Which winning events are included?
Your free grid uses the regulation scoring events for its game—such as Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 for football, or the matching basketball periods.
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Create a Free Online Football or Basketball Squares Game
Choose an upcoming game, share one player link, and let The Squares Game handle number draws, live scoring, and winners automatically.
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Automatic score tracking, number draws, and winner identification handle the game-day work so managers can enjoy the game too.
Start free—no account required. Choose an upcoming football or basketball game, share the player link, and let The Squares Game handle number draws, live scoring, and winners automatically.
No account required. Real scores and winners; simulated payments and payouts for entertainment and bragging rights. No entry payments or prizes are processed.
Click here to download The Squares Game contactWhy: this helps manager login emails reach your inbox instead of junk or promotions.
How are the numbers assigned?
The app automatically draws a fresh set of numbers for each winning event, so no one is stuck with the same number combination for the whole game.
Do managers or players need an account?
No. Managers can create a free grid and players can join without an account. An email is optional when someone wants to find their grid or use the same player identity across devices.
How are winners chosen?
The app follows the live score and identifies the matching winning square automatically. If the first 100-square round is not full and the winning square is empty, an eligible player is selected by a weighted random draw from the filled squares.
What if all 100 squares do not fill up?
The game still has an event winner. When the winning square is empty, the free-grid lottery automatically makes a weighted draw from the players who have filled squares, giving each filled square one entry and declaring the winner.
Are payments and payouts real?
No. The $10 square value, payment status, ledger, and payouts are simulated so you can see the workflow before deciding whether a paid grid is right for your group.
What are simulated players?
Managers can optionally seed simulated players to see a fuller board and experience the game, ledger, and winner flow before inviting a real group.
Can players join after the game starts?
Yes, when future scoring events remain. New squares are eligible only for the events that have not happened yet.
What happens after the first 100 squares fill up?
The free grid can automatically expand into another 100-square round so more players can join without starting a separate game. Each round has its own winning square, and the app automatically identifies winners for every scoring event.
How many free grids can I run?
Each manager can have one active free grid at a time. Once that game is final, you can create another free grid. There is no lifetime limit on the number of free grids you can run.
How do I get help with all the controls?
Turn on Help Mode. It provides simple, in-context explanations for the toggles, lists, buttons, and other controls as you use them.
Full version adds
Free version includes
A Squares game is played during a sporting event on a grid with one team assigned to each axis. Participants choose grid squares, and the final digits of each team's score determine the winning square for each configured period.
The Squares Game supports NFL and college football, NBA, WNBA, men's and women's college basketball, the UFL, and the AFL (Australian Football League).
Top team
8 3 0 6 1
Left team
4 9 2 7 5
Score
27–24
Digits
7 · 4
How the game works
- 1. The grid: A standard 10 × 10 grid creates 100 total squares.
- 2. Team axes: One team is assigned to the top horizontal axis and the other to the left vertical axis.
- 3. Selecting squares: Before the game starts, players can choose empty squares manually or use Quick Pick.
- 4. Assigning numbers: When the game starts, The Squares Game automatically draws the numbers 0 through 9 in random order and assigns them to each row and column.
- 5. Winning: At the end of each configured event, the last digit of each team's score identifies the winning intersection on the grid. The Squares Game automatically calculates the winners.
The free version includes one active grid and the complete player and game-day experience. Payment and payout amounts are simulated for entertainment and bragging rights; the free game does not process entry payments or prizes.
Set up your free grid
Included free
Easy grid setup from the game schedule
The challenge
Creating a grid should not require the manager to type every team name, game time, and matchup detail by hand.
How The Squares Game helps
Search upcoming games by sport, league, and date, then select the matchup. The Squares Game fills in the teams and scheduled game details so the manager can focus on squares, payouts, and invitations.
Included free
Auto Expand beyond 100 squares
The challenge
A traditional 10 × 10 grid runs out of room after 100 squares, limiting larger groups and successful fundraisers.
How The Squares Game helps
When enabled, Auto Expand can open another 100 squares when the current round fills, letting more players join without forcing the manager to create and reconcile a separate game.
Fundraisers and large watch parties aren’t limited to 100 entries. More people can join the fun, increasing participation and giving fundraisers greater earning potential.
Built to reduce manager work
Add and onboard players
Included free
Share a free game with a public link
The challenge
A casual group should be able to join without accounts, payment setup, or a formal invitation process.
How The Squares Game helps
In the free version, players open one public link, enter a name, and choose squares. Names and winners are real; the $10 square value, payment status, ledger, and payouts are simulated.
Included free
Join after the game starts
The challenge
A player may want to join the fun after the game starts even though future winning events—such as Q2—have not begun.
