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Super Bowl Office Football Pools - Enjoy Sports Betting with Your Friends
We have all you need to set up 2009 Super Bowl office pools using our grid templates you can print along with instructions on how the game works
Football pools are the most common source of office wagering. The 2009 Super Bowl is the ultimate opportunity to run an office betting
pool. Running an office pool is very easy to do - we even tell you how below in case you don't know. Most states in the U.S. have
clarified their laws regarding this form of entertainment to allow it as long as 100 percent of the funds in the pool are paid
back out to the contestants. We strongly suggest that you check both your local laws and workplace rules before participating
in any office pools.
Square Football Pools
This is probably the most common type of office betting pool. The pool is displayed on a 10 x 10 grid with numbers along both
the top and left side of the page. The top row of numbers represents one team and the side row represents the other team. The
numbers are not actually placed on the top and side, however, until the grid has been filled with the contestants' names. Once
filled, numbers are drawn out of a hat and placed left to right along the top of the grid, and top to bottom down the side of
the grid.
You can sell the squares for any amount you wish. For the $1.00 per square is a typical amount. This puts $100 in the pool.
The object of this particular office pool is to have the combination of number that match the last numbers in the score of
the game. Payouts are based on the score of each team at the end of each quarter. Please note that the digit used is always
the second number. For example, if a team has 17 points at the end of the quarter, the 7 is used to determine the winner.
You can make the payouts equal for each quarter, but it is also common to have a larger payout for the end of the game.
Standard 10 x 10 Square Football Pool Template
Pro Football Season Long Pick 'Em Pool
The weekly Pick 'Em pool is a season long test of endurance for NFL fans. Each week, players attempt to pick the winner
of every pro football game being played. If you plan to compete in this type of office pool it is advisable that you first
lay down some hard, fast, and enforceable rules. For example, you will want to decide how picks will be submitted. There
are websites devoted to tracking picks for this type of contest. You may want to consider such a site if your contest is
large. If your running a contest with a few of your friends it is easiest to just submit picks via e-mail
The winner of the contest is, obviously, the player who picks the most winners. If you are playing for money, and we know
that you are, then you may want to pay for 2nd and 3rd places as well. If you are paying 1st and 2nd places only, the most
common prize split is 70% to the winner and 30% to the runner up. If you are paying 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, the most
common distribution of winnings is 50%, 30%, and 20% respectively. If you wish, you can also have a prize for weekly
winners and a prize at the end of the season given to the player who gets the most right in any one week. It's your
office pool contest, so you get decide exactly how you want it to be run.
Pro Football Suicide Pool
Suicide pools have become an extremely popular form of football office pool. Suicide pools seem so easy, yet they are
extremely challenging. The object of a suicide pool is quite simple. All you have to do is pick the winner of one game
per week. If you are correct, you live to play another week. If you are wrong, you're out. The big catch, or rub if
you will, is that players may only use a team one time during the season. The game lasts until there is only one player
left. The game has also been called King of The Hill, Knockout, and Last Man Standing.
Suicide pools require a great deal of strategy. You, as a player, must determine whether to use the stronger teams first,
or save them for later in the season. Our strategy is to use the known commodities - good or bad - early in the season.
It is very easy to fall into the trap of using the defending Super Bowl champion in week one. Using all of the powerful
teams early leaves you with no bullets for later in the season. Of course, you have to advance to the later part of the
season. It is easy to see why it is nearly impossible to make it through a full season without losing a game.
You will find that many players will be eliminated from a suicide pool very quickly. Fortunately, it is easy to start a
second pool at the midway point of the season.
In order to run a successful suicide pool contest, you should be sure to establish a few rules regarding when and how the
entries are to be submitted. If you are running the contest, you should also keep a spreadsheet of which teams players
have used in the contest in order to avoid duplication.
More Office Pool Rules and Templates
College Football Office Bowls - Have you ever played a college football bowl office pool contest? If not, you are missing out. We'll tell you how play these fun pools. College football bowl contests add a lot of fun to the Holidays
NFL Football Office Bowls - Pro football office pools make for an entertaining Sunday of football viewing. We offer information for playing all of the popular football office pools including the ever-popular football square pool complete with template, suicide pool, and weekly pick'em contest.
NCAA Baskeball Pools - The NCAA Basketball Tournament - also known as March Madness and the Big Dance - provide an amazing opportunity for office pool enthusiasts. Filling out tournament brackets for office pool contests has become as much a right of spring as baseball. Learn how to run a popular March Madness office pool and follow your favorite teams to the Final Four.
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