The Bracket game allows participants to predict the results of matches in a sports competition and earn stars and points based on the accuracy of their predictions.
Before each match begins, participants must predict the final score. Once the match is over, their predictions are compared with the actual result to automatically calculate their score.
Depending on the configuration chosen for the campaign, participants can be rewarded:
- for correctly identifying the winner of the match;
- for finding the exact score;
- for predicting an outsider when odds are enabled;
- through phase bonuses that reward consistency and performance across an entire competition round.
The scoring system is fully customizable and can work in two modes:
- Points + Odds, which rewards the most difficult predictions more strongly thanks to team odds;
- Stars + Points (without odds), a simpler mode that rewards participant accuracy without taking odds into account.
The goal is simple: make the best possible predictions to climb the leaderboard and compete with other participants throughout the competition.
👉 It is possible to predict all matches in a phase or to activate the “Day by day” option. In this mode, predictions open at 00:00 on the day of the match and close 15 minutes before kick-off.
Tracking Bracket performance
Once the Bracket is live, an Analytics tab allows you to track the game’s performance and better understand participant engagement.
Statistics are organized into several views:
- List: allows you to find the different Brackets in the workspace with their number of participants;
- Overview: gives a global view of Bracket performance;
- By phase: allows you to analyze results phase by phase;
- Leaderboard: displays the top participants in the Bracket.
Overview view
The Overview view allows you to check the main Bracket indicators at a glance.
It displays, among other things:
Indicator | What it helps you understand |
Total predictions | The total number of predictions made on the Bracket |
Unique participants | The number of different participants who played |
Winners | The number of participants who earned at least one star |
Scored matches | The number of matches for which results have been taken into account |
Completed phases | The number of fully completed phases |
Average stars / match | The average number of stars earned per match |
Average points / match | The average number of points earned per match |
This view is ideal for quickly measuring overall participation, game progress, and the average performance level of participants.
By phase view
The By phase view allows you to analyze participant performance for each competition round.
It displays, among other things:
Indicator | What it helps you understand |
Participants | The number of participants in the selected phase |
Average stars | The average number of stars earned in this phase |
Average points | The average number of points earned in this phase |
% correct winners | The share of predictions that correctly identified the winner |
% exact scores | The share of predictions that found the exact score |
Phase bonus winners | The number of participants who received a phase bonus |
Perfect bonuses | The number of participants who achieved a perfect phase |
This view helps identify the most engaging phases, the most difficult ones, or those where participants achieved the best results.
Leaderboard
The Leaderboard displays the top 20 participants in the Bracket.
For each participant, you can view:
- their rank;
- their username;
- their avatar;
- their total score;
- their number of stars;
- their prediction-to-match ratio.
The ranking can also be filtered by phase to identify the best participants for a specific competition round.
How does scoring work?
Scoring rewards participants based on the accuracy of their predictions.
Two calculation modes are available:
- Points + Odds
- Stars + Points (without odds)
Scoring with Points + Odds
In this mode, participants earn points based on:
- The predicted winner
- The exact score
- Potential outsider bonuses
- Phase bonuses
Correct winner
The participant must correctly predict the match result:
- Team A win
- Team B win
- Draw
Reward: 100 points × the winner’s odds
Exact score
The participant must predict the exact final score of the match.
Reward: +300 points
This bonus is added to the points earned for the correct winner.
Incorrect winner
If the participant does not predict the correct result:
Reward: 0 points
Even if the predicted score is close to the actual result.
Outsider bonus
The outsider bonus rewards participants who correctly identify an unlikely win.
Condition: The winner must have odds above 3.00
Reward: 100 fixed points + (50 points × the odds)
Example 1: Correct winner
Element | Value |
Match | France 🇫🇷 vs Senegal 🇸🇳 |
Odds: France | 1.6 |
Prediction | 3 - 1 |
Actual result | 1 - 0 |
Analysis | Correct winner ✅ |
Exact score ❌ | |
Gain | 100 × 1.6 = 160 points |
Example 2: Exact score
Element | Value |
Match | France 🇫🇷 vs Senegal 🇸🇳 |
France odds | 1.6 |
Prediction | 3 - 1 |
Actual result | 3 - 1 |
Analysis | Correct winner ✅ |
Exact score ✅ | |
Gain details | Correct winner: 100 × 1.6 = 160 points |
Exact score: +300 points | |
Total | 160 + 300 = 460 points |
Example 3: Outsider bonus
Element | Value |
Match | Curacao 🇨🇼 vs Germany 🇩🇪 |
Curacao odds | 3.5 |
Prediction | 1 - 0 |
Actual result | 2 - 1 |
Analysis | Correct winner ✅ |
Exact score ❌ | |
Gain details | Correct winner: 100 × 3.5 = 350 points |
Outsider bonus: 100 + (50 × 3.5) = 100 + 175 = 275 points | |
Total | 350 + 275 = 625 points |
Phase bonus
Phase bonuses are calculated automatically when a phase is fully completed.
⚠️ To be eligible, the participant must have predicted all active matches in the phase.
👉 If a single prediction is missing: No phase bonus is awarded.
All correct winners
The participant correctly found the winner of every match in the phase.
Bonus: +200 points
All exact scores
The participant found the exact score of every match in the phase.
Bonus: +500 points
Perfect combination
The participant has:
- All correct winners
- All exact scores
Bonus: +700 points
Scoring with ⭐ Stars & 🔵 Points (without odds)
In this mode, no odds are used.
