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Frequently Asked Questions

About Us

What is eFBp.net? – eFBp.net stands for electronic FootBall pools or eFBp for short. Our top level domain is ".net".

When was eFBp.net launched? - eFBp.net started in August of 2004. 2010 will be our 7th season of hosting online sports pools.

What can I do on eFBp.net? – You can host or participate in various online sports pools. We have many customizable features you won't find anywhere like cell phone updates of current pool standings. Take a Tour >>

What sports do you offer? - We provide pool hosting for football primarily; however, we have expanded our service to support the Men's Division I NCAA Basketball Championship (March Madness). Learn More >>

Why choose eFBp.net for your online sports pool? - We offer the most features for the best price with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

Use our application to promote your business. - We have hosted pools with thousands of members for various well known radio stations and businesses. We support branded pools using your name and logos so please contact us today.

Pricing

How much does it cost?
The cost for hosting an NFL or College football pool is $19.95 which includes 10 users. Users thereafter are $2.00.
The cost for hosting an NFL Survivor football pool is $9.95 which includes 10 users. Users thereafter are $1.00.
The pool hosting fee is due approximately 5 weeks into the pool season so feel free to test drive our website for FREE with no obligation to pay. For the cost, you get a fast, secure, and ad free website that will never sell or share your data with anyone. You also get free technical support and the best pool hosting functionality online.

I am not sure how many people will be in my pool. Can I wait to pay until everyone has joined? - Yes. It is best you get your pool going early if possible, and pay after you know exactly how many people will be participating. For NFL Pick'em, we give you 5 weeks into the regular season before you need to pay.

How do I pay for my pool? – Go to the tool bar and click Pool Manager > Pool Hosting Fee. You can see information about your pool, payments received, and balance due. We use Google Checkout to process orders on our website.

Can I test out the website before I pay? - Yes. Please take the site for a test drive and kick the tires. You can set up your pool with no obligation to pay so feel free to start one now.

Pool Manager Control Panel

Point Spreads:

How do the Point Spreads work? - Point spreads are always shown and calculated on our website in relation to the Home team. *Tip - A negative number means the home team is favored and a positive number means the road team is favored. A simple trick to see if you won is to add the point spread to the home team's final score.

Who sets the Point Spreads? – We set the default point spreads on Monday mornings for College and Tuesday mornings for NFL based on the current odds from USA TODAY. We always set the point spread to end with 1/2 point to avoid ties. In 2008 we are rounding up. If the point spread is even, say -7, we'll make it -7.5. If it's +3 we'll make it +3.5.

Can my pool use custom Point Spreads? - Yes, all of our pool types allow pool managers to edit our pre-loaded point spreads.

Do the Point Spreads change during the week? - No.

Pick Deadlines:
How does the pick deadline work? - The pool manager can set the pick deadline to whatever time he/she wants using the Pool Manger >Control Panel Setup page. The default pick deadline is Sunday 1PM Eastern Time and the site is set up so you can leave the deadline set on Sunday all year long. Even when there's a Thursday game, you can leave the deadline set for Sunday because of our application will prevent people from entering or changing picks for games that have already started. Once a game starts, all picks for that game are locked.

Tip - Many of our managers like to set their pick deadline for Friday so everyone can print out the pool wide picks from work, and then take the pick sheet home knowing that all the picks are locked.

When there's an early game (for example Thursday), can I enter a pick for the early game only and then come back later to do my Sunday picks? – Yes, the site will allow you to enter just the one pick but it will give you a warning. We recommend that you make your picks in full. If you have elected to use the Compu-pick it will fin your missing picks and populate them for you. As long as your deadline is not Thursday you will be able to change any of the picks for the games that have not played until your pick deadline is up.

What happens if the Thursday game starts before I enter my picks? - If you miss picking a Thursday game you get a loss for that game but you can still enter your picks for the Sunday games, provided it is before your deadline. If your pool uses Compu-picks, the computer will pick for you when you forget. If you don't use the Compu-picker, you'll get a loss for every game that you don't enter picks for.

Can I change my picks? - Yes, you can change your picks as often as you like, but only up until the pick deadline. After that time, no picks can be made or changed. Your safe with our software because you can never change a pick for a game that has already started that includes pool managers.

Compu-picks:
What if someone forgets to enter picks? – eFBp.net offers a Compu-Picks feature that lets your pool members choose which default picks they want. They can choose from All Home, All Road, All Dogs, or All Favorites . The pool manager has the option of allowing or not allowing Compu-Picks in their control panel selection.

Do Compu-Picks include predictions for the tie-breaker game? – Yes.

Can I change picks made by the Compu-Picker? - Yes, if it's before your pick deadline and before game time, you can change your picks.

Can the Compu-Picker change the picks that I already entered? - No, our program disregards picks that have been submitted rendering it impossible for the Compu-Picker to change anything.

What is Top Gun? - When Top Gun is selected the manager decides how many games per week members are required to pick. This is ideal for a lot of our college members as there are so many games per week.

Reporting Options

What is the Standard reporting option? - When the Standard reporting option is selected, Total Standard Points are calculated in the following manner: Total Standard Points = Wins x Per Game Value. Selecting this option also enables Total Standard Points as a tiebreaker option and it can be selected in any one of the seven tiebreaker sorting/ranking options.

