Game Rules & Scoring

The basics

Hunch is free. There is no entry fee, no purchase and no prize. Hunch Points have no cash value.
You pick the winner of real NBA and NFL games and earn points for correct picks.
You compete with friends in private leagues. Standings are the total of your points.

Pick a winner any time before the game starts.
You can change your pick until kickoff or tip-off. At game start, every pick locks for good.
No pick = no points for that game.

Every team shows how many points a correct pick is worth. The less likely the win, the more it pays.

Points for a correct pick = 100 × (1 − the team's win chance), rounded. No floor, no cap: the bigger the upset, the bigger the reward.
Example: a favorite with an 80% win chance pays 20 points. An underdog with a 25% win chance pays 75 points. A 95% favorite pays just 5; a 5% long shot pays 95.
Win chances come from public, independent forecasts, not from Hunch players. Nothing you or your friends pick changes them.
Point values update until the game starts, then freeze for everyone at kickoff.
A wrong pick earns 0 points. You never lose points.

Before a game starts, nobody can see anyone else's pick: not your league, not your friends.
At kickoff, picks are revealed: who in your league took which team, and what share of all Hunch players picked each side.
After the final, correct picks show the points earned and standings update automatically.

Pick'em (NFL and NBA): Pick the winner of any game you want. Points add up all season; the league also ranks everyone week by week (NFL weeks run Thursday to Monday).
Survivor (NFL, coming soon): Pick one team per week to win. A team can only be used once. A wrong pick knocks you out; last player standing wins.
Confidence Pool (NFL, coming soon): Rank every game of the week from most to least confident. A correct pick earns its rank in points.

Postponed or cancelled game: picks on it are void and earn 0 for everyone.
NFL tie: 0 points for both sides.
Score corrected after the final: points are recalculated from the corrected result.
Win chance unavailable: the game shows 50/50 until a forecast appears; if none appears before kickoff, both sides pay 50 points.
Tie in league standings: more correct picks first, then the earlier join date.

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