Football Squares | Super Bowl Squares (2024)

FAQs

What is the strategy for Super Bowl squares? ›

Is there a strategy for picking Super Bowl squares? Because squares are chosen at random before the numbers are filled in, there is no strategy in selecting your squares. Picking a square in the middle of the board vs. picking a square in the corner of the board will give you the same odds of winning.

Players can pay an ante for a square and, once each square has been assigned to a player, each square on the grid will then randomly be assigned a number, 0-9. At that point, players at home will then eye the last number of the score: Whichever square corresponds with the last number of both teams will win.

The best squares to have are 0, 1, 3, 4 and 7 because they are the most frequent last digit numbers, since touchdowns are worth seven points and field goals are worth three. In a 2013 blog post, the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective wrote that the single best square to have is seven on the betting favorite's axis.

It's the most lucrative square to own, followed by 7|0; 0|7; 0|3; 3|0; and 7|7. In general, the more 0, 3 and 7 squares you have, the better, because they never go out of style.

3-0 (or 0-3, depending on which side) has come in 10 times after the first quarter. Zero, three or seven are the ending digit 102 times out of a possible 114 times (89.5 percent) at the end of the first quarter. Those are the best numbers you can have, but that's especially true early in games.

Players will have to pick squares around the grid by putting their initials. On the extra rows, you'll need to draw random numbers for the teams from 0-9. A person should be picked at random so they can also draw at random the numbers that will be assigned to the teams.

Picture a 10×10 grid, creating 100 squares, where participants can purchase individual squares. Each row and column is randomly assigned a number from 0 to 9, correlating to the last number of the score for each team playing in the game. Winners are determined at the end of each quarter based on the current score.

20.9% wind-up with either 0-7 or 7-0. And, around 16.4% secure 0-3 or 3-0. If you wind up with these values, your chance of winning will get worse with every quarter. Ideally, 0, 3, 4, and 7 are seen as the best values.

Numbers 2, 5, and 9 might as well be the benchwarmers of Super Bowl Squares. They rarely make an appearance in scoring plays, so landing on these numbers could leave you feeling more deflated than a football in the fourth quarter.

Doing so may violate the Interstate Wire Act of 1961, which states that it is illegal for individuals to engage “in the business of betting or wagering [through the knowing use of] a wire communication for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce.” Thus, any Super Bowl squares pool conducted across state ...

Which team goes on top of football squares? ›

Does the home team go on the top? Yes, the home team always goes on top. In the Super Bowl, the home team switches from AFC to NFC every year. Odd number Super Bowls are NFC home team, and for even number Super Bowls, the AFC is the home team.

Best Squares For Super Bowl

Strategy is simple when you play Super Bowl squares. Look back at the final scores of past football games and pick the numbers that pop up most commonly. You can and should tailor this to the specific game you're betting on.

Squares are a fun way of placing atypical yet simple bets that aren't determined by which team wins the game. They depend on the final digit in each team's score and allow bettors to try to pick the final score (but with less risk than an exacta).

The best Super Bowl squares are exactly what you'd expect: Combinations of 0s, 3s and 7s — aka numbers common in football between field goals (3) and touchdowns (7) and the two combined (10).

The easiest way to draw is to place the numbers 0 through 9 in a hat and draw them out one at at time, writing the top row of numbers first, working your way from left to right. Place the numbers back in the hat and draw again for the left column, working from top to bottom.

Super Bowl squares rules

The game is played on a 10x10 grid with a "home" team row on top and the "visitor" column on the side. So in this year's matchup, the Chiefs would be across the top and the 49ers would be down the side.

Picture a 10×10 grid, creating 100 squares, where participants can purchase individual squares. Each row and column is randomly assigned a number from 0 to 9, correlating to the last number of the score for each team playing in the game. Winners are determined at the end of each quarter based on the current score.

Each person gets eight numbers. $500 paid on starting score of each quarter-whoever has 0/0 at the start of the game wins $500. $1,000 is paid on the winning score. $200 is paid on each score change.