Tipping overview
A tipping competition asks participants to predict the winner of each match in a round. Points are awarded for correct picks, and the leaderboard updates after results are confirmed.
For what a tipping competition looks like from a participant’s side of the screen, see tipping on fanzava.com.
In this section
Section titled “In this section”How a round works
Section titled “How a round works”- Fixtures are published: Fanzava imports the schedule from the sports data feed. Each fixture shows the two teams, venue, and scheduled start time.
- Participants submit tips: Before each fixture’s lock time, participants select their predicted winner. They can change picks any time before lock.
- Fixtures lock: Tips close at the scheduled start time of each match. Fanzava locks matches individually, so early-week games lock earlier than Saturday games.
- Results come in: Fanzava confirms results automatically from the data feed, usually within minutes of full time.
- Round is scored: Points are calculated and the leaderboard updates.
Supported sports
Section titled “Supported sports”Fanzava supports live data feeds for:
| Sport | Competitions available |
|---|---|
| AFL | AFL Men’s, AFLW |
| NRL | NRL, State of Origin |
| EPL | English Premier League |
| NFL | NFL regular season and playoffs |
| NBA | NBA regular season and playoffs |
| MLB | MLB regular season |
| Cricket | BBL, IPL, international |
| F1 | Formula 1 season |
Custom sports and manual fixture entry are also supported. See Custom sports and Manual fixture entry.
Scoring options
Section titled “Scoring options”The default scoring is 1 point per correct tip. You can configure:
- Draw picks: for sports that can finish level, participants can pick the draw as well as either team
- Joker tips: participants nominate one tip to score at a multiplier, once a round or from a season bank of jokers
- Margin prediction: participants predict the winning margin, scored on how close they get. Margin can also run as its own competition type
- Confidence: participants rate or rank their picks, and are paid by how sure they said they were
- Perfect round bonus: extra points for tipping every game correctly
See Scoring for full configuration options.
Lock times and late tips
Section titled “Lock times and late tips”Each fixture locks on its own, at its scheduled start, with a two-minute grace period after it. A round with games across a weekend stays open for the later games after the first one starts.
What a participant gets for a fixture they did not tip is set by the competition’s late-tip policy: nothing, an automatic pick on the home or away team, or a pick locked in at zero points. See Lock policies and late tips.