Rules & Financial Structure

This page provides detailed instructions and rules to help keep play fair and transparent, including account eligibility, full-square and half-square entries, reservation and checkout handling, pre-kickoff shuffle handling, public live grid viewing, live score progress updates, room notifications, wallet behavior, and payout processing.

1. Eligibility and account requirements

• Players must maintain an active SquareKick account to enter paid rooms, manage entries, review winnings, and request withdrawals.
• Players must be at least 18 years of age to create or complete an account for gameplay access.
• Standard sign-up and social sign-in/sign-up flows may require completion of phone number, birthdate, and Terms / Privacy consent before gameplay features are fully available.
• Public visitors can still view supported public matchup information, including the Live Grid and live score progress updates, without purchasing a room entry.

2. How the board works

• Each room uses a 10×10 board with 100 square coordinates.
• Every paid entry stays active for all four scoring periods in that matchup unless the room is canceled or voided.
• Players can follow room status from upcoming, live, and completed matchup views, plus the room detail page and results page.

3. Full-square and half-square ownership

• A full-square purchase owns the entire coordinate.
• A half-square purchase owns one of two allowed half positions in the same coordinate for one-half of the room entry fee.
• A coordinate can contain either one full-square owner or up to two half-square owners, but not both at the same time.
• The administrator controls how many coordinates may be opened for half-square sales and may adjust that limit before the shuffle cutoff.
• If one half of a coordinate is already taken, the remaining half may still be sold while half-square capacity is open.

4. Entering a room

• Players join from the matchup or room pages, then choose purchase type inside the Join Room flow.
• On the landing page live board, players may also tap or click any square on the current room grid to open the Join Room page for that live board room.
• Players may use auto-assign or manually select open coordinates when those options are available.
• Room availability, landing-page state, and matchup status displays may update automatically as the platform state changes.
• Multiple entries may be purchased in one checkout when availability allows.
• Mixed full-square and half-square purchases are not processed together in one payment.
• Reservations are temporary and are not final until checkout/payment succeeds.
• If reserved inventory is no longer available when checkout finalization occurs, the attempted transaction may be canceled under the platform's reservation logic.

5. Shuffle, lock, and board finalization

• Square ownership is set before the home and away board digits are assigned.
• The platform is configured around a 15-minute pre-kickoff shuffle / lock window.
• After the board locks, ownership changes and refunds are no longer available unless the room is canceled or voided by the platform.
• After shuffle, the digit headers and final board positions are binding for that room.
• When half-square coordinates need to be completed for board finalization, the platform may fill any remaining open half under the room’s configured process.

6. How winners are determined

• Winning coordinates are based on the last digit of the home score and away score at the end of each scoring period.
• Straight winner: home last digit + away last digit.
• Reverse winner: away last digit + home last digit.
• Quarter 1, Quarter 2, Quarter 3, and Final / Quarter 4 are treated as separate payout periods under the room configuration.
• Published live scores, quarter winners, and final results shown in the app are the authoritative platform display for gameplay.
• The Live Grid and supported live game views are open to the public for score-following purposes.
• Any public user can open the live game experience and follow live score progress updates while the game is being streamed live.
• During live game streaming, those public and signed-in user updates may refresh about every 15 seconds when live publishing is active.
• Score displays may be produced through supported platform publishing flows, including manual administrative publishing or supported external live-score integrations when enabled.

7. Prize distribution and result records

• Room prize distribution follows the room’s financial settings and displayed prize breakdown.
• Default room distribution is Q1 10%, Q2 10%, Q3 10%, and Q4 / Final 60% of collected room funds, unless room settings specify otherwise.
• Default split inside each quarter is Straight 80% and Reverse 20% for Q1–Q3.
• Default split for Q4 / Final is Straight 50% and Reverse 10% of collected room funds.
• If a winning coordinate is split between two half-square owners, the prize for that coordinate is divided proportionally between those owners.
• Players can review recorded outcomes on Results & Payouts.

8. Wallets, withdrawals, and payout setup

• When winnings are credited through the platform wallet flow, they appear in Wallet / Transactions.
• Available withdrawal amounts are governed by the current wallet and withdrawal status logic shown in the app.
• Users are responsible for maintaining valid payout details in Payout Account Setup.
• Payout readiness, onboarding completion, and provider requirements may affect whether withdrawals or winner disbursements can be completed.
• Withdrawals requested through Withdraw Funds remain subject to platform review, payout readiness, and provider processing.

9. Fees

• Administrative, processing, platform, or facilitation fees may apply according to the room and platform configuration.
• Displayed room pricing, prize breakdowns, and financial disclosures govern the exact calculation for that room.

10. Refunds and cancellations

• Refund eligibility is controlled by the room’s refund cutoff setting.
• After the refund cutoff passes, entries are treated as final unless the platform cancels or voids the room or matchup.
• If a room, matchup, or entry is canceled or voided by platform rules or administrative action, refunds are handled through the platform refund flow.
• Refunds, cancellations, or reversals may also depend on payment-provider processing status, security review, and whether the relevant cutoff or lock time has passed.

11. Fair play and platform authority

• Attempts to manipulate payment flow, square ownership, scoring, results, payouts, notifications, or platform operation may result in reversal, cancellation, suspension, or account action.
• The platform may update operating procedures, financial settings, and published page content at its discretion.
• By entering a room, the player accepts the current published rules, financial structure, and platform decisions for that room.