Every year, Super Bowl Squares continue to get more and more popular. Even if you don't want to cheer for either the San Francisco 49ers or Kansas City Chiefs, having numbers for squares give you something on the line, since you have a shot to win something! For those who may want to know how to play Super Bowl Squares, keep reading for a detailed explanation!

How to Play Super Bowl Squares

If you came here to learn how to play Super Bowl Squares, it couldn't be easier. In short, you want to have the square, or number, that matches the last digit in each team's score at the end of each quarter. If you do, then you typically win some money or another prize. Let's explain this further.

The Basics

There's a grid of 100 squares. The columns represent one team while the rows represent the other. The squares will be numbered from zero to 9. Many groups choose to have numbers, or squares, chosen at random in order to truly give everyone an equal shot. However, you could also go in numerical order and randomly select participants' names to fill the grid, or you could put the numbers on there and have people sign up using their own strategies.

Of course, if you want our two cents, we have also written about the best Super Bowl Squares strategies in the past.

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How to Win Super Bowl Squares

Then, at the end of each quarter, the square that represents the last digit of each team gets paid out. For example, let's pretend the score at the end of the first quarter is the Chiefs winning 13-7. The person who has the square that represents the Chiefs' three and 49ers' seven would get paid.

Typically, the final score would be worth the most, but you can customize the payouts or buy-in amounts yourself! Some leagues, and sportsbooks, only pay the final score of the game. Super Bowl Squares is super customizable to what you like best. All you need is a printable Super Bowl Squares template.

Numbers Breakdown

We took a look at the 15 most recent Super Bowl games for the following data. For clarity, the oldest Super Bowl we are looking at is the Pittsburgh Steelers narrowly defeating the Arizona Cardinals in that crazy Super Bowl XLIII matchup.

- Zeroes are the way to go in the first quarter. One-third of winning teams and 60% of losing teams had a zero as their last digit at the end of the first quarter, whether their score was zero or 10.
- If you were to pick the best digit to have in the first half, it's zero. However, zeroes are more unlikely in the second half of Super Bowl games.
- The best digits to have in the second half of the Super Bowl are one, three and seven.
- The most common digit of the Super Bowl winner is one.
- The Super Bowl winner has had the digit of one or three for five of the past six years.
- Stay away from any squares with the numbers two, five and nine. They occur so little that they are not worth your time.

One-third of first quarters over the past 15 years have resulted in the 0-0 box winning. While it won't give you the larger payday of the final score, if your pool plays by those rules, it gives you the highest chance at a profit. The probability also rises the more recent we get. Four of the past nine Super Bowls have had a 0-0 first quarter. One of the Super Bowls that didn't have a 0-0 first actually had 0-0 in the second and third quarters.

This means 55.6% of the past nine Super Bowls have had a 0-0 quarter show up at least once. So, make sure you get the 0-0 square.

Another great set of numbers is Winner 7, Loser 3. Three of the past four Super Bowls have had a first quarter with this set of numbers. Four of the past 15 Super Bowl first quarters have featured these numbers, and we also have had a final score with these as well, showing you have a chance at a big payday.

Speaking of a big payday, let's talk about the numbers for the final score, which is also the numbers you would be betting at a sportsbook. We have seen 40% of the past 15 Super Bowl winners finish with a 1 for their final score. The most common digit for the loser is split between 0 and 3.