Participants earn:
- stars ⭐
- points 🔵
Correct winner
The participant correctly predicts:
- a home win
- an away win
- or a draw
Reward: +1 star & +150 points
Exact score
The participant predicts the exact final score.
Reward: +2 stars & +300 additional points
Important
The “Exact score” bonus is added to the “Correct winner” bonus. This means:
Result obtained | Stars | Points |
Correct winner only | ⭐ 1 | 150 |
Correct winner + exact score | ⭐⭐⭐ 3 | 450 |
Incorrect prediction | 0 | 0 |
No outsider bonus
⚠️ When odds are not enabled: No outsider bonus is available.
Calculation based on regular time
Score calculation only takes into account:
✅ the score at the end of regular time
⚠️ The following are not taken into account:
❌ extra time
❌ penalty shootouts
Example 1: Correct winner + exact score
Element | Value |
Match | France 🇫🇷 vs Senegal 🇸🇳 |
Prediction | 2 - 1 |
Actual result | 2 - 1 |
Analysis | Correct winner ✅ |
Exact score ✅ | |
Reward | ⭐⭐⭐ 3 stars |
🏆 450 points |
Example 2: Correct winner only
Element | Value |
Match | France 🇫🇷 vs Senegal 🇸🇳 |
Prediction | 1 - 0 |
Actual result | 2 - 1 |
Analysis | Correct winner ✅ |
Exact score ❌ | |
Reward | ⭐ 1 star |
🏆 150 points |
Example 3: Incorrect prediction
Element | Value |
Match | France 🇫🇷 vs Senegal 🇸🇳 |
Prediction | 1 - 0 |
Actual result | 0 - 1 |
Analysis | Correct winner ❌ |
Exact score ❌ | |
Reward | ⭐ 0 stars |
🏆 0 points |
Maximum number of stars
Without odds
The maximum is: ⭐⭐⭐ 3 stars per match
(1 star for the winner + 2 stars for the exact score)
With odds
An additional star can be earned when a participant correctly predicts an outsider.
The maximum then becomes: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 stars per match
Quick summary
Action | Points + Odds mode | Stars & Without Odds mode |
Correct winner | 100 × odds | ⭐ + 150 pts |
Exact score | +300 pts | ⭐⭐ + 300 pts |
Incorrect winner | 0 pt | 0 pt / 0 ⭐ |
Outsider bonus | Yes (odds > 3.00) | No |
Phase bonus | Yes | Yes (if enabled) |
Maximum stars | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | ⭐⭐⭐ |
Regular time only | Yes | Yes |
💡 Key takeaway: the exact score is always cumulative with the correct winner, while the outsider bonus is only available when odds are enabled and the winner has odds above 3.00.
👤 Understanding participant loyalty
The Analytics tab also helps you better understand whether participants come back to play several times during the competition.
This analysis is based on a simple concept: the activity day.
💡 An activity day is a day when a participant predicted or modified their scores on the Bracket.
If they make several predictions or several changes on the same day, this counts as 1 activity day.
If they come back on another day to predict or adjust their scores, this adds 1 new activity day.
This view is especially useful when the Day by day option is enabled, as it helps measure the Bracket’s ability to bring participants back throughout the competition.
🎯 Participation distribution
This section helps you understand across how many different days participants came back to play.
Participants are grouped into several categories:
Activity days | Reading |
1 | Participant came on one day only |
2-3 | Participant came back occasionally |
4-5 | Participant came back regularly |
6+ | Highly engaged participant, came back several days during the competition |
The section displays both a table and a chart to quickly visualize the share of occasional participants and the share of the most engaged participants.
💡 This statistic takes all participants into account, including anonymous participants.
⏳ Participant retention
Retention measures the share of participants who come back to play after their first participation.
It displays several time markers, for example at D+7, D+10, D+20, D+30, D+90 and D+180.
A participant is considered retained at D+7 if at least 7 days have passed between their first and last activity day.
This view helps you understand whether the Bracket generates only one-time participation or whether it succeeds in bringing participants back over time.
💡 Over a recent period, the last points of the curve may appear lower because some participants have not yet had time to come back. This does not necessarily mean engagement is decreasing.
🆚 New vs returning
This section summarizes participant loyalty into two simple categories:
Category | Definition |
New | Participant came on only one activity day |
Returning | Participant came back on at least two activity days |
It allows you to quickly visualize the share of participants discovering the Bracket and the share of participants who come back to play.
Three views are available:
- a chart showing the share of new and returning participants;
- a weekly view;
- a curve showing the returning rate over time.
This section is useful for tracking engagement quality beyond the simple volume of participants.
Good to know
- Loyalty statistics are displayed only when the analysis covers the entire Bracket.
- If a specific match is selected in the filters, these sections are hidden, as loyalty is measured over several days and not on a single match.
- For example, on an isolated match, most participants will have only one activity day. Return and recurrence indicators would therefore not be very representative.
- Statistics respect the filters already available in the Analytics tab, such as the selected Bracket and the chosen period.
💡 Summary of available statistics
Analytics view | Main use |
List | Track workspace Brackets and their number of participants |
Overview | Get a global view of predictions, participants, scores and phases |
By phase | Compare participant performance across competition rounds |
Leaderboard | Identify the best participants, overall or by phase |
Participant loyalty | Understand how many participants come back to play over several days |
