NFL Season Squares Calculator

An NFL season squares pool charges a small amount per square per week rather than one lump sum, and every game on the slate pays out — fifteen or so games a week for the whole regular season and into the playoffs. It keeps a pool alive from September to February for a few dollars a week. This works out the weekly pot, the season gross and what the organiser keeps at whatever cut you set.

Fundraising calculator

What a season can raise

Price per square, per week

Buyers pay this × the number of weeks, upfront.

Squares sold (of 100)

sold

Each week’s pot scales with how many are sold.

Weeks in the season

wks

Full NFL regular season = 18; add the 4 playoff weeks = 22.

Avg games per week

games

Each week’s pot splits evenly across that week’s games (~15–16 early, fewer in the playoffs).

Your program keeps

The fundraiser cut off each week’s pot. The rest pays the winners. Set 0% for a pure-prize pool.

Raised for your program

$2,200

$11,000 collected over the season · $8,800 to winners

💰 One square is $110 for the whole season ($5 × 22 weeks), paid once.

Each week’s pot

$500

$5 × 100 squares

Typical per-game prize

$26.67

week pool ÷ 15 games

Total collected

$11,000

100 squares × $110

Paid to winners

$8,800

over 22 weeks

Estimate only. In the app you set the weekly price, whether to include the playoffs, and your fundraiser cut. Each week’s pot is the weekly price × squares actually sold, split evenly across that week’s games.

Questions people ask

Why charge weekly instead of once?

A $5 weekly square is an easier sell than a $110 season square, and people who join late can still buy in. The total is the same; the ask is far smaller each time.

Does every game pay out?

That is the usual shape — each game on the week's slate pays its own winner, which is why a weekly pot spreads across so many people.

What is a fair organiser cut?

For a fundraiser, 20–40% is normal and worth stating plainly on the sign-up. Players are far more relaxed about a cut they were told about than one they work out later.

Want us to run it for you?

We handle the selling, the collecting, the chasing and the scoring — numbers draw themselves, winners are worked out from the real scoreboard, and everyone can see the board on their phone. You keep 100% of what you raise.

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