What is the Confidence reporting option? - When the Confidence reporting option is selected, Total Confidence Points are calculated in the following manner: Total Confidence Points = Wins x Confidence Points. Selecting this option also enables Total Confidence Points as a tiebreaker option and it can be selected in any one of the seven tiebreaker sorting/ranking options.

What is the Days of Thunder reporting option? - When the Days of Thunder reporting option is selected, Total DOT Points are calculated in the following manner: Total DOT Points = Wins x Per Day of Week Value. Selecting this option also enables Total DOT Points as a tiebreaker option and it can be selected in any one of the seven tiebreaker sorting/ranking options.

How does the Best Weeks reporting option work? - The manager can determine how many of the "Best Weeks" from each members weelky standings should be included in the Full Season Standings Best Weeks report. For example, if the manager sets the Best Weeks reporting option to 10 in a 17 week season then each member's best 10 weeks are factored into the Full Season Standings Best Weeks report and the 7 worst weeks are dropped. This option does not affect the Weekly Standings report.

Tiebreaker Sorting / Ranking Options

What kind of tiebreaker options do you offer? - We offer the most comprehensive tiebreaker solution on the web. We offer 14 tiebreakers that can be applied to 7 Sorting/Ranking options giving managers the ability to limit the possibilites of ties. This logic applies to Weekly and Full Season Standings reports. Please review the options below:

What information does your system track on reports? - The best way to understand this is by reviewing our Reporting Legend. Please review the Reporting Legend below:

Reporting Legend
Field	Description
WINS	Amount of picks that have won for a week/season.
WINS %	Percentage of picks that have won for a week/season.
Tiebreaker Total	You make this prediction each week at the bottom of the picksheet based on the tiebreaker game (closest to the TB Actual).
Tiebreaker Actual	Visitor Score + Home Score of the tiebreaker game each week.
Tiebreaker Difference	The absolute difference between your Tiebreaker Total and the Tiebreaker Actual.*Tip = The Tiebreaker Difference accumulates over the season, the lower the difference the better. They sort ascending or lowest to highest.
Total Standard Points	Wins x Per Game Value
Total Confidence Points	Wins x Confidence Points
Total DOT Points	Wins x Per Day of Week Value
Monday Points	Total points assigned by manager for picks that won on Monday.
Tuesday Points	Total points assigned by manager for picks that won on Tuesday.
Wednesday Points	Total points assigned by manager for picks that won on Wednesday.
Thursday Points	Total points assigned by manager for picks that won on Thursday.
Friday Points	Total points assigned by manager for picks that won on Friday.
Saturday Points	Total points assigned by manager for picks that won on Saturday.
Sunday Points	Total points assigned by manager for picks that won on Sunday.

Is the Tiebreaker Total the closest to the Tiebreaker Actual without going over? - No, our application takes the absolute difference between your prediction (Tiebreaker Total) and the total score of the tiebreaker game (Tiebreaker Actual). You can be over or under the Tiebreaker Actual. We call the result of this calculation the Tiebreaker Difference and this can be used as one of our 7 Sorting/Ranking options.

Notification Options

Can I be reminded each week to make my picks? - Yes, when this option is selected our system will send an email reminder early in the morning the day of your pick deadline. For example, if your pick deadline is Sunday at 1:00PM EST, you will receive the reminder email around 6:00AM EST.

Can my standings be emailed to me each week? - Yes, when this option is selected our system will send an email of your Weekly Standings report in Adobe Reader format each week when the standings are finalized.

Can my standings be sent via a text message to my cell phone each week? - Yes, when this option is selected our system will send a text message of your personal Weekly Standings report each week when the standings are finalized. Standard Text Messaging Rates Apply

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Can other people see my picks? - It depends if the pool manager has set the option in the control panel to hide everyone's picks until after the pick deadline or he/she can leave all the picks open for viewing. The pool manager can hide and unhide the picks at will, but the picks will always be viewable once the games start or once the pick deadline passes.

Can the pool manager enter someone's picks after the week is over? - No. Picks are not accepted after the games start.

How many people can join my pool? - There is no limit to the number of people who can join your pool. We have hosted pools with thousands of members and have no size limitation. Our powerful backend system is running on SQL Server 2000.

What is the best way to invite people into my pool? - We have an invitation form that contains all the information people need to register with the website and join your pool. It also contains a link that will join members automatically to your pool. The pool manager can find this form under Pool Manger > Send Pool Invite.

Once I boot someone, how do I prevent them from rejoining? - To prevent someone from rejoining your pool after you boot them, simply change the password of your pool (Pool Manager > Pool Details). The other people in your pool won't be affected by the password change.

I forgot my password and or user name, what should I do? - To retrieve your password, go to the log in screen, click the link Forget your username or password?. If you forgot your user name then you will need to enter your email address.

My email address has changed, how do I update my eFBp.net account? - Login to our website and click Pool Manager > My Account if you are a pool manager or click Pool User > My Account if you are participating in a pool.

The picks shown on the web site are not the same picks I entered. I should have 4 more wins in the standings. Can you fix it for me? – No. You are responsible for confirming that your own picks get accepted by the web site and we don't ever change anyone's picks. We also issue a pick confirmation number and track and record when picks are made by all of our members.

I entered my picks earlier in the week but now it says that I didn't enter them. Can you enter my picks for me now? - No. You are responsible for confirming that your own picks get accepted by the web site and we don't ever change or enter anyone's picks.

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