Office & for-fun pools

Run an office squares pool in minutes

The easy way to run a Super Bowl or football pool at work, with friends, or at the bar. One link, numbers drawn for you, winners highlighted live — and the whole pot can go to the winners.

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No setup fees · Whole pot can go to winners · No platform fee for players

Running the office Super Bowl pool used to mean printing a grid, chasing people for cash, and writing numbers in by hand. ChooseASquare replaces all of that with one link.

Share it in your work channel or group chat, and coworkers claim their squares from their phones. Numbers draw automatically when the grid locks, scores light up the winners, and the whole pot can go straight to the winners — set the “house cut” to zero and it’s purely for fun. (Or keep a cut if you’re raising money for something.) You stay in control of the money the whole time; ChooseASquare never touches it.

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Built for groups

Perfect for coworkers, friends, families, and bar or watch-party crowds. Cap squares per person so it spreads around the office.

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Winner-takes-the-pot

Set the house cut to zero and 100% of the pot pays out to winners. No platform fee, no cut — it’s your pool.

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No more paper grid

Numbers draw at random at lock and winners highlight from the scores. Nobody has to babysit a spreadsheet.

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Pay however you want

Venmo, PayPal, cash, or check — you pick. Everyone pays you directly and you settle up with the winners.

How it works

Up and running in three steps

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Set up the pool

Pick the game, set the price per square, and set your cut to zero so the whole pot pays out (or keep a cut to fundraise).

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Drop the link

Share one link in Slack, Teams, email, or a group text. Coworkers claim squares and pay you directly.

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Lock & let it run

Numbers draw at kickoff and winners highlight as scores come in. Pay out the pot and you’re done.

FAQ

Office & for-fun pools, answered

How do I run an office squares pool?
Create a grid, set the price per square, and share one link with your coworkers. They claim squares from their phones and pay you directly. When the grid locks, numbers draw automatically, and winners highlight as you enter scores. You pay out the pot — that’s it.
Can the whole pot go to the winners?
Yes. Set the “house cut” to zero and 100% of what’s collected pays out to the winning squares. ChooseASquare never takes a cut or a platform fee, so nothing is skimmed off your pool.
Is it free?
You can run a pool on the free Kickoff plan and keep everything. Paid plans add extras like branding, the games library, and seller tools, but they never touch the money. There’s no platform fee for players either — they only pay the entry price you set (which you can make $0 for a purely for-fun pool).
Do coworkers need to create an account?
They sign in quickly with email or Google so their squares are saved and can’t be taken by someone else — but there’s no app to download, and the whole thing works from their phone.
How do people pay me, and how do I pay winners?
You choose which methods to accept — Venmo, PayPal, cash, or check. Buyers see how to pay you at checkout and you mark each one paid. You pay winners directly from the pot; the platform never holds funds.
Can I limit how many squares one person grabs?
Yes — set a cap per person so squares spread around the office instead of a few people taking the whole board.
Is an office squares pool legal?
Rules for paid pools vary by location and by employer policy, and ChooseASquare is software for organizing the grid — it doesn’t process payments or provide legal advice. Check the laws where you are and your workplace’s policies, or simply run it as a free, for-fun pool.
Raising money?

The same pool can fund your team or cause

Keep a “house cut” and the rest still pays out to winners — plus calendar fundraisers, recurring clubs, seller links, and progress meters built for booster clubs, schools, and nonprofits.

See fundraising tools →

Explore contest types

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Classic Squares
Super Bowl Squares, reinvented.
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Series & Playoff Squares
One square. Every game.
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Calendar Fundraiser
Choose A Date.

Run your office pool free

Skip the paper grid and the cash-chasing. One link, set up in minutes, winners on autopilot.

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Office Squares Pool — Run a Super Bowl Pool at Work, Free · ChooseASquare