Squares Pools

A ten by ten grid on one game. Everybody claims squares before the numbers exist, the digits are drawn once claiming closes, and the square the score lands on at the end of each quarter wins that quarter.

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The pool nobody has to know anything about

Squares is the only format here with no skill in it, and that is precisely what it is for. Nobody is at a disadvantage for not following the sport, which makes it the pool that works for an office, a family, or a party where half the room does not care who is playing.

Claiming is blind because the digits are drawn afterwards. There is no hunting for the zero and the seven, no advantage to claiming first, and nothing for anyone to be aggrieved about when the grid fills up.

Four chances, not one

Each quarter pays out on the score at the moment it ends, so a grid stays live all the way through rather than resolving once at the final whistle. A square that looked worthless at half time can win the third.

The board tracks itself: claimed squares, the draw, and each quarter’s winner as the scores come in off the live feed.

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Creating a pool takes under a minute. Invite your group with a link, and the week runs itself from there.

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