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PitchLab Tipsters

Become a PitchLab tipster

A free board for people who back their own calls: every pick locks before the start, settles itself from the final score, and nothing can be edited or deleted afterwards. Join the waitlist and you are among the first in the closed beta.

Join the waitlist

The closed beta opens on 20 November.

The first 200 get a numbered Pioneer badge and a head start: their Bronze, Silver and Gold levels take half the picks and half the time.

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How it works

  1. You pick a market on an upcoming match: the result, goals, both teams to score and more.
  2. The pick locks five minutes before the start; from then on no one can change it, us included.
  3. We settle it from the final result: in football regular time (90 minutes plus stoppage time; extra time of 2×15 minutes and a penalty shoot-out never count), in US sports the whole game with overtime (the NHL total on regulation time only). A match called off or moved is void.
  4. Your public record counts won, lost and void picks, your points (shown from 10 won or lost picks) and your place on the board next to the others.
When is a pick void?

A void pick counts neither as won nor as lost and gives 0 points. A pick is void when:

  • the match is postponed, cancelled, abandoned or awarded;
  • it was not played on its day;
  • a "draw no bet" pick's match ends in a draw;
  • an NFL game ends in a tie (a match winner pick);
  • a card or corner pick when extra time (2×15 minutes) was played;
  • the pick broke a rule: its price did not match our snapshot, a second pick on the same match and market or result market, or over the 10 a day.

The rules

  • Picks from odds 1.40: the safe-looking small ones do not lift anyone up the board.
  • Every pick earns points by its price: a win gives the odds minus 1, a loss −1, a void 0. A win at a longer price counts for more.
  • Value Hunter: a title for a tipster who wins at longer prices and stays above zero over a year.
  • One pick per match and market, up to 10 picks a day.
  • A pick can be undone within 2 minutes; after that it is final.
  • Your handle is public; your email address never is.
  • 18+ only; US sports on FiveBar are 21+.

Later, successful tipsters who meet the rules will be able to earn from their skills.

The board's rules in full · Privacy: what the tipster board keeps

Sports

Football, the NBA, the NHL, the NFL and MLS from day one; more leagues follow.