A party on Sunday isn't complete without a Super Bowl squares board. We have you covered with a board for the Seahawks vs. Patriots matchup this year.
Squares pools, also referred to as "boxes," give everyone a rooting interest regardless of your favorite team — and they don't take much effort. You are assigned numbers and hope the last number of each team's score lines up with your numbers at the end of each quarter.
Download our sheet below and read up on the rules if you're running or playing in a Super Bowl LX pool for Seahawks vs. Patriots.
Super Bowl Squares Pool Rules
Here's how these pools work.
If your square intersects at Patriots 7 and Seahawks 0, then you win the first quarter if the Patriots are leading the game 7-0. If New England wins 27-20, then hey, you win the full game, too, since the last digit of each score is a match with your numbers.
There are five basic steps to setting up a squares pool.
- Print your sheet.
- Pick a price to buy in for each square. That price will determine the pool’s pot. So, with 100 squares available, a price of $2 per square, for example, would lead to a $200 pot.
- “Sell” all 100 squares to your friends, family, coworkers, whoever. Put their names in random squares until every single one is full.
- Don't fill numbers in until every square has a name in it. That way, the first participants can't take the best numbers. You'll be hoping to get numbers like 0, 3, and 7 since football games often end with scores that feature those numbers.
- The teams are on each axis of our sheet, but you'll want to write Patriots on the top and Seahawks on the left (or vice versa).
- Randomize the numbers 0-9 by picking them out of a hat (or using this site) and assign them a spot along the “X” axis (Seahawks), then repeat the same process for the “Y” axis (Patriots).
Super Bowl Squares Payout Structure
Most pools pay out each quarter. Then, a bigger percentage goes toward the final score.
Let’s continue with the example of the $200 pot with each square costing $2.
- First quarter: $30 (15%)
- Halftime: $60 (30%)
- Third quarter: $30 (15%)
- Final: $80 (40%)
There are plenty of ways to structure payouts, including awarding the entire pot to the final score winner, or paying out with every score change.
