I Built Football Squares on Bitcoin (2,100 sats/square)

[SatSquares420]

Hey all,

I just wanted to stop by and introduce a project I hacked up last week. It's basically American football squares for Bitcoiners.

For those unfamiliar: football squares is a 10x10 grid where you buy squares before numbers are assigned. After all squares are sold, numbers 0-9 are randomly assigned to rows and columns. Your square wins if the last digit of each team's final score matches your numbers. Pure luck, no skill required. Your grandma has the same odds as the guy who memorizes QB ratings.

Buy squares using on-chain bitcoin or lightning. I'm keeping it super light: only 2,100 sats per square. We have a Telegram chat at: https://t.me/+X4fLtPvBANs2MzYx.

The number randomization is provably fair. Numbers are randomized using the Bitcoin block after all squares are purchased. That block's hash is used as a seed for the RNG to create a deterministic set of shuffled digits, 0-9. Those are the numbers for the squares.

I understand the exit scam risk. I've tried thinking through ways of mitigating it but I can't. Best I can do is keep the games light/cheap to keep risk as low as possible. I'm all ears for ideas.

Check it out: https://satsquares.xyz

Winner takes all for now. Planning to add quarterly payouts if people actually use this thing.

[SatSquares420]

Buy squares for Sunday Night's game! Kansas City Chiefs at New York Giants!

https://satsquares.xyz/game/b7ffff20-8086-41a6-8530-0112e3c84a96

[Davidvictorson]

I do not know alot about American football so I found it difficult to understand it but I commend you for creating this and above all thinking about the "exit scam" thing. People who understand how it works should drop their comments and recommendations, it could help me in understanding.

Lastly, I like this quote at the end of the - How It Works page, "Remember: Football squares is meant to be fun entertainment. Never bet more than you can afford to lose, and enjoy the game!" A very good gambling aware reminder to folks who need it.

[yahoo62278]

I do not know alot about American football so I found it difficult to understand it but I commend you for creating this and above all thinking about the "exit scam" thing. People who understand how it works should drop their comments and recommendations, it could help me in understanding.

Lastly, I like this quote at the end of the - How It Works page, "Remember: Football squares is meant to be fun entertainment. Never bet more than you can afford to lose, and enjoy the game!" A very good gambling aware reminder to folks who need it.

I have only ever seen it be done for the Superbowl, but I suppose it could work for any football game. It's pretty simple to understand really. You have 100 spots on a board if you buy a  square you'll be assigned 2 random numbers 1 for each team. Let's use 3 for team A and 0 for team B. at the end of the 1st quarter if the score is 3-0 and team A has the 3 with team B obviously having 0, you would win a portion of the pot. If the score remains the same throughout the whole game, you'd win the whole pot.

Some pay with each score change, some pay each quarter. You'd have to visit and read his rules to know exactly how it's working.