The top scorers can win a high-end firepit, while anyone who enters can get a $50 gift card. For the past 15 years, tax and audit giant KPMG has asked staffers eight questions about the game, such as who will win the coin toss. Prizes grow as the game progresses, and the person with the winning final score usually gets half the take.Ī 10-by-10 box works well for a small organization with under 100 employees, but some big employers have to expand their contests. If the last digit of the score at the end of any quarter corresponds to your digits, you win part of the pot. While sportsbook gamblers consider whether to put their money on the favored Philadelphia Eagles, or take a flyer on any number of proposition bets like what song Rihanna will open with during the halftime show, millions of US workers will simply pay $10 (or sometimes much more) to choose a square on a blank 10-by-10 grid, with rows and columns that later get numbered 0 to 9 -predictions for the score. “There’s a lot of evidence saying that when it comes to teamwork, these side conversations are essential.” “It could be a positive force at a time when we are more than ever in need of social connection,” said Maryam Kouchaki, a professor at the Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Informal workplace events like Super Bowl pools, while officially frowned upon by leadership, can help repair the bonds between workers that frayed during the pandemic. More than one-third of professionals polled this week by Fishbowl, a social network, said they’re doing an office pool if their employer has one.

That figure had declined in 2021 as many white-collar workers steered clear of the office, but it’s come roaring back as organizations look to return to common workplace rituals. The number of American adults who plan to take part in casual Super Bowl contests like office pools rose 71% this year, to 13 million, according to a Morning Consult survey for the American Gaming Association, an industry group for casinos and gaming organizations. (Bloomberg) - The surge in legal betting across the US will make this year’s NFL title match the most bet-upon in history, but fancy apps like DraftKings haven’t killed the traditional office Super Bowl pool.

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