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$20 - Per Square.
For Square contests, you have to pay to play. So. once you pay, email me to get the link to pick your square/s (NicksSportsPools@gmail.com) (see the payment info at the bottom of this website for options)
The site charges $24.95 to host the pool, so $25 will be taken out of the total pot.
Same as SuperBowl squares format, but there are no bad numbers in basketball so everyone's odds of winning are much better. This will be played for all 63 games in the Tournament starting with Round 1 (play-in games DO NOT count)
You go to the site to pick your square or I can pick for you. You will have that same square (numbers) for all 63 games in the tournament, the numbers will be randomly picked by the site.
At the end of every game, the site will automatically compare the last digit of both teams' score to determine the winner. The X-Axis (top) will use the last digit from the winning team's score, and the Y-Axis (side) will use the last digit from the loser's score.
Example, if you have Winner = 4 and loser = 0, every game that ends with the winning team ending in 4 and the losing team ending in 0, you win for each of those games throughout the Tournament (ex: 84-80, 84-70)
Each individual winner will be listed, as well as an aggregate count of how many times each pool member has won for each round, and in total, on the hosting website.
Payouts - 100 squares x $20 = $2000 minus $25 for site fee = $1975.
Each game, except the Championship, will payout $27.50 (62 games x $27.50 = $1705).
The Championship game will pay out $270 ($1980 minus $1705)
This is only if all 100 squares get filled up, otherwise, payouts will be TBD based on the number of entries.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
DO NOT use Purchases or Goods/Services when paying via Paypal or Venmo!
If you use Purchases or Services/Goods as your method of payment in Venmo or Paypal, a charge is taken out by Venmo and/or Paypal. You will have to submit another payment to cover that charge, so, DO NOT use Purchases or Goods/Services.
Venmo - @NicksSP (turn off Purchase toggle) (last 4 of phone is 9792) - Use the message "MM"
Make sure to turn off Purchases before you click on the PAY button. If you have Purchases toggled on (blue) a fee is taken out by Venmo which you will have to pay as an additional transaction to cover that fee. Refunds on this would be minus the service charge that Venmo took out.
Zelle - NicksSportsPools@gmail.com
Paypal - @NicksSP or @NicksSportsPools@gmail.com (send to Family/Friends)
(Paypal is anti-gambling and they could interpret your payment as such, and revoke your account, so use the "messaging" as MM, Make sure to pick SEND TO FRIENDS & FAMILY on the Review page before hitting Send. If you pick FOR GOODS and SERVICES a fee is taken out by Paypal which you will have to pay as an additional transaction to cover that fee.
Cash App - $NicksSP1 or NicksSportsPools@gmail.com