Super Bowl Betting Grid

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The other thing you'll rarely find as you scan the internet for Super Bowl Squares odds is the inclusion of each team's win probability. For purposes of this year's Super Bowl, I've again used the win. How to Set Up Your Super Bowl Squares Grid Create a grid ten boxes high and ten boxes wide. This will give you 100 boxes, which means you can potentially have 100 people participating in this pool, although usually far fewer people are used. Over the top of your grid, write the name of one of the teams competing in the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl LIV matchup is finally set as the Kansas City Chiefs face the San Francisco.

Super Bowl squares are a mainstay at Super Bowl parties across the country each year, as it's an easy way to involve everyone in the game and keeps people cheering for more scoring right up until the end of the game. We look at how to play and offer up some tips to go along with our printable Super Bowl squares grid.

How do Super Bowl squares work?

  • Most Super Bowl squares are played on a 10x10 grid with a 'home' team row on top and the 'visitor' column on the side: An empty board starts with 100 'squares' to choose from. The next step is.
  • Here's how you do it. Get a large white poster board (or something else big to write on). Draw a big square. Within the square, create a 10 x 10 grid, making 100 little squares.
Super Bowl Betting Grid

Also known as football squares, the game has a 10×10 grid, which creates 100 individual squares – or boxes. If you're looking for a Super Bowl squares template for this year, feel free to use this:

Download Squares Template (make sure you print in landscape)

Before the Big Game begins, each box is assigned an equal cost – usually $.50, $1, $5 or whatever value your group decides. We'll use $1 here as our working example. At $1, the full board value is $100.

Super Bowl squares pro tip #1

Have someone in your group act as the bank to collect everyone's money. In the chaos before a game begins, it's easy for money not to be accounted for.

Super Bowl squares participants claim open boxes on the board by putting their name or initials in each box they choose randomly until all 100 boxes have been claimed.

Let's say I take 10 boxes, I'd then have to contribute $10 to the pot in this case.

Super Bowl squares pro tip #2

Super bowl betting grid by quarter

If you have a large party, you might want to set a maximum number of squares available so everyone has a chance to participate and a few people don't wipe out available squares too fast. We usually start with a max of five squares per person and then players can buy more after everyone has had a chance to participate if spots remain.

Once the board has been filled out completely, randomly assign numbers 0-9 to each of the 10 rows and columns. Make sure each row has a unique number and the same for the columns. We usually pick these numbers out of a hat to avoid any potential conflicts of interest. If you're looking to print out numbers, utilize this:

Download 0-9 number sheet

Each axis will represent one of the teams. Generally, we run with the AFC (Kansas City Chiefs) on the columns and the NFC (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) on the rows – but it really doesn't matter.

To determine a winning square at the end of each quarter, you'll be using the last digit of each team's score at that point in the game.

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How winning squares are determined

To determine a winning square you will be using the last digit of each team's score at the end of each quarter.

Example: At the end of the first quarter, the Chiefs have 17 points and the Buccaneers have 14 points.

Super Bowl Betting Grid 50 Squares

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Go to the Chiefs' column of numbers and find the number 7 (the ones digit in 17) then go to the Buccaneers' row of numbers and find the number 4 (the ones digit in 14). Find where these two numbers intersect on the grid and the name in that square wins the first quarter.

Repeat this process for all four quarters (the 4th quarter and overtime would be counted as one if OT comes into play).

A winning square is eligible to win in additional periods, too.

Suggested squares prize structure

1st quarter: 15% of pot ($15 on $1 squares)2nd quarter: 20% of pot ($20 on $1 squares)3rd quarter: 25% of pot ($25 on $1 squares)4th quarter/Overtime: 40% of pot ($40 on $1 squares)

Super Bowl squares pro tip #3

Bring four empty envelopes with you, mark each one for each quarter and put the appropriate prize money in each. It makes it easier distributing the prizes during the game. Whoever you made the 'banker' earlier can handle this chore.

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Super Bowl Betting Grid

Also known as football squares, the game has a 10×10 grid, which creates 100 individual squares – or boxes. If you're looking for a Super Bowl squares template for this year, feel free to use this:

Download Squares Template (make sure you print in landscape)

Before the Big Game begins, each box is assigned an equal cost – usually $.50, $1, $5 or whatever value your group decides. We'll use $1 here as our working example. At $1, the full board value is $100.

Super Bowl squares pro tip #1

Have someone in your group act as the bank to collect everyone's money. In the chaos before a game begins, it's easy for money not to be accounted for.

Super Bowl squares participants claim open boxes on the board by putting their name or initials in each box they choose randomly until all 100 boxes have been claimed.

Let's say I take 10 boxes, I'd then have to contribute $10 to the pot in this case.

Super Bowl squares pro tip #2

If you have a large party, you might want to set a maximum number of squares available so everyone has a chance to participate and a few people don't wipe out available squares too fast. We usually start with a max of five squares per person and then players can buy more after everyone has had a chance to participate if spots remain.

