Free NBA pick'em for your office or friends

How it works

1. Start a group. Name it after your office, your league or your group chat. It takes a minute.
2. Send the link. Everyone who taps it joins your group. They just need a player name and an email.
3. Pick the winners. Every game night has a slate of up to five of the closest games. Picks lock an hour before the first tip-off.
4. Take the throne. Top score in your group holds its crown until someone beats them. Ties go to the closest guess at the last game's total.

Why it's better than a straight-up pick'em

In most pick'em pools everyone takes the favourites and the week comes down to luck. On SlateKings every pick pays its odds: a correct pick scores 100 times its decimal odds, so a -200 favourite pays 150 and a +170 underdog pays 270. Taking the underdog is a real choice, not a throwaway.

You also crown one pick a slate. It scores double if it wins and costs 100 if it loses. That's where a pool gets won.

Good to know

• Free to play. Points only, no money, no prizes to collect.
• Your group gets its own crown, and everyone's picks also count on the main board.
• Groups are public by default. Make yours private in its settings.
• The same account plays NHL, NFL and NBA, with a separate crown in each.