# How many people do you need for a squares pool

A grid has 100 squares and needs no fixed number of people: five people can take twenty squares each, fifty can take two. What matters is that the grid is full, or that the pool says what an empty winning square does.

## Common sizes

- 10 people: ten squares each, one full row's worth each after the draw.
- 20 to 25 people: four or five squares each, the usual office size.
- 50 to 100 people: one or two squares each; the tool caps an entry at ten squares so a big office spreads the grid.

## If the grid is not full

- Lock anyway and state the empty-square rule (roll over, or the host's charity, or split among all entries).
- Or shrink the game: pay only the half and the final so fewer squares decide more.

## Quick answers

**How many squares can one person take?**

Up to ten per entry on Bikoosh Pools; a pool may say fewer in its notes. With ten people that is a full grid at ten squares each.

**What if the squares grid is not full at kickoff?**

Lock it anyway; the pool's notes should say what an empty winning square does (roll over to the next period, go to the final, or be shared).

Start a pool: https://bikoosh.com/pools/new
Bikoosh Pools is an independent tool, not affiliated with any league, team or broadcaster; team and event names are used to describe the game being followed. Bikoosh Pools never collects, holds or pays out money and never sets stakes: it keeps the grid, the picks and the standings for people who already know each other. Whether a pool carries any stake, and whether that is allowed where you are, is the host's responsibility.