Everything you need to know to compete, win, and talk trash responsibly.
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01Eligible Bets🎯▾
Spreads, moneylines, and totals are acceptable picks.
Prop bets and adjusted lines will not be accepted.
For the postseason, parlays of up to two legs may be entered.
02Locking In Your Pick🔒▾
All picks are final. Once you submit your 🔒, you may not change it.
If an invalid pick is submitted, the commissioner can request clarification before it is final.
03Missing a Pick⏳▾
Failure to submit a pick results in 0 units for that week.
The entry fee is still required and will apply to the season prize.
This is strictly a strategic option — use it wisely.
04Determining Winners🏆▾
Regular Season and Overall winner are determined by who has the most units.
A unit is the equivalent of a typical bet total so that bettors of all levels can be measured against each other. If you finish the year +2.5 units, you'd have expected to win $250 if you were a $100 bettor.
05Betting Odds & Unit Calculation📊▾
For bets with odds below even money (-101 or worse), the lock bet will be the number of units necessary to win 1 unit.
Example: A -110 bet is a 1.1 unit bet to win 1 unit.
For bets with odds above even money (+100 or better), the lock bet will be 1 unit with a payout equal to the odds.
Example: A +250 bet is a 1 unit bet to win 2.5 units.
06Bounties🔫▾
A bounty is triggered when there is only 1 correct pick in a given week. The bounty price per losing player is set by the commissioner at league creation.
Bounties are separate from and in addition to the league entry fee.
Pushes and no-entries are excluded from bounties.
Failure to pay a bounty by the conclusion of the following week will be subject to a penalty as determined by the commissioner.
07Entry Fees💵▾
Entry fees are due to the commissioner before the start of Week 1. Failure to pay on time will result in removal from the league.
The entry fee consists of prize pool and parlay contributions (if applicable). Parlay winnings will be applied to the overall prize pool.
Pushes and no-entries are excluded from bounty calculations.
08Parlays🎰▾
The parlay portion of the entry fee is applied to a real-life parlay bet placed with a legal sportsbook by the commissioner.
The parlay consists of all league player selections for that week.
Where contradictions exist (e.g. both over and under selected for the same game), those legs are excluded from the parlay.
Where incompatible bets exist on the same side (e.g. moneyline and spread for the same team), the higher-odds selection is used.
Line movement between lock time and parlay submission should be mitigated by the commissioner as best as possible — but slight differences may occur. That's gambling.
Proof of parlay submission must be provided by the commissioner. Failure to submit does not excuse the payout — the commissioner is responsible.
Parlay payout includes the original bet amount.
Example: A $15 3-team parlay at 6-to-1 pays $90 total (including the $15 stake).
09Rule Changes📜▾
Rules should be agreed upon and posted to the league page prior to the season start.
In-season rule changes require a 100% vote by all league players.
For league continuations, off-season rule changes require a simple majority.
Optional but encouraged: All rule change votes must be conducted from a body of water. 🚤
10Prizes💰▾
Regular season prize pool is 25% of total entry fees minus parlay contributions. 1st place collects 15%, runner-up collects 10%.
Example: 5-person $10/week NFL league (22 weeks), $3/week for parlays. $1,100 in entry fees = $770 minimum prizes + $330 for parlays. Regular season pool = $192.50 (25% of $770). Leader collects $115.50 (15%), runner-up $77 (10%).
Overall prize pool is 75% of minimum prizes plus all parlay winnings. Winner collects 70%, runner-up 20%, 3rd place 10%.
Example cont.: Overall pool = $577.50 (75% of $770) + parlay payouts. If parlays paid $300, winner collects $614.25 (70% of $877.50).
A parlay that pushes adds the bet amount back to the overall prize pool for that week.