What does Football Pools Mean?
Football Pools is a betting game where players predict the outcome of football fixtures, picked from a set of selected football matches, usually 49, on the Football Pools coupon.
How does Football Pools work?
Football Pools is a weekly affair, with the majority of the matches on the coupon scheduled for Saturdays, and some on Fridays and Sundays. The aim is to pick matches that will end in draws, home or away wins, depending on the coupon type. A player picks a set of matches from the available fixtures on the Pools coupon and predicts their outcome, either as Draws, Home or Away wins.
What is the Payout System in Fooball Pools?
Winning in place of payout in Football Pools is based on the amount invested, the odd or dividend on the coupon type staked, the number of correct selections, and the outcome of the matches on the coupon. The odds for fixed odd coupons, as the name implies, are predetermined while dividends for Treble Chance coupons are made after the final results of matches on the coupon.
What does Week mean in Football Pools?
A week refers to the current playing week for the football pools coupon, usually dated Saturday-Sunday. The Week numbering is from 1 to 52, representing the 52 weeks in a year. However, the week numbering does not run correspondingly with the Gregorian calendar from January to December. And the first week of the Football pools does not necessarily correspond to the first week of the English Premier League.
Friday-Saturday-Sunday Matches?
Matches designated by the 3 days of the week indicate days of the week such matches are played.
What does EKO Matches mean?
EKO is an acronym for Early Kick Off. Matches designated as EKO often start earlier than the usual schedule of other matches.
What does LKO Matches mean?
LKO is an acronym for Late Kick Off. Matches designated as LKO often start later than the usual schedule of other matches.
What does Panel mean in Football Pools?
The Football Pools in London has a standing board, the Pools Panel, that adjudicates the expected results of the 49 matches on the coupon every week, using a collection of statistical data of the teams involved. When football matches on the pools coupon are postponed for whatever reason(s), the decision of the Pools Panel on such matches is used as the results of such matches, for the purposes of the Pools result ONLY.
Abandoned Matches?
These are matches that could not start or run through full time because of uncontrollable factors, like weather or unsafe conditions.
Void Matches?
These are matches on the Football Pools coupon whose outcome is disregarded and are not used in the calculation of winnings for any staked coupon they are selected.
