About us

Oddsmakers in Vegas spend millions of dollars and crunch an absurd amount of numbers to set the betting lines. Think you can guess what they came up with?

First, what's a line?

A line — a spread — is how many points the favorite is expected to win by. If the Chiefs are favored over the Raiders by 6.5, the line is Chiefs −6.5: Kansas City has to win by 7 for a bet on them to cash. It's the number everybody argues about all week.

Here you guess that number before you see it. No money, no bets, nothing to lose but your dignity — just you against the people whose whole job is getting this right.

Where the idea came from

Bill Simmons and Cousin Sal have been guessing the lines cold on The Bill Simmons Podcast for years, and they're the reason anyone knows this is fun. We kept score and let everyone else play along. We're not affiliated with them, the podcast, or The Ringer in any way.