Wagering
Bet your points on a question. Right wins your bet. Wrong loses it.
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Wagering is a high-stakes round. Each team bets some of its points on getting the answer right. It's a team decision, so settle on a number together.
Answer correctly and you gain your wager. Answer wrong and you lose it. A bold bet can vault you up the board or sink a comfortable lead.
How a round plays out
Your team places one bet for the round, within the allowed range. Depending on the host's setup, you bet before the question appears (blind) or after you've seen it.
Then you answer and the host marks your team right or wrong. Right adds your wager to your team score, plus any bonus the host set. Wrong subtracts the wager. Your score can't drop below zero.
Once the host closes bets, shows the answer, or marks your bet, you can't change it.
Only the bet counts in this round. Getting its questions right earns no other points.
Host setup options
| Option | What it controls |
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| Wager timing Default: before |
The table rule for when teams place their bet.
Before: a blind bet placed without seeing the question. After: an informed bet once the question is on screen. This sets the rule shown to the room; the host enforces it by when they close bets and show the question. Once you press Close bets, no more bets are taken.
See how it works, in pictures →
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| Minimum wager Default: 10 (range 0 to 100) |
The smallest bet a team can place.
Set above zero to force teams to have some skin in the game. A team whose whole score is under the minimum may still bet everything it has.
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| Maximum wager Default: 100 (range 10 to 500) |
The largest bet allowed.
Caps how big a single swing can be. It applies even when all-in is on.
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| Allow all-in Default: Off |
Let teams bet their entire score.
On: a team may bet its exact full score, which is otherwise blocked. The maximum wager still applies either way.
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| Flat bonus on correct Default: 0 (range 0 to 50) |
Extra points added on top of a winning wager.
A correct answer pays the wager plus this flat bonus, so even a cautious bet earns something for being right. Zero switches the bonus off.
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In pictures
A wager round, bet to resolve
Before the reveal is a blind bet and plays as a nerve game; after is an informed bet and plays as a confidence game. For a blind bet, press Close bets before you show the question: after that, no bet can be placed or changed.
The bet is the round's only score. The round's questions earn no normal points, so one question per wagering round is the usual setup.
All-in, when you allow it, lets a team bet its whole score. The maximum still applies.
A team's score never drops below zero.
🏆 Glory Points
Wager points decide the round, but they're separate from Glory Points (GP), the season-long score that ranks you across every game mode.
Wagering is a round inside a trivia game, so it doesn't pay GP on its own. Your result rolls into your game score, and GP is awarded once when the whole game finishes. See the Glory Points guide for the full breakdown.
Strategy & tips
Bet to your confidence. A blind wager is a pure gut call, while an informed wager lets you read the question first, so size your bet accordingly.
Mind the scoreboard. If you're in front, a small wager protects your lead; if you're chasing, a big bet may be the only way to catch up.
Fairness & the fine print
Scoring is per team. A correct answer adds your wager (plus the flat bonus when one is set), a wrong answer subtracts the wager, and your team score never goes below zero.
You can only bet points you actually have, and you can never wager more than your current score. If your score is below the table minimum, you may still go all-in on everything you have, so a struggling team is never locked out of the round.
Wagering runs on phones, in mobile or hybrid mode. There is no paper-only version.
Each team bets once per round, so a wagering round starts at a single question.
Only the bet scores in a wagering round. Its questions earn no normal points, even if the round has more than one.
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