The Oscars Ballot

Each award show season, you’ll create your own Ballot, predicting which films, actors, and directors will take home the trophy across every category. From Best Picture to Best Actress, it’s your chance to show off your Hollywood instincts.

Picks for all The Oscars fantasy games lock when the pre-show or main broadcast begins airing live and winners start getting announced. Picks lock separately for each award category, but once all picks are locked, your Ballot is set for good.

Definitely. You can create a public or private league, customize it with your own name and icon, choose your game type(s), and invite friends to join. Everyone in your league will use the same scoring system, and you’ll have your own league Leaderboard to see who’s the true movie trivia superstar. There’s no cap on league sizes, so the more the merrier! Leagues are also automatically reactivated each season, so you don’t need to re-invite your league members each year.

Yes! The Oscars fantasy leagues are completely free to join and play. You can also enter optional daily Bracketology Pools for a shot at real money cash prizes.

Scores are generally updated live during the award show as winners are announced. Check your Ballot’s performance in the Picks tab, view your league Leaderboard, or open the full Scoring Recap in the mobile or web app.

Coins are a fun, non-redeemable social currency you can use to climb the Bracketology Lifetime Coins Earned (LCE) Leaderboard. Coins can be earned by making Ballot picks, inviting friends to join a league, referring new users to Bracketology, claiming your Daily Login Reward, and by winning Pools.

The most fun way to use Coins is to enter them in free-to-play daily fantasy Pools. From your Pools tab, you can browse all of the active contests, answer prediction Pool questions, and win additional Coins for placing in the Top 25% of point scorers. Remember, if you enter a Pool with Coins, you are only eligible to win Coins. Coins are not redeemable for anything and are only used for social play. Enter Pools with Bucks to be eligible to win real cash prizes.

Yes! When you choose to enter a Pool using Bucks instead of Coins, your entry fee will contribute to the Prize Pot for that specific Pool. Once the multiple-choice contests are scored, top scorers will split the pot and Bucks will be automatically added to winners’ Wallets. The Bucks you win can be redeemed for real cash prizes. Full contest rules and prize info is available here in our Sweepstakes Policy.

Not exactly. Bracketology doesn’t offer betting on The Oscars, but your prediction skills can still pay off. Enter daily fantasy Pools with Bucks, climb Pool Leaderboards by earning points for correct answers, and redeem your Bucks winnings for real cash prizes.