How Fourways Work
What's a Fourway?
A prediction game for any set of games. Tournament bracket, NFL Sunday slate, single matchup — pick your format.
For every game, you pick one of four categories that describes how the game will play out. If you're right, you earn points. Riskier picks are worth more. Most points at the end wins.
The Four Categories
Every game has four picks to choose from. Each one describes how the game might end.
The higher-seeded or higher-ranked team wins.
Safe pick, fewer points
The lower-seeded team pulls the upset.
Risky pick, more points
Final margin is under 5 points.
Based on margin, not winner
Final margin is over 20 points.
Based on margin, not winner
Close and Blowout are based on the final margin, not who wins. A game can be a close game and an underdog win at the same time — but you only pick one category. That's where the strategy comes in. Default thresholds: Close is a margin of 4 or less. Blowout is 20 or more. These can vary by sport.
How Points Work
Riskier picks earn more points. A heavy favorite might be worth 3 points. The underdog upset? Could be worth 90+.
Point values are set before each game starts based on the matchup. What you see is what you can earn.
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How points are calculated
Points come from probability. The formula: divide 275 by the probability percentage and round it. For a 1-seed vs 16-seed: the favorite wins about 97% of the time, so that pick is worth round(275 / 97) = 3 points. The underdog wins about 3% of the time, so that pick is worth round(275 / 3) = 92 points. Probabilities come from over 10 years of historical matchup data — thousands of real games. Every pick is worth at least 1 point, and probabilities never drop below 2% (so no category is ever "worth infinity").
How You Play
1. Browse the games. Each matchup shows the four categories with their point values. You see exactly what's at stake before you pick.
2. Make your pick. Tap one of the four buttons. Changed your mind? Pick a different one. You can switch until lock time.
3. Picks lock 15 minutes before game time. Once the countdown hits zero, your pick is final. Forget to pick? One gets assigned automatically.
4. Watch the results roll in. After the game ends, correct picks light up as hits and the points hit your total.
Three Ways to Play
Fourways work for more than just March Madness.
Tournament. Full bracket — March Madness, conference tournaments, whatever's running. Games are grouped by round. Perfect for multi-week competitions.
Slate. A curated set of games — an NFL Sunday, a Saturday college slate, a week of NBA action. Great for weekly competitions with your group.
Single Game. Just one matchup. Quick, simple, perfect for a watch party.
In Tournament mode, favorites are based on seed. The 1-seed is the favorite over the 16-seed. In Slate mode, favorites are based on power rankings (ELO ratings). The higher-rated team is the favorite. When two teams are evenly matched — same seed or equal rating — it's a coin flip. Labels switch to Home and Away, and both sides are worth the same points.
How You Win
The leaderboard ranks everyone by total points. Ties break by total hits, then by your tiebreaker prediction.
The pot splits between the top finishers. Here's a standard breakdown for a 20-person fourway at $10 per entry:
Payouts
$200 Total
$10 Entry
Not playing for money? Fourways work just as well for bragging rights. The leaderboard doesn't care either way.
Every Pick Matters
You don't just predict who wins. You predict how they win.
That 16-seed upset everyone's talking about? The person who picked Underdog just earned 92 points while everyone else got zero. That nail-biter that went to overtime? Close Game hit. The blowout nobody saw coming? Someone called it.
Every game matters. Every pick is a decision. And the leaderboard is always moving.
Ready to Try It?
Pick a tournament, a slate, or a single game. Invite your friends.