Sell every square, collect the money in one place, and let the board track scores and winners in real-time.
Pick your football matchup, choose your grid size and price per square, and set how the prize pool gets split with your cause.
Send one link to your team, your workplace, or your donor list, and collect every payment through the same board instead of tracking cash and messages separately.
We update scores in real time, determine the winner for every quarter, and notify players automatically so you can spend the game raising money instead of managing a sheet.
100 squares available
Playing as: You. Choose your squares!
Built on three core principles: Easy, Fun, and Fast. If this is your first fundraiser board, the full guide to hosting a football squares pool walks through the whole setup, and the Super Bowl fundraiser guide covers the biggest board most groups run all year.
A board built around your goal
Set up a 10x10 grid for any NFL or college football matchup, then decide how much of what you collect goes to your team or cause and how much gets paid out as prizes.
Collect the money in one place
Supporters pay through one-click links using Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, or Zelle, and you keep one central record of who has paid instead of chasing a paper list.
Scores and winners handled for you
We update the score in real time and work out the winning square for every quarter, so nobody has to sit with a printed sheet and a pen during the game.
Supporters can check the board themselves
The board shows who is on track to win the quarter while it's still being played, so your supporters stop messaging you to ask which numbers they have or who just won.
Fill your board faster
Share one link with your whole supporter list, watch the squares fill in as they get claimed, and see exactly which ones are still open when you need a last push.
Smaller boards for smaller groups
If 100 squares is more than your group will comfortably buy, run a 5x5 or a 4-square grid instead and pay out exactly the same way.
One pass, every sport you fundraise for
Run football boards in the fall, then use the same account for NCAA basketball, the NBA, or baseball when the calendar turns.
Made for phones
Perfect for fundraising nights and watch parties where everyone is looking at the board on their own phone.
| Our App | PDFs/Sheets | Other Sites | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic winner detection | Sometimes | ||
| Real-time updates | No/Manual | Sometimes | |
| Mobile-optimized | Yes/Limited | Varies | |
| Setup time | <5 minutes | 10-15+ minutes | 5-10 minutes |
| Fun animations | Rarely | ||
| Flexible payment options | Sometimes | ||
| Multiple games on 1 board | Rarely | ||
| Board Creation Limits | Unlimited | Per board | Per board |
| Cost | One Game Pass - $12.99 | Free | Free to $25/board |
Real feedback from people running Play Squares boards.
“After years of using pen and paper, this was such a welcome upgrade. It was easy to set up and share for our Super Bowl party.”
“As a host, this saves so much time and eliminates manual errors. The interface is easy for players, and I'll use this for every event I host.”
“Even my older uncle had no issues picking squares. I felt confident sharing it with everyone, and it was completely worth the price.”
Supporters claim squares on a grid, and each square ends up holding one digit for the home team and one for the away team. Whoever holds the square matching the last digit of each score when a scoring period ends takes a share of the prize pool, and the rest of what you collect goes to your cause. Nobody has to follow football to play, and nobody picks their own numbers, which is what lets a squares board raise money from people who would never buy a raffle ticket.
Your supporters claim a spot on the grid and pay for it, then the digits get randomized across the rows and columns once the board is full. Whoever bought first has exactly the same shot as whoever squeezed in at the last minute, so nobody feels shortchanged for donating late, and the board locks the moment the numbers are drawn. That draw, not kickoff, is your real deadline for selling squares.
If the home team is sitting on 17 and the away team is on 13 when the first quarter ends, the winning square is the one holding a 7 for the home team and a 3 for the away team. Most boards pay at the end of each of the four scoring periods, which gives every square four chances in one game, and our walkthrough of how to play football squares is worth sending to any supporter who has never been on a board before.
The one thing a fundraiser board adds is the split. Half to the cause and half to the prize pool is the usual starting point, so a $10 board that sells out collects $1,000 and pays $500 across the four periods, but you set that however your group prefers. Tell supporters the split before they buy, weight the last prize heavier than the early quarters to keep people watching to the final whistle, and if 100 squares is more than your list will absorb, a smaller grid pays out exactly the same way.
The mechanics are identical whichever game you put on the board, so a youth team can run a football board in the fall and a March Madness fundraiser in the spring without teaching anyone a new game. If the score gets complicated, our rules guide covers overtime, ties, and repeat winners.
You buy one host pass, and the money your supporters put in never passes through us. It goes straight between them and you through the payment method you already use, so what you raise stays with your cause.
Best for single-event hosts.
Best for hosting multiple pools over a short period, such as playoffs, tournaments, or busy game stretches.
Best for frequent or season-long hosts.
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