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__eldorado__ OP t1_j7un7fw wrote

Reply to comment by tessthismess in [OC] Super Bowl Squares Probabilities: Factoring in the last eight years' historically weird NFL scores and Eagles-Chiefs win probabilities (both oft-ignored) by __eldorado__

Thank you for the question, and sorry for the misunderstanding. Those digits represent the final digit of each team's final score. So [1,0] could mean [Eagles 21, Chiefs 20], [Eagles 31, Chiefs 20], [Eagles 41, Chiefs 30], etc. In these examples and others like it, whoever owned the [Eagles 1, Chiefs 0] square would win the pool.

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tessthismess t1_j7unhcq wrote

Ohhhh okay. So like 0-0 isn't a tie it's like 10-0 or something. Got it. Thanks for the explanation.

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__eldorado__ OP t1_j7up442 wrote

Yes, [0,0] would be like 10-0, 20-10, 30-20, etc. I should consider how to make this more clear on the standalone image because right now it sort of requires prior knowledge of how "Super Bowl Squares pools" work.

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__eldorado__ OP t1_j7upd1j wrote

Most of these pools do offer smaller prizes if you have the correct square after the first, second, or third quarters as well. (The final score is the big pot.) So practically speaking, 0-0 is actually conceivable if no team scores in the first quarter, for instance.

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