⚡ Premium Feature

Spread the favourites. Keep the drama.

Balanced Draw gives every player a fairer shot by intelligently spreading stronger teams across the sweepstake — while keeping the actual draw random. Unlock up to 200 participants (free plan caps at 48).

What's included in Premium

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Balanced Draw

Intelligently spread stronger teams so no one gets all the favourites.

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Up to 200 players

Accommodate departments, entire companies, or venues.

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Custom Prizes

Create subjective prizes like "Golden Boot" or "Most Sporting Moment" with cash or description.

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TV Mode

Broadcast to office and pub screens with auto-cycling views and live scoring.

How Balanced Draw works

A classic sweepstake is completely random.

That's brilliant… until one person somehow lands Brazil, Argentina and France while someone else gets pure football chaos.

Balanced Draw fixes that.

We group teams into strength bands using FIFA world rankings, host nation adjustments, and tournament pedigree.

Then we randomise teams fairly across those bands.

Same excitement.

Less carnage.

Note: Balanced Draw works best with 24 or fewer participants. With larger groups, standard random draw remains the fairest option.

Source: FIFA Men’s World Rankings + official FIFA 2026 qualified teams.

A fairer kind of chaos

Teams are still randomised. Balanced Draw simply stops one player hoarding every obvious favourite.

Standard Random

Player 1

🇧🇷 Brazil

🇦🇷 Argentina

🇫🇷 France

🇹🇳 Tunisia

3 tier-1 teams 😬

Player 2

🇯🇴 Jordan

🇵🇦 Panama

🇳🇿 New Zealand

🇭🇹 Haiti

0 top teams 😅

Balanced Draw⚡ Premium

Player 1

🇧🇷 Brazil

🇯🇵 Japan

🇨🇦 Canada

🇵🇦 Panama

1 tier-1, spread fairly ✓

Player 2

🇫🇷 France

🇲🇽 Mexico

🇦🇺 Australia

🇹🇳 Tunisia

1 tier-1, spread fairly ✓

2026 World Cup team strength bands

Based on FIFA world rankings, host nation advantages, and tournament pedigree.

Tier 1Elite7 teams
🇫🇷

France

#1

🇪🇸

Spain

#2

🇦🇷

Argentina

#3

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

#4

🇵🇹

Portugal

#5

🇧🇷

Brazil

#6

🇳🇱

Netherlands

#7

Tier 2Strong contenders10 teams
🇲🇦

Morocco

#8

🇧🇪

Belgium

#9

🇩🇪

Germany

#10

🇭🇷

Croatia

#11

🇨🇴

Colombia

#13

🇸🇳

Senegal

#14

🇲🇽

Mexico

#15

🇺🇸

USA

#16

🇺🇾

Uruguay

#17

🇯🇵

Japan

#18

Tier 3Dangerous outsiders13 teams
🇨🇭

Switzerland

#19

🇹🇷

Türkiye

#22

🇪🇨

Ecuador

#23

🇦🇹

Austria

#24

🇰🇷

Korea Republic

#25

🇦🇺

Australia

#27

🇩🇿

Algeria

#28

🇨🇦

Canada

#30

Host
🇪🇬

Egypt

#31

🇵🇾

Paraguay

#36

🇳🇴

Norway

#38

🇸🇪

Sweden

#29

🇨🇮

Côte d'Ivoire

#34

Tier 4Wildcards18 teams
🇧🇦

Bosnia & Herzegovina

🇨🇿

Czechia

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotland

🇹🇳

Tunisia

🇿🇦

South Africa

🇬🇭

Ghana

🇭🇹

Haiti

🇳🇿

New Zealand

🇵🇦

Panama

🇨🇼

Curaçao

🇯🇴

Jordan

🇮🇶

Iraq

🇮🇷

IR Iran

🇸🇦

Saudi Arabia

🇶🇦

Qatar

🇺🇿

Uzbekistan

🇨🇩

Congo DR

🇨🇻

Cabo Verde

Free vs Premium

Free

Everything you need to run a sweepstake

  • Standard random draw
  • Live leaderboard
  • Basic sweepstake tools
  • Up to 48 participants

£0

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Premium

Balanced Draw + everything free

  • Standard random draw
  • Balanced Draw
  • Dynamic Draw — guaranteed one team from each strength band
  • Up to 200 participants
  • Custom prizes — add subjective prizes like "Golden Boot"
  • TV mode — full-screen leaderboard

£3.99 one-off

Upgrade now

Questions

Is Balanced Draw still random?

Yes. Teams are still randomly assigned — Balanced Draw simply spreads stronger teams more evenly across participants.

Can organisers pick teams?

Absolutely not. The draw is algorithmic. Nobody chooses who gets what.

Do the rankings change?

Yes. Team strength bands can be updated before major tournaments to reflect the latest FIFA rankings and form.

Is this guaranteed to be fair?

Fairer, yes. Predictable? Definitely not. It's football.

Ready to spread the favourites?

One-off £3.99 upgrade. No subscription. Includes Balanced Draw, TV mode, and up to 200 participants.

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