Free Sports Betting Contests

Pick’em contests require participants to choose the winners from head-to-head matchups during the NFL or college football seasons. Each winning selection brings in a point.

The objective is to gather the highest number of points by the conclusion of the season or contest period, which requires making the most successful predictions.

These contests often provide rewards on a weekly, monthly, or seasonal basis. One example is Beat the Geek, a free NFL pick’em challenge you can join now for a chance to win an NFL trip for two.

Survivor pools extend throughout an entire season. Weekly, players select one team they believe has the best chance to win their matchup. A winning team allows the player to progress to the next round; a loss results in elimination.

A unique twist is that once you've selected a winning team, you cannot choose them again for the remainder of the contest. Survivor pools require strategic thinking to ensure that strong teams remain available later in the season — and only one person can emerge victorious.

NFL survivor pools are the most prevalent type of pick’em contests, largely due to their once-a-week matchup schedule.

Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) offer a quicker alternative to standard fantasy sports, where participants typically draft teams for just a single day. This differs from traditional fantasy leagues, where players draft for a full season.

In DFS, participants earn points based on the actual performances of the athletes they draft. There is also a salary cap during the drafting process, adding layers of depth and strategy in assembling the optimal team. At the contest's end, the teams with the highest scores receive cash prizes, often distributed among the top teams.

Bracket contests task players with forecasting the results of each match in a tournament, starting from the initial round-robin games to the final showdown. Competitors complete their brackets prior to the tournament, selecting the teams they believe will win each individual game and earning points for correct guesses.

Points awarded for correct predictions generally increase with each round, meaning accurate long-term forecasts can yield substantial rewards. The player who accumulates the most points at the tournament's conclusion is declared the winner.

Brackets are especially popular during large tournaments, like the NCAA’s March Madness Bracket Challenge. .

Prop sheets involve predicting specific in-game occurrences, such as the number of touchdowns a player will score or which team will win a coin toss. Participants make their predictions before the game commences and gain points for correct answers. The player with the highest score at the game's end takes home the prize.

Prop Sheets are favored for intensifying the excitement of major games, particularly during the Super Bowl .

Squares contests allow players to purchase specific boxes (squares) in a grid, where each box corresponds to potential last digits in each team’s Home–Away score. Participants aim to guess the final score at the end of each quarter, half, or period. If the digits of your square match those of the final scores of both teams, you win a prize or a portion of the cash pool.

A widely recognized version of squares is Super Bowl Squares, where participants acquire squares in a 10 × 10 grid numbered from 0 to 9.