Analysis | Super Bowl squares: The best numbers to have in your pool (2024)

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Analysis | Super Bowl squares: The best numbers to have in your pool? ›

It's the most lucrative square to own, followed by 7|0; 0|7; 0|3; 3|0; and 7|7. In general, the more 0, 3 and 7 squares you have, the better, because they never go out of style. (The first number listed in these combinations is for the home team, which in this Super Bowl is technically the Chiefs.

Best Strategies for Super Bowl Squares

- Historical Super Bowl scores reveal that numbers 0, 3, 4, and 7 often appear as the second digit. - Select squares with these numbers for better odds.

Now, let's talk about the numbers you don't want. Numbers 2, 5, and 9 might as well be the benchwarmers of Super Bowl Squares. They rarely make an appearance in scoring plays, so landing on these numbers could leave you feeling more deflated than a football in the fourth quarter.

Super Bowl Squares Betting Strategy

The three critical numbers in NFL betting are three, six and seven — the most common scoring outcomes.

One of the most popular variations on Super Bowl squares is to pay out 25% of the pot at the end of every quarter, rather than all of it at the end of the game. (Or, in some cases, 20% at the end of the first and third quarters, and 30% at the end of each half).

Zero, three or seven are the ending digit 102 times out of a possible 114 times (89.5 percent) at the end of the first quarter. Those are the best numbers you can have, but that's especially true early in games. No team has ever ended a first quarter with a 1, 2 or 5.

In general, the more 0, 3 and 7 squares you have, the better, because they never go out of style. (The first number listed in these combinations is for the home team, which in this Super Bowl is technically the Chiefs. Obviously there is no real home-field advantage in the Super Bowl.)

What are the best numbers for Super Bowl Squares? Zero, seven, and three are the best numbers for Super Bowl Squares, combining to hit more than 50% of the time in Super Bowl history. This is because most scoring in football is done in sevens (converted touchdowns) and threes (field goals).

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.

The best Super Bowl squares are exactly what you'd expect: Combinations of 0s, 3s and 7s — aka numbers common in football between field goals (3) and touchdowns (7) and the two combined (10).

How do you win with Super Bowl squares? ›

To win, a person needs to own the box that corresponds to the last digit of the score for each team. For instance, if the Chiefs hold a 6-0 lead after one quarter, the person who owns the square with Kansas City 6 and San Francisco 0 wins. That person also wins if the first quarter ends with the 49ers leading 10-6.

A standard Super Bowl square is a 10×10 grid. Each team playing in the game is assigned to the x and y axis. Each corresponding column and row will later be assigned a numerical value of 1-9, selected randomly.

Each person gets eight numbers. $500 paid on starting score of each quarter-whoever has 0/0 at the start of the game wins $500. $1,000 is paid on the winning score. $200 is paid on each score change.

Is there a strategy for picking Super Bowl squares? Because squares are chosen at random before the numbers are filled in, there is no strategy in selecting your squares. Picking a square in the middle of the board vs. picking a square in the corner of the board will give you the same odds of winning.

The numbers are based on a $50 a square game, with a $625 payout for the 1st and 3rd quarters, a $1,250 payout for halftime, and a $2,500 payout for the end of the game. (The cells are colored green for valuable, red for not valuable, and yellow for middle, with gradations.)

Example of a Super Bowl Squares payout structure

The most common way to structure the payout is one winner for each quarter (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and then a 4th winner for the final square. The payouts can either be equal, or increase in amount for each quarter, with the final score of the game winning the most.

How to win Super Bowl squares. Winning typically involves the score by the end of each quarter. The numbers on each side of the grid represent the last digit of the AFC team's score and the other represents the last digit of the NFC team's score, and whoever has that square when the quarter ends, wins.

The easiest way to draw is to place the numbers 0 through 9 in a hat and draw them out one at at time, writing the top row of numbers first, working your way from left to right. Place the numbers back in the hat and draw again for the left column, working from top to bottom.

When squares are auctioned after the column and rows are numbered, owners want boxes that correspond with totals of scoring plays, such as touchdowns and field goals. To win, a person needs to own the box that corresponds to the last digit of the score for each team.