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2026 Rules
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Entry Fee is $10
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Players may use their Pigskin Mania
account for their entry fee. If you have a positive
balance, your entry fee will be automatically deducted.
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Entry fees must be submitted no
later than the start of the first game for one of your
picks. If you are sending a check, it must be postmarked
on the same day of the first game by one of your picks.
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Maximum of 3 entries per player.
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Players will pick five teams from
the field of 48 and will score points for each win by
each of their five teams.
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Point values for wins by each team
were determined by the future odds posted by
Draft Kings.
The chart on this page just above the Picks Form lists each team, their odds, and the number of
points they score for each win.
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Submit picks using the form below.
No text, email or fax entries will
be accepted.
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The winner of the pool is the player
who scores the most points.
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There are no
tiebreakers. Prize money for ties will be split evenly
by players involved in the tie.
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2026 RULE UPDATE.
With each win in pool play and in
the Round of 32 in the Knockout Round, teams score
points equal to their point values. In a tie, a team
will score half its point value.
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In the Round of 16, the winning
team's point value is multiplied by 2.
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In the Quarterfinals, the winning team's
point value is multiplied by 3.
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In the Semifinals, the winning
team's point value is multiplied by 4.
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In the
championship match, the
winning teams's point value is multiplied by 5.
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There are no points awarded for
teams in the third-place game.
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Entries can be submitted until
there are no longer five teams that have not played. If
the tournament starts before you make your picks,
you may still enter the pool but you can only pick teams
that have not already started or played their first
match.
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Picks may be changed
until one of your teams starts the tournament. To change
your picks, resubmit all five picks.
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Once one of your
teams has started its opening match, all picks are locked.
Start Times for each team's opening match
All Times Eastern Time |
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Team |
Start |
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Algeria |
6/16 9:00 PM |
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Japan |
6/14 4:00 PM |
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Argentina |
6/16 9:00 PM |
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Jordan |
6/17 12:00 AM |
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Australia |
6/14 12:00 AM |
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Mexico |
6/11 3:00 PM |
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Austria |
6/17 12:00 AM |
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Morocco |
6/13 6:00 PM |
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Belgium |
6/15 3:00 PM |
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Netherlands |
6/14 4:00 PM |
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Bosnia |
6/12 3:00 PM |
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New Zealand |
6/15 9:00 PM |
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Brazil |
6/13 6:00 PM |
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Norway |
6/16 6:00 PM |
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Canada |
6/12 3:00 PM |
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Panama |
6/17 7:00 PM |
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Cape Verde |
6/15 12:00 PM |
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Paraguay |
6/12 9:00 PM |
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Colombia |
6/17 10:00 PM |
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Portugal |
6/17 1:00 PM |
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Croatia |
6/17 4:00 PM |
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Qatar |
6/13 3:00 PM |
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Curacao |
6/14 1:00 PM |
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Saudi Arabia |
6/15 6:00 PM |
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Czech Republic |
6/11 10:00 PM |
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Scotland |
6/13 9:00 PM |
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DR Congo |
6/17 1:00 PM |
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Senegal |
6/16 3:00 PM |
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Ecuador |
6/14 7:00 PM |
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South Africa |
6/11 3:00 PM |
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Egypt |
6/15 3:00 PM |
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South Korea |
6/11 10:00 PM |
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England |
6/17 4:00 PM |
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Spain |
6/15 12:00 PM |
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France |
6/16 3:00 PM |
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Sweden |
6/14 10:00 PM |
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Germany |
6/14 1:00 PM |
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Switzerland |
6/13 3:00 PM |
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Ghana |
6/17 7:00 PM |
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Tunisia |
6/14 10:00 PM |
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Haiti |
6/13 9:00 PM |
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Turkey |
6/14 12:00 AM |
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Iran |
6/15 9:00 PM |
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Uruguay |
6/15 6:00 PM |
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Iraq |
6/16 6:00 PM |
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USA |
6/12 9:00 PM |
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Ivory Coast |
6/14 7:00 PM |
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Uzbekistan |
6/17 10:00 PM |
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If a player makes a duplicate pick,
the duplicate pick can be corrected with another pick on
a team that has not started the tournament only if none
of your other picks has started the tournament. If the
duplicate pick is not corrected, it will be
disqualified. To correct a duplicate pick, resubmit all
five picks.
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All players' picks will
be posted on this site.
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Standings will be posted
after each round.
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The pool will pay prizes to top 10%
and ties. Sixth place through the top 5% and ties will
win $50. The top 6% through top 10% and ties will
win $25. The top five places are based on the amount of
the pot left after deducting prizes for 6th through the
top 10%. There are 287 entries for a pot of $2,870.
Projected payouts are in the chart below.
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Player |
$2,870 |
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45% |
$931.50 |
| 2. |
25% |
$517.50 |
| 3. |
15% |
$310.50 |
| 4. |
10% |
$207.00 |
| 5. |
5% |
$103.50 |
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6th through 14th |
$50.00 |
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15th through 29th |
$25.00 |
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The Poolmaster reserves
the right to make rulings based on situations not
considered in the rules. All decisions will be made in
the overall best interests and fairness of the game
ENTRY FEE AND PAYMENT
Entry fee is $10. Maximum of 3 entries per player.
The
preferred methods of payment are, in order of preference, PM
Account, Venmo, Zelle, Paypal, check, cash.
If you are paying through Paypal, Venmo or Zelle, your entry
fee must be submitted when you make your picks.
For all online payments, please put the name of yor entry in
the notes without mentioning that this is for a gambling
pool. And please do not mention Cup Mania in your form. Our
accounts have been suspended in the past when the sites
detect the payments are for a pool.
PM ACCOUNT: Check your account
status at this link PM
Accounts. Accounts
are up to date as of June 4, 2026. If you have funds
on account, choose Pigskin Mania Account as your payment
method on the entry page. Your entry fee(s) will be deducted
automatically from your account. If you want to pay for
someone else's entry from your account, send an email to poolmaster@pigskinmania.net with
your instructions.
VENMO: The Poolmaster's Venmo
ID is @Javier-Gonzales-5. The
account is also under the cellphone number 520-444-3883 and
The Poolmaster's personal email address, jaygonzales@comcast.net.
ZELLE: The Poolmaster's Zelle
account is under the email address jaygonzales@comcast.net.
PAYPAL: The
Poolmaster's Paypal account is under the e-mail address jaygonzales@comcast.net.
If you incur fees for the payment, be sure to include that
amount.
CHECK. Send checks to Jay
Gonzales, 7656 E. Park View Drive, Tucson, AZ 85715. Make
checks out to Jay Gonzales. Do
not make checks out to March Mania. If you mail your entry
fee, it must be postmarked no later than the day of your
first match.
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NOTICE: All Mania pools are
considered social gambling. The organizers make no profit
and take no cut from any of the entry fees. All entry fees
are paid out to winners or held on account for future pools.
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