Answers to commonly asked questions.
A sweepstake is a game in which each person is given one or more teams during a tournament, like the World Cup. You may also know it as an office pool. As the teams in the tournament win or lose, the person with the winning team, or teams, wins the sweepstake. People often play this among colleagues or friends. Sometimes sweepstakes are played as a lottery, with each player paying an equal amount to enter and the winner being awarded the sum of the entry fees.
Yes. In the US, many people call this an office pool. In the UK and Ireland, people often call it a sweepstake. Sweepstakes League can be used for either: a World Cup office pool, an office sweepstake, or a tournament game with friends.
In Classic mode, each player gets one randomly chosen team. In Sweepstakes League mode, each player gets a bundle of multiple teams, designed to include a mix of stronger and weaker sides so more people stay involved for longer.
Classic Sweepstake is free. Sweepstakes League is £10 per league. There may be launch discount codes available on the home page.
The best World Cup sweepstakes keep as many players involved as possible throughout the tournament. Traditional formats often become unbalanced quickly if one player gets a very strong team and another gets a weaker one. Sweepstakes League solves this by assigning balanced bundles of teams, with live scoring and automatic leaderboards throughout the FIFA World Cup.
The best office World Cup sweepstakes, or office pools, are easy to follow, fair for casual players and create friendly competition throughout the tournament. Sweepstakes League automatically balances teams between players and updates a live leaderboard in real time, helping keep more people engaged until the final stages.
The algorithm looks for bundles that feel fair across the whole tournament pool. It considers team strength using betting odds, and also tries to spread teams from the same World Cup group across different bundles. The aim is not to predict the winner. The aim is to avoid one player getting all the favourites or all the long shots.
Yes. The app suggests balanced bundles first, but the organiser can swap teams around before the final allocation step. Nothing is assigned to players until the organiser clicks allocate.
Classic mode is designed to be quick and simple, so it uses the tournament teams loaded in the app. In League mode, organisers can move unwanted teams out of the draw before allocating bundles.
Popular World Cup sweepstake and office pool ideas include random team draws, prediction competitions and points-based pools. Sweepstakes League uses a modern points-based format where each player gets multiple balanced teams and earns points for wins and draws during the tournament.
Traditional World Cup sweepstakes can become very one-sided when one player draws a favourite like Brazil or France. Sweepstakes League reduces this problem by assigning balanced team bundles designed to keep the standings competitive for longer.
Each player earns points from all teams in their bundle. A win is worth 3 points and a draw is worth 1 point. The player with the most points wins. The bronze medal playoff is excluded from the final points tally. If players are level on points, goal difference is used, then goals scored. If they are still level after that, they share the same position.
In Classic mode, each player has one team. If your team is knocked out, you are out. The player with the tournament-winning team wins the sweepstake.
The table first compares goal difference, then goals scored. If players are still tied after that, they share the same rank.
Results update during matches, usually with a delay of up to 10 minutes. The live table depends on the tournament data feed, so updates are not always instant.
No. Sweepstakes League helps you run the draw and track the table. Any prize pot or payment to winners should be arranged separately with your colleagues or friends.
Please contact us at support.sweepstakesleague@gmail.com.