Game Guides
How each pool format works, how to run one, and what every setting means.
Written for commissioners deciding how to set up a pool, and for entrants who want to know exactly what they signed up for.
ALA Pool Formats: Explained
Guides to Survivor, Confidence, Pick'em, Credit, and other pool formats
Sports Pool Glossary
Plain-English definitions for the terms you'll meet in survivor, pick'em, confidence and margin pools.
How to Run a Survivor Pool
A commissioner's checklist, from choosing the rules to crowning the last entry standing.
:: Survivor Pools
The standard rules, the common variations, and the multitude of options you can configure.
:: Credit Pools
Compete by wagering play-money credits on real-life sportsbook odds.
:: Battle the Bookies
A guide to ALA's most popular original pool format, where entrants make a fixed 100-credit pick on every game's odds.
:: Confidence Pools
Your conviction is your score.
:: Margin Pools
Survivor-style picks with no eliminations.
:: Pick'em Pools
Every pick counts. No eliminations.
:: Team Wins Pools
Pick a portfolio of teams once and score every win all season.
:: Squares Pools
How a squares grid is claimed, drawn and paid out, from the number draw to Multi-Game grids.
:: Bracket Pools
Call the tournament before it starts, then watch the points arrive.