PULTAB

Help & How to Play

Everything you need to run or play a PulTab pool.

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The basics
  • Each game has one card per period (quarters for football, halves for basketball, and so on).
  • A card holds 10 tabs, numbered 0 through 9. Every tab hides one digit.
  • The winner of a period is the tab whose hidden digit matches the last digit of the two teams' combined final score.
  • Final score means end of regulation. Overtime does NOT count.
Playing
  • Sign in, open Games, and pick the game you want.
  • Click any open tab to claim it. Your name shows on the tab once it is yours.
  • Made a mistake? Click the X on your own tab to give it back — as long as it is not marked paid yet.
  • My Tickets lists everything you hold, along with your hidden digits once they are revealed.
  • Pay your organizer directly. They mark your tabs paid in the admin screen.
When a card fills up
  • Once all 10 tabs on a card are claimed, the organizer is alerted and can open a fresh card for that period.
  • You get a notification (the bell in the header) whenever a new card opens, so you can grab another tab.
  • Once a score has been posted for a period, no new cards can be opened for it.
Joining a pool
  • Your organizer sends you a join code such as LUCKY-TIGER-42, or a direct join link.
  • Use Join in the header, paste the code, and you are in that pool as a player.
  • Players who join with a code see only the player view — no organizer tools.
For organizers
  • Admin shows your games sorted by start time. New Game creates the cards and all 0–9 tabs for you.
  • In a game you can enter scores per period, apply a score to all cards of that period, or clear it to start over.
  • Player Balances shows what each player owes; All paid marks a whole card paid at once.
  • SMS Invites texts your join code to several phone numbers at once. Email Players gives you every address to copy or open in Gmail.
  • New organizers get a 14-day trial. After it ends, games stay viewable but new ones need full access.
Fair play
  • PulTab is for entertainment among friends only. It is not a real-money gambling service.
  • Hidden digits are stored separately and are never visible in the browser before they are revealed.

Still stuck? Ask your pool organizer — they can adjust scores, payments and cards for you.