HOW TO PLAY

The whole game in seven steps. New here? Create your account, make a deposit, and you’re in the Lobby — then it’s this:

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TYPES OF GAMES · FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15
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Free Play (A) · merchFREE ENTER
Rising Stars (A) · 100/100FULL
Rising Stars (B) · $3ENTER
Champions Series (A) · $5ENTER
Legends Series (A) · $10 · 87/100ENTER
Icons Series (A) · $25ENTER
The GOAT Series (A) · $50ENTER
PICK YOUR CONTEST

Choose the contest that’s right for you, with entry fees for every budget. There is even a free contest to help you get your feet wet and possibly win some merch. New contests every day.

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The player poolYour roster panel
BUILD YOUR ROSTER

Explore an extensive player pool at each position and build your roster within the stated salary cap. Have fun picking the Legends of the game.

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Nominate a Legend and Ultimate Player boxes
ADD ADDITIONSOPTIONAL

Enhance your playing experience with DNP insurance to replace a possible zero score with a player’s career average, or nominate a missing legend for the Roster Stars player pool, or add yourself to your roster as the Ultimate Player.

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Your roster submission cost and submit box
★ REVIEW & PAY · LEGENDS (A) $10
QB
Brees
RB
Sayers ★
RB
E. Smith
WR
Rice
WR
Moss ★
TE
Gonzalez
K
Vinatieri
DEF
Lewis
DNP INSURANCE · 2 PLAYERS$2.00
TOTAL DUE$12.00
PAY NOW
SUBMIT, REVIEW & PAY

Submit your roster, review it, pay, and get your confirmation ticket — timestamped to the second to help avoid possible ties.

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THE SPINNING NUMBERS
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CAREER YEAR
12
GAME NUMBER
“THE SECRET SAUCE”

Each day at 12 noon (Central Time), the submission window closes and every roster locks. The spinning numbers keep spinning until 1 p.m. (Central Time), when they stop to reveal a randomly selected career year and game number. All submitted contest tickets will be scored using those two numbers, with winners posted at 2 p.m. (Central Time). Good luck!

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★ CONGRATULATIONS! ★
You came in 3rd place and won $250.00 · in your wallet
QB Drew Brees21.34
RB Barry Sanders18.92
WR Jerry Rice16.47
DEF Ray Lewis15.84
RB Emmitt Smith14.20
WR Randy Moss12.85
TE Tony Gonzalez11.63
RB Gale Sayers ★10.05
ROSTER TOTAL121.30
RESULTS AT 2 PM CENTRAL TIME

All roster scores and results will be posted at 2 p.m. (Central Time). The top 50 participants in each qualifying contest will receive winnings in their e-wallets. Contests with fewer than 50 participants will be declared as non-qualifying, and all entry fees for that non-qualifying contest will be refunded.

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The Results Are In - The Results Vault
YOUR RESULTS ARE KEPT 14 DAYS

You can view your contest results as soon as they post, and revisit your past two weeks of results in your personal “Results Vault”. Watch the confetti fall when you place in the Top Five!

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ROSTER STARS SUPPORTAutomated help first — a live person whenever you need one.
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ROSTER STARS · THE RULEBOOK

HOW SCORING WORKS

Every day, the two spinning numbers stop on one Career Year and one Game Number. That one pair scores every roster in every contest. Each of your players earns the points from his real game in that year and game — added up by the menu below.

THE POINTS MENUThese are the 18 data points that will be usedWHAT EVERY STAT IS WORTH

PASSING
Passing yards1 point per 25 yards
Passing touchdown4 points
Interception thrown−1 point
RUSHING
Rushing yards1 point per 10 yards
Rushing touchdown6 points
RECEIVING
Each reception½ point
Receiving yards1 point per 10 yards
Receiving touchdown6 points
TURNOVERS
Fumble lost−2 points
DEFENSE
Sack10 points
Defensive touchdown7 points
Defensive interception5 points
Forced fumble4 points
Fumble recovered4 points
Solo tackle1 point
KICKING & EXTRAS
Field goal made3 points
Extra point made1 point
2-point conversion2 points

One game, worked out loud: a quarterback throws for 300 yards (12 points) and 3 touchdowns (12), runs for 20 yards (2), and throws 1 interception (−1). His score for that game: 25 points.

THE ZERO RULE vs. DNP INSURANCE

If the numbers land on a game where your player scored 0 — or a year and game he didn’t play at all — then zero is his score. He leaves you with the zero… unless you covered him.

DNP Insurance ($1 per player, or $5 for your whole roster) is bought just in case — exactly like insurance on anything else. For every player you’ve insured, a zero is replaced by his career average. No insurance, no safety net: a zero is a zero.

★ THE SPOTLIGHT EXCEPTION: every week’s Spotlight Player of the Week carries FREE DNP Insurance — add him to your roster and his cover is on the house.

THE CAREER AVERAGE
THIS IS HOW IT WORKS

STEP 1 — Add up every point the man ever scored, game by game, and divide by his games. That’s his raw average — what he scored per game.

STEP 2 — A career is measured against a full 13 years. If he played fewer than 13, picture his career stretched 3 years longer (never past 13 — the “experience tax”: the price a short career pays for not lasting the full 13) with the same points spread across it. Long careers need no stretching — 13 years or more, the raw average stands.

STEP 3 — That’s his career average — the number beside his name everywhere on Roster Stars. It’s what DNP Insurance pays if a zero ever comes up for him — and it sets his price.

HERE’S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW
THE CAREER AVERAGE IS CALCULATEDGALE SAYERS
Years he played7 years
What he scored, per game14.36 points
The rule: spread it over his years + 3 (the experience tax)7 + 3 = 10 years
His career average10.05
14.36 × 7 ÷ 10 = 10.05

Same points, spread over 10 years instead of 7. A short, brilliant career is honored — but it doesn’t outrank a man who produced for 13 years.

HIS PRICE

A player’s salary is his career average × his position’s rate, rounded up to the next $100. The rates: Defense 1,000 · Quarterback 800 · Running Back 700 · Kicker 650 · Wide Receiver 600 · Tight End 600. Tom Brady: 17.05 × 800 = $13,700.

WINNING

Your score is your eight players’ points added together. Highest total in the contest wins. Finish level with another roster? The one submitted earlier places higher — that’s why every submission is timestamped to the second.

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