How The Squares Game helps
When enabled, new and returning players can join after play begins and participate in the remaining eligible events without changing events that have already started.
A late arrival doesn’t have to miss the entire game. Friends can keep joining the fun—and fundraisers can keep growing—while completed periods remain protected.
Included free
Simulated payment and winner tracking
The challenge
It is difficult to understand the value of an integrated ledger and payout workflow without seeing them operate during a complete game.
How The Squares Game helps
The free version demonstrates payment status, a $10-per-square ledger, winner identification, and payout tracking without collecting or transferring real money.
Built to reduce manager work
Let The Squares Game run game day
Included free
Automatic game-start detection and number draws
The challenge
Watching the clock and manually drawing a new set of numbers at exactly the right moment takes the manager away from the game.
How The Squares Game helps
Using the live feed, The Squares Game detects when the game or a configured event starts and randomly assigns digits 0 through 9 to both team axes. Each number set is drawn only when its event begins—for example, Q2 numbers are drawn when Q2 starts.
Included free
Live scoreboard and play-by-play
The challenge
Managers and players should not have to switch between a sports app and the Squares grid to understand what is happening.
How The Squares Game helps
The Squares Game automatically brings the live score and play-by-play feed into the grid, so everyone can follow recent plays, the game clock, and the currently winning squares in one place.
Included free
Automatic winner identification
The challenge
Managers should not have to calculate score digits, locate the winning square, and match it to a player after every scoring period.
How The Squares Game helps
The Squares Game uses the live score to identify the winning square at each configured event and displays the real player name entered for that square.
Help wherever you need it
Included free
Help Mode on every screen
The challenge
Managers and players often need guidance at the exact moment they encounter an unfamiliar option or workflow.
How The Squares Game helps
Help Mode explains buttons, checkboxes, list options, and other actionable controls directly on each screen, so people can learn what an option does without leaving their work or searching separate instructions.
Run your game confidently, even if it’s your first time. In-context guidance helps managers and players find answers quickly, reducing questions, mistakes, and interruptions.
Football Squares guides
Learn the rules, prepare a watch-party grid, or create Squares for an upcoming NFL or college football matchup.
Online Football SquaresCreate and manage a football Squares grid online.How to Play Football SquaresLearn the grid, number draw, and winning-score rules.Super Bowl SquaresSet up a Squares game for football’s biggest watch party.College Football SquaresRun Squares for college football matchups and bowl games.Basketball SquaresCreate Squares for pro and college, men’s and women’s basketball.Supported SportsSee supported football and basketball leagues, including UFL and AFL.
Ready to create a grid?
Create one active free football or basketball Squares game with the complete player and game-day experience.
Start free—no account required. Choose an upcoming football or basketball game, share the player link, and let The Squares Game handle number draws, live scoring, and winners automatically.
No account required. Real scores and winners; simulated payments and payouts for entertainment and bragging rights. No entry payments or prizes are processed.
Click here to download The Squares Game contactWhy: this helps manager login emails reach your inbox instead of junk or promotions.
Which winning events are included?
Your free grid uses the regulation scoring events for its game—such as Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 for football, or the matching basketball periods.
How are the numbers assigned?
The app automatically draws a fresh set of numbers for each winning event, so no one is stuck with the same number combination for the whole game.
Do managers or players need an account?
No. Managers can create a free grid and players can join without an account. An email is optional when someone wants to find their grid or use the same player identity across devices.
How are winners chosen?
The app follows the live score and identifies the matching winning square automatically. If the first 100-square round is not full and the winning square is empty, an eligible player is selected by a weighted random draw from the filled squares.
What if all 100 squares do not fill up?
The game still has an event winner. When the winning square is empty, the free-grid lottery automatically makes a weighted draw from the players who have filled squares, giving each filled square one entry and declaring the winner.
Are payments and payouts real?
No. The $10 square value, payment status, ledger, and payouts are simulated so you can see the workflow before deciding whether a paid grid is right for your group.
What are simulated players?
Managers can optionally seed simulated players to see a fuller board and experience the game, ledger, and winner flow before inviting a real group.
Can players join after the game starts?
Yes, when future scoring events remain. New squares are eligible only for the events that have not happened yet.
What happens after the first 100 squares fill up?
The free grid can automatically expand into another 100-square round so more players can join without starting a separate game. Each round has its own winning square, and the app automatically identifies winners for every scoring event.
How many free grids can I run?
Each manager can have one active free grid at a time. Once that game is final, you can create another free grid. There is no lifetime limit on the number of free grids you can run.
How do I get help with all the controls?
Turn on Help Mode. It provides simple, in-context explanations for the toggles, lists, buttons, and other controls as you use them.
Full version adds
Free version includes