How to play

Five steps, and you already know four of them.

1. 1Guess blindNo peeking. You never see the real line, or anyone else's guess, until you've locked yours in — on the Lines tab, on a friend's challenge, anywhere. That's the whole game.
2. 2Pick a side and a numberWho's favored, and by how much. Drag the slider or type it. Season win totals skip the side — how many games do you think Vegas has them winning?
3. 3Take the kickLock it in and watch. Nail the number and you've drilled it; miss by a mile and it sails wide. What counts as a make is further down, and every kick you take shows up in Results.
4. 4Live with itOne guess per game, forever — no takebacks. You're scored against the line as it stood the second you guessed, so a line that moves later can't save you, and it can't beat you either.
5. 5Bring people into itShare any pick and it becomes a group anyone can join, no account needed. Play the full weekly NFL slate and you're in a group with Bill and Sal — their guesses land Monday. Everything you're in lives under Groups.

What counts as a make

How far off you can be and still put it through the uprights. College spreads run about double NFL ones, so college gets double the room.

Back the wrong favorite and it's no good however close the number was. Win totals are scored in wins, and they stay out of your points-based stats — different game, different scale.

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