Super Bowl squares 2027: the Super Bowl LXI board guide

Super Bowl LXI is Sunday, February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on ABC and ESPN. That is the second Super Bowl at SoFi this decade and the first ever played on Valentine's Day. If you are the person who runs the squares board, here is the plan for this one.

Two ways to run the timeline

The season-long board. Fundraisers, bars, offices, and big families sell a hundred squares over months, not days. Create the Super Bowl board now (it is in Boxpick's picker all season as TBD vs TBD), share the link at Thanksgiving, and keep the board on the fridge until it is full. The team names fill in by themselves the night of the Conference Championships; nothing anyone picked changes, because the digits are not drawn until the board is full anyway.

The two-week board. For a smaller party, start once the matchup is set:

1. Conference Championship Sunday (late January). The matchup is set by Sunday night. If you have not already, create the board that evening so the link is ready before anyone asks.
2. The Monday after. Share the link in the group chat, the family thread, the office channel. Say the price per square and the payout split up front.
3. The following weekend. Send one reminder. Most boards fill in the last few days, and a reminder with the number of open squares gets people moving.
4. Saturday, February 13, or Sunday morning. Draw the numbers once the board is full. In Boxpick the draw is an animated reveal built for the TV, so make it part of the party.
5. Kickoff. Do nothing. Live scores come in, the winning square lights up at the end of each quarter, and the app shows who won and how much.

Square prices that fill a board

For the Super Bowl, ten dollars a square is the sweet spot for most groups: a thousand dollar pot, big enough to matter, small enough that casual friends buy two or three. Twenty works for an office or a big family. Five is right for a group that includes teenagers or people who are only there for the halftime show. Whatever you pick, put it on the board so it is visible before anyone claims a square.

Payouts for the big game

The standard split is 20% for each of the first three quarters and 40% for the final score. Some Super Bowl groups flatten it to 25% each, so four different people are likely to win something. Others add a small payout for the score at the two-minute warning or for a reverse (matching the digits the other way around). The payouts guide walks through all of these with dollar examples.

Which numbers to hope for

Since the 2015 extra point change, the classic 0, 7, 3, and 4 are still the digits you want, with 1 and 6 more common than they used to be. Two and five remain the ones to groan about. The best numbers guide has the full ranking. Remember that the numbers are drawn after the squares are claimed, so nobody gets to choose.

Running it from the couch

The Super Bowl is the one game where the whole room wants to see the board. Boxpick's TV party mode puts the full grid on the television with the live score and the current winning square glowing. Mirror your phone, set it down, and let the fourth quarter do its thing. Remote friends see the same board on their own phones from the link they used to claim squares.

Playoff warm-ups

The Conference Championships two weeks earlier are a great warm-up doubleheader, and the playoff squares guide covers running boards for every round. For the general rules and history of Super Bowl squares, the evergreen Super Bowl squares guide is the place to start.