keeps your streak going. When the week ends, at least one winner is drawn at random (cash prizes are coming soon): the more entries, the better your chance. Track your entries on the Weekly drawing page.
- Prices are estimates until picks close. Your final price comes from the final pot.
- A winning pick never loses points. It always returns at least what you put in.
- Refunds: if a pot is voided (a postponed game, a tie), every pick in it is refunded. If nobody picked the winner, the pot goes to its starter points and leaves the game.
- Prizes, once they start (there are none yet): make 5 picks in the week to be eligible. A pick counts for the week you make it, even if its game ends after Monday's reset; the week's winners and drawing are decided once all of its games are over. Players tied on points share the place and split its prizes equally; there are no random tie-breakers. The Official Rules have the details.