Super Sunday is here, and we’re only hours away from the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots’ Super Bowl 60 showdown, which airs at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NFL+.
Maybe you’re a diehard 12th Man or Pats Nation devotee. Maybe you’ll just tune in for the commercials or go to a party for the snacks. Or maybe you’re a fan of the halftime entertainment, Bad Bunny. Whatever the case may be, why not give yourself something more to care about, like some cold hard cash?
One of the easiest, no-skills way to play is the Super Bowl squares game. And now’s the perfect time to get a game going with family, friends or co-workers:
Super Bowl 60 first-quarter winning numbers
With the Seahawks leading 3-0 after the first quarter, square 3, 0 is your first winner of the game. We’ll update the winning numbers after each quarter.
Super Bowl 60 halftime winning numbers
Two more Jason Myers field goals put the Seahawks up 9-0 at halftime, so those are your halftime numbers.
How to play Super Bowl squares
1. A 10×10 grid is used to play the game. Often, a paper copy of the grid is printed out.
2. People buy squares on the grid for a fixed price. We’ll use $5 a square here. Generally, in an office setting, you can write your name on the official grid.
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3. Once all squares are sold (It’s OK if some are not sold, more on that later) the pool organizer draws random numbers between 0-9 and assigns them across the top and side of the grid. The organizer then shares the grid with all players who purchased squares.
4. At the end of every quarter, the last digit of the score for each team is plotted on the grid. For example, if the score at the end of the first quarter was the Seahawks 14 and Patriots 7, the winning numbers of 4 and 7 are plotted on the grid. Here, ‘Rick P.’ is the winner for the first quarter.
What if you haven’t sold all the squares and a blank square wins? That quarter’s prize rolls over into the next quarter. Just use your best judgment. You don’t want a game where there are too few squares and nobody wins.
Super Bowl squares best numbers
Since the game relies on scoring, it comes as no surprise that the best numbers are among the most common in the sport.
Participants will feel good to walk away with 0, 1, 3, 4 or 7.
Touchdowns are worth six points, but frequently turn into seven with a made extra point. Field goals are worth three. However, two-point conversions, missed extra points and safeties, which are worth two points, can make for some funky scoring outcomes.
While there are preferred numbers to have, anything can happen, which could make even the worst numbers look the best.
Super Bowl squares worst numbers
The worst Super Bowl squares numbers would be 2, 5 or 9. Unlike the best numbers, these require a little more work to get to. If things get weird in Santa Clara, you might be in luck then.
According to Print Your Brackets, the combinations of 1-1, 1-2, 2-3, 6-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 8-7, 8-8 and 9-9 are the only 11 combinations to never register at the end of any quarter or be part of the final score at any of the first 50 Super Bowls.
How Super Bowl squares winnings are distributed
How winnings are divided among quarters can differ. Traditionally, the final quarter pays out the most. In our example, we assume we sold all 100 squares, making a $500 pot. The first, second and third quarters are awarded $100 and the final score is awarded $200.
Download a the Super Bowl squares grid
Click here to download your own Super Bowl Squares template and start a game with your friends. Tip: print the document in landscape mode.
