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Bracket contests, pick'em boards, survivor pools, squares, calcutta auctions and PickSpinWin. Here's exactly how each one runs, how scoring works, and what research we publish before every board locks.

Board

NBADenver @ Oklahoma City8:00 PM ETOklahoma City −4.5

NFLBuffalo @ Baltimore4:25 PM ETBaltimore −2.5

MLBAtlanta @ Philadelphia7:10 PM ETUnder 8.5 runs

College FootballKansas State @ Iowa State7:30 PM ETKansas State +6

SoccerNewcastle @ Aston Villa9:00 AM ETBoth teams to score

College BasketballGonzaga @ Kentucky5:30 PM ETGonzaga to reach the Elite Eight

NBADenver @ Oklahoma City8:00 PM ETOklahoma City −4.5

NFLBuffalo @ Baltimore4:25 PM ETBaltimore −2.5

MLBAtlanta @ Philadelphia7:10 PM ETUnder 8.5 runs

College FootballKansas State @ Iowa State7:30 PM ETKansas State +6

SoccerNewcastle @ Aston Villa9:00 AM ETBoth teams to score

College BasketballGonzaga @ Kentucky5:30 PM ETGonzaga to reach the Elite Eight

Bracket Contests Pick'em Survivor Squares Calcutta PickSpinWin

Bracket Contests

Tournament predictions

Build a full tournament bracket and score points for every team you advance correctly. Championship projections and team-advancement analysis sit alongside every bracket.

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STEP 1

Open the bracket board on BracketContest and pick the tournament you want.

STEP 2

Fill in every round, from the opening games through the championship.

STEP 3

Scoring rewards correct advancement — deeper rounds are worth more.

STEP 4

Brackets lock at the first tip-off. Standings update after every round.

What we publish

We publish round-by-round advancement probability next to each team, so you can see which upsets the model actually supports.

Pick'em

Weekly & daily selections

Pick winners against the spread across NFL, MLB and soccer slates. Daily and weekly boards, with our model's lean published next to every line.

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STEP 1

Choose a weekly or daily board — NFL, MLB or soccer.

STEP 2

Make a selection on every game listed before the board locks.

STEP 3

Correct picks score; the board with the most correct selections leads.

STEP 4

Standings and grading post as each slate finishes.

What we publish

Every line on our board shows the desk's lean and confidence, so a coin-flip game looks different from a game we have a real opinion on.

Survivor

Season-long strategy

One team a week, never twice. We map matchup difficulty and future-week optionality so your survivor path stays alive deep into the season.

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STEP 1

Pick one team to win each week — straight up.

STEP 2

You can never use the same team twice in a season.

STEP 3

Lose once and you're out; last entries standing split the pool.

STEP 4

Plan ahead: save your strongest teams for the weeks you need them.

What we publish

Our survivor grid ranks each team's weekly matchup difficulty so you can see which weeks are safe and where you'll need to spend a good team.

Squares

Score-grid contests

Every square holds a pair of final-score digits. When the game ends, the matching square wins. Simple to play, and we publish the digit-frequency research behind each grid.

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STEP 1

A 10×10 grid holds one pair of final-score digits per square.

STEP 2

Squares are assigned before kickoff — one for each team's last digit.

STEP 3

When the game ends, the square matching both digits wins that quarter.

STEP 4

Payouts are set per board and published before the game starts.

What we publish

Digit frequency is not random: 7 and 0 land more often than 2 and 9. Our squares research ranks the digit pairs most likely to hit in each quarter.

Calcutta

Auction format

Teams are auctioned before a tournament and pay out by finishing position. We publish competitor analysis and evaluation ranges so you know what a team is really worth.

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STEP 1

Every team in the tournament is auctioned to the highest bidder before it starts.

STEP 2

Your bid sets your cost basis for that team.

STEP 3

Teams pay out by finishing position — champion pays the most.

STEP 4

Bid discipline matters more than star power.

What we publish

We publish an evaluation range for each team so you know the ceiling bid that still leaves room for a return — and which favourites get overpaid every year.

PickSpinWin

Selections + spin

Make your player and team selections, then spin for bonus multipliers on a correct card. Selection research is published before every board locks.

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STEP 1

Make your player and team selections on the board.

STEP 2

Select your spin multiplier before the board locks.

STEP 3

Correct selections score, then the multiplier applies to your total.

STEP 4

Boards grade as the games go final.

What we publish

Selection research posts before lock: usage rates, matchup grades and the picks the desk is fading. The spin is variance — the selections are the edge.

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