0-0 Football Squares

[Heberto Calderon]

Itseems natural to model American football as a Markov chain. If you want to be realistic, the state space could be incredibly complicated, with information about things like who's in possession, how many downs, what's the score, etc. In statistical physics, however, ridiculously simple models do a surprisingly passable job of modeling complex processes. I wouldn't be surprised if something as stupid as a normal-distributed random walk, with absorbers at 0 and 100 yards, did an okay job of predicting the gross statistical properties of football scores.

There have only been 43 Super Bowls, so your sample size is pretty crappy. (For what it's worth, all of the scores are available here.) Super Bowl contenders are drawn from the NFL, though, and there have been hundreds of NFL games. It might be interesting to see whether you can reliably distinguish a Super Bowl game from a regular season game just by looking at the final scores!

I have seen the probabilities worked out in algorithms factoring in game score, squares, numbers drawn with up to 10,000 samples. None of the it matters, the output is always the same, you have a 1% chance of your square hitting the.

There are many different ways people can play football squares, also known as Super Bowl Squares, so we'll try to sum up the different options. Most people play during the Super Bowl, but football squares can be played for other sports/games. The basics of the game are the following:

Now, start recruiting people to join your Football Squares pool by letting them choose which squares they want. If you use our site to Play Football Squares Online, this will be a much easier process since you can simply email everyone the link to your site and let them choose their squares. If you decide to use a Spreadsheet or Printable Sheet, then this process will take extra time and effort since you have to manually pass along the file or sheet.Get Started Now!

Once all the squares have been filled, it is time to assign the numbers to each column and row. By playing online, this is as simple as a click of the button. For those using offline options, randomly assign numbers 0 through 9 to each column, followed by doing the same for each row. Now each square represents a specific score in the game based on the column and row numbers.

Your Football Squares grid is now complete, and you just need to wait til the game is played to determine who will be your winners. A winner will be determined at the end of the 1st quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, and Final Game score. The winner is determined by looking at the last number in each teams' score, and then matching those numbers on the grid and seeing which square intersects those two numbers. An example would be having a score of AFC 23 - NFC 14. The last number for the AFC is 3, and the last number for the NFC is 4. The square on the grid that has the AFC with a number of 3, and NFC score of 4, would be the winner.

Payouts for the winners vary depending on your setup, but usually the 1st through 3rd quarter winners would each get 20%, and the final score would get the remaining 40%. When running for a charity or non-profit, usually 50% of the Pot goes to the charity, and the remaining is divided up among the winners.

There is no difference between the gird above and the Super Bowl Squares that you use every year for the big game. The grid above allows you to edit the team names, so it can be used for any game of the season.

Step 1

Print the square grid from above and fill in the two blank lines beside the word "Team", with the two teams that will be playing. It does not matter which team goes on which line, as long as it is done before the rest of the office pool takes place.

Step 2

Take the grid around to family, friends, and co-workers, having each participant place their name in the square or squares of their choice. If you think you will be unable to fill the entire grid check out our 25 square grid and 50 square grid.

Step 3

Once all the squares are full it is time to set up the drawing. This can be done in many ways, listed below are 2 examples. After determining the drawing method, draw the numbers one at a time placing the numbers from left to right starting with the first gray square box in the top row, continue across the top row until the numbers are gone. After that is complete you will redraw the numbers, this time placing the drawn numbers in the gray square boxes in the left column, starting at the top.

Example 1: Write the numbers 0-9 on pieces of paper and place them in a hat.

Example 2: Get a deck of cards A through 10, the ace represents a one, the 10 represents a 0, 2-9 are face value

Step 4

Now is time for the fun!! Begin watching the game, at the end of each quarter match the last digit of each teams score with the grid.

Example: At the end of the first quarter the team listed at the top has 17 and the left column team has 14. Go to the top row of numbers and find the number 7(last digit of 17) then go to the left column of numbers and find the number 4(last digit of 14) find where these two numbers intersect on the grid and the name in that square wins the first quarter. You will follow this step for all four quarters. Be sure to discuss what is going to be done in case of an overtime, some people will just ignore the overtime score, some people will substitute the overtime score for the 4th quarter, and others will declare 5 winners. Once again to avoid problems make sure all of this is discussed before the game begins.

Football Squares is a popular game played during any NFL or college football game, but is most often played during the Super Bowl. What exactly is it? Picture a 1010 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.

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After all squares are sold, randomly assign numbers 0-9 to each column and row. This gives each square a unique pair of numbers corresponding to the possible scores of the football game. Then, send an email to participants with the finalized grid so they can play along.

The Super Bowl is the crown jewel of American sports and a sports bettors paradise. The annual matchup between the AFC and NFC champions determines which team wins the Lombardi Trophy and is forever enshrined in NFL glory.

If Philadelphia had made a field goal and ended the quarter leading 10-7, then a square with Eagles 0:7 Chiefs would have won instead of the 7:7 square. The same goes for Eagles 20-17 Chiefs, Eagles 0-47 Chiefs and so on.

The game ended 34-28 in favor of the Patriots. Based on that, all end-of-game squares that corresponded to Patriots 4:8 Falcons cashed. However, all squares corresponding to Patriots 8:4 Falcons were graded as losers since the numbers were correct but were assigned to the wrong team.

One way to determine the prize structure is to charge a flat amount for each square and award the winner the cost of every square once the entire board is filled. For example, if a square costs $10, there are 100 squares available and 100 participants, the prize would be $1,000.

Another way to determine the prize for Super Bowl squares is to add the total amount of wagers placed, split them into four (one for each quarter of the game) and give each end-of-quarter winner their 25% split of the whole pot. These methods are common in office parties, friendly get-togethers and unofficial contests.

These numbers look different for every quarter. Zero is the most common outcome for first-quarter squares, with nearly half of the teams that played in the Super Bowl registering a scoreless first quarter.

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Now that the February 11, 2024, Super Bowl matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers is set, many American workplaces will turn to the ubiquitous office pool to generate excitement and build camaraderie over the next two weeks.

Despite their popularity, those Super Bowl squares can present thorny legal risks for employers who sponsor them, because Super Bowl squares are, by definition, gambling. Whether that gambling is unlawful depends on the jurisdiction and how the pool is operated.

Given that the elements of gambling are present, absent a state exception, it is technically illegal for companies to host an office pool without a license. This is where employee confusion often sets in. Since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal prohibition on sports betting in 2018, 38 states (plus D.C.) have legalized sports betting. Since that time, Americans have legally wagered more than $300 billion on sports. Given the pervasiveness of legal sports betting, most employees (and their employers) assume sports betting in all forms is legal. But it is not.

In fact, Super Bowl squares are illegal in 37 states. And even the states that do permit office pools have different requirements. For example, the state of Washington permits Super bowl squares, but with strict conditions that (1) only one board may be offered; (2) a person or business cannot charge more than $1 per square; and (3) the board must be available for state inspection. Other states like Ohio and Colorado permit office pools so long as the organizer does not make a profit or take a cut of the entry fees.

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