Before the Super Bowl kicks off, a player selects a square on a blank digital “board” that emulates that of a traditional money-based squares contest. Once the game begins, the numbers assigned to each square will be revealed. For more information on this squares pool, or my other football pools, email me at craigh01@gmail.com. Older Articles The odds on the 2016 Super Bowl winner have changed, as you can read about here: 2016 Super Bowl Odds. Link Pages Gambling Links NFL and Football Links. To block any emails from squarespool.com, click here: Block Emails.

OK, so you want to get in on the Super Bowl squares fun, but don’t know how to run a pool? Don’t you worry. We got you covered.

Super Bowl squares is a game of chance where people can purchase squares on a grid, each of which are assigned two numbers. Those numbers correspond to the box’s given value in the X and Y (or horizontal and vertical) coordinates.

This sounds more complicated than it is.

How to set up the Super Bowl squares grid

Make a square. Then carve that square up into 10 rows and 10 columns. (If you want a bigger squares pool, you can go up to 100 x 100 for a grid, but if you’re running that serious and massive a pool I doubt you’ll need me to explain to you how to run it.)

There are different ways to play, but usually the x-axis applies to one team, and the y-axis applies to the other team.

Participants can then purchase squares on the board. People don’t know what number they will be assigned; they’re just purchasing the chance to own a square, and can purchase as many as you want to limit.

In a 10×10 grid, obviously enough, there are 100 squares available to purchase. You can sell squares for as much or as little as you like, and limit people on how many they can purchase if you see fit.

Once names are assigned in random squares, you randomly assign numbers 1-10 to both the rows and columns. So it will look like this:

The names should be filled in the boxes, and you’re ready to go.

How do you score in Super Bowl squares?

Most people carve up scoring by quarter, half, and then final score. The pot can be carved up however you want. A popular way of doing it is 50% of the pot for final score, 30% for halftime score, and then 10% for 1st and 3rd quarter score, but it’s totally up to you. Some people just do 25% of pot after each of the four quarters.

The way you find a winner is whoever’s square correctly matches to the ones digit of the score of each team. So if the score after the first quarter is 14-10 Patriots, the player who has square that coincides with the 4 in the Patriots column and the 0 in the Rams column will win that quarter.

Each quarter gives you a fresh chance to win.

What are the best squares to have in Super Bowl squares?

I’m going to lean on my colleagues at USA TODAY Sports to handle this one:

The Harvard Sports Analysis Collective wrote that the single best square to have is seven on the favorite’s axis (the Patriots are the favorites this year) and zero on the underdog’s, with the 0-0 square a close second. The Washington Post lists 0-0 as the best square to have, with the two combinations of seven and zero (7-0 or 0-7) right behind it. Three, four and one also aren’t bad numbers to have from an odds standpoint.

Is there any skill in Super Bowl squares?

Zero. None. Total game of chance. Still fun to do!

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As I mentioned on my Live Stream yesterday, the Circa sports books (at the D and Golden Gate) have 400 bets on exact Super Bowl Squares. No randomizing, you pick your exact numbers, for the first three quarters and end of game.
Based on 11 seasons of data, I analyzed all 400. The results can be found in my new page on Super Bowl Squares. It starts with a general discussion of randomized contests and then gets into the Circa version. I perceive advantages as high as 45%.
Please have a look and give me your feedback. The question for the poll is what do you think of the article? Multiple votes allowed.Good stuff Wizard! What if you only looked at the last five years of scores? I think the proliferation of the two-point conversions and the increased difficulty of hitting mid- and long-range field goals has affected scoring changes. Even with a small sample, maybe a shift toward other, even rather than odd, key numbers would appear?

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As I mentioned on my Live Stream yesterday, the Circa sports books (at the D and Golden Gate) have 400 bets on exact Super Bowl Squares. No randomizing, you pick your exact numbers, for the first three quarters and end of game.
Based on 11 seasons of data, I analyzed all 400. The results can be found in my new page on Super Bowl Squares. It starts with a general discussion of randomized contests and then gets into the Circa version. I perceive advantages as high as 45%.
Please have a look and give me your feedback. The question for the poll is what do you think of the article? Multiple votes allowed.

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Under Randomized Version, item 3, I think it should say quarters 1,2, and 3. Not 1,3, and 3