Once the board has been filled out completely, randomly assign numbers 0-9 to each of the 10 rows and columns. Make sure each row has a unique number and the same for the columns. We usually pick these numbers out of a hat to avoid any potential conflicts of interest. If you're looking to print out numbers, utilize this:

Download 0-9 number sheet

Each axis will represent one of the teams. Generally, we run with the AFC (Kansas City Chiefs) on the columns and the NFC (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) on the rows – but it really doesn't matter.

To determine a winning square at the end of each quarter, you'll be using the last digit of each team's score at that point in the game.

How winning squares are determined

To determine a winning square you will be using the last digit of each team's score at the end of each quarter.

Example: At the end of the first quarter, the Chiefs have 17 points and the Buccaneers have 14 points.

Super Bowl Betting Grid 50 Squares

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Go to the Chiefs' column of numbers and find the number 7 (the ones digit in 17) then go to the Buccaneers' row of numbers and find the number 4 (the ones digit in 14). Find where these two numbers intersect on the grid and the name in that square wins the first quarter.

Repeat this process for all four quarters (the 4th quarter and overtime would be counted as one if OT comes into play).

A winning square is eligible to win in additional periods, too.

Suggested squares prize structure

1st quarter: 15% of pot ($15 on $1 squares)2nd quarter: 20% of pot ($20 on $1 squares)3rd quarter: 25% of pot ($25 on $1 squares)4th quarter/Overtime: 40% of pot ($40 on $1 squares)

Super Bowl squares pro tip #3

Bring four empty envelopes with you, mark each one for each quarter and put the appropriate prize money in each. It makes it easier distributing the prizes during the game. Whoever you made the 'banker' earlier can handle this chore.

Can a bookmaker refuse to pay out. Follow SportsbookWire on Twitter and like us on Facebook.

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The 2021 Super Bowl is coming up soon. Two teams that don't typically appear in the season's biggest game are playing: Tampa Bay Buccaneers and The Kansas City Chiefs. As the game approaches, many people are beginning to play Super Bowl squares. If you're not quite sure how to play but want to get an office pool started, here's a step-by-step guide (plus free printable Super Bowl squares).

Step One: Print the Super Bowl Football Squares Chart

First, print a 10 square by 10 square chart. Use this link to print your free Superbowl squares chart.

Step Two: Set a Price for the Value of the Squares

If you decide to make a friendly wager on the game, you need to determine how much each square on the chart will be worth. Each participant will need to pay this amount for each square they place their name in on the chart. The amount for each square is completely up to you – adjust it according to the group of people you're playing the game with. Below are a few examples of amounts you could determine each square to be worth, and what the total pool for that amount would be.

  • 10 cent squares would create a total pool of $10.00
  • 25 cent squares would create a total pool of $25.00
  • 50 cent squares would create a total pool of $50.00
  • 1 dollar squares would create a total pool of $100.00
  • 2 dollar squares would create a total pool of $200.00
  • 5 dollar squares would create a total pool of $500.00
  • 10 dollar squares would create a total pool of $1000.00

If you don't want to bet cash on the Super Bowl, you may consider giving away small prizes to the winning square holders. Typically, you'll award these prizes after each quarter.

Step Three: Assign Squares

Next, you will need to fill in the 100 squares inside the chart. As long as it is easy to determine who has claimed which square, you can organize this any way you want. The most common way to do this is to have all those participating initial the square(s) they want for the game. You can also assign each participant a color and allow them to color in the squares they'd like to claim.

The number of squares each person gets depends on the number of people playing the game. If you have 10 people playing, each would pick 10 squares (5 people playing, each would pick 20 squares, and so on).

Step Four: Randomly Assign Numbers

Super Bowl Betting Grid 2021

Have people fill in their squares before assigning numbers. Then, assign numbers 0-9 on the top and side of the chart. It is more likely for the end score for either team will end in a 0, 3, or 7 than most other numbers. For this reason, you'll want to assign the number after people have colored/initialed their squares to provide everyone with the same odds of winning.

Step Five: Decide How to Award Prizes

Super Bowl Betting Grid Template

There are a wide variety of ways to award prizes. You can decide which is best for you and the group you're playing with. Most games give out a small amount at the end of each quarter, with a bigger prize for the participant that has the winning square at the end of the game. Below you'll find some of the different ways you can award the prize money. For those who are giving away predetermined prizes rather than money, you should also determine how these will be awarded.

Step Six: Determine the Winners

Super Bowl Betting Squares Printable

In order to determine the winner, you need to look at the last number of the score for each team. For example, if the score is Kansas City 14 and Tampa Bay 13 after the first quarter, you would look for the '4' column from the Chiefs side, and '3' column from the Buccaneers side. Once the two columns have been determined, you run the lines together until they meet at a square which is the winner. You follow the same process with the scores at half-time, the end of the third quarter, and the final score.

Super Bowl Betting Grid Rules

Readers, are you participating in Super Bowl squares or any other Super Bowl game? Let us know your plans in the comment section below!

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