Payout Lab
PrizePicks' payout table decides who each entry is priced for. Change a payout on the slip below and see how often a player must win to break even, and how much PrizePicks keeps.
Entry slip: the payout table
Type a new payout for any entry. Needs per pick is the win rate a player needs on every pick to get their entry fee back over time. Keeps is PrizePicks' hold: the share of entry fees it keeps after payouts.
Swipe the tables sideways to see what PrizePicks keeps.
Power Play · every pick must hit
| Entry | Pays | Needs per pick | Keeps vs 50% player | Keeps vs 56% player |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 picks | x | 57.7% | 25.0% | 5.9% |
| 3 picks | x | 55.0% | 25.0% | −5.4% |
| 4 picksOut of line | x | 56.2% | 37.5% | 1.7% |
| 5 picks | x | 54.9% | 37.5% | −10.1% |
| 6 picks | x | 54.7% | 41.4% | −15.7% |
Flex Play · pays on most hits
| Entry | Pays | Needs per pick | Keeps vs 50% player | Keeps vs 56% player |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 picks | x | 57.7% | 25.0% | 5.9% |
| 4 picks | x | 55.0% | 25.0% | −5.4% |
| 5 picks | x | 54.3% | 25.0% | −11.9% |
| 6 picksCheapest to beat | x | 54.2% | 32.8% | −17.6% |
Flex Play's smaller payouts stay at the live table (a 6-pick Flex Play pays 2x for 5 of 6 and 0.4x for 4 of 6). A 3-pick Flex Play (3x, or 1x for 2 of 3) works out to the same breakeven as a 2-pick Power Play, and a 4-pick Flex Play to the same as a 3-pick Power Play. That match is real, not a typo. Picks are treated as independent here; the stack tool below drops that.
What PrizePicks keeps, by player skill
Longer entries lean harder on skill. A 6-pick Power Play keeps 41% against a coin-flipper but starts losing money once a player wins 54.7% of picks. Long entries are where skilled players cost the most.
Same-game stacks: picks that win together
0 means the picks are independent. A QB and his receiver on the same entry are linked.
PrizePicks keeps 15.6% when the picks are independent and −6.9% when they're linked.
Linking picks doesn't change any one pick's chance. It pushes entries to the extremes: more that miss everything and more that hit everything. Power Plays pay only when everything hits, so here a linked stack costs PrizePicks 22.5 points of hold. In Weeks 1–2, the simulated stacking group left PrizePicks 12% of entry fees instead of the 26% expected (Player Groups).