Super Bowl Squares 2019: Printable Boxes, Rules, How To Win Office Pool For Patriots vs. Rams

Now that sports betting is starting to become legalized across the United States, there might be more gambling on the Super Bowl in 2019 than ever before. Of course, there are ways to wager on Super Bowl LIII between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams that won’t force you to deal with a sportsbook.

Super Bowl boxes are a popular way for people to have some money on the biggest sporting event of the year. Often called “Super Bowl squares,” the pool gives every participant an equal chance to win, regardless of their football knowledge.

The winners of the pool are determined by the score of the game at the end of each quarter. Each player is given a set of two numbers, and if your numbers match the score of the game, you win a certain portion of the pot.

The rules can seem complicated, but they really are simple. The pool is determined by a 100-square grid, just like the one that appears in this link here.

As the picture shows, the Patriots are on top, or the x-axis, and the Rams are on the left, or the y-axis, of the pool. Each row is assigned a number from 0-9. Those numbers are picked at random, and every row on the same side of the axis must be assigned a different number.

This will result in two numbers, one identified for New England and one identified for Los Angeles, being labeled to each box.

Determining which boxes go to which players is up to whoever is running the pool, though it should be done at random. Some boxes are much more valuable than others.

For example, a 7,0 box is worth more than most. A quarter can easily end with a 7-0 score, and scores like 17-10 or 17-20 are common for NFL games. You don’t see many quarters or games end with scores like 15-9 or 25-19, making a 5,9 combination not ideal.

There are prizes awarded at the end of each quarter, leaving the most money for the score at the end of the game. Let’s say it costs $5 to purchase a box: the prizes might be $50 for the first quarter, $100 for the second quarter, $75 for the third quarter and $225 for the end of the fourth quarter.

If these were the rules for a pool in last year’s Super Bowl, the person that had Philadelphia “1” and New England “3” in their box would have won the $225 prize because the Eagles beat the Patriots 41-33.

The best numbers in recent years have been 1, 4 and 8.