Glossary: the words of the game
The words you come across on Pick it, each explained in one sentence.
- Accuracy
- The share of a player's picks that were correct, as a percentage.
- Bet
- A question about an upcoming event, with possible answers and two dates.
- Bet without a winner
- A bet closed because none of the answers happened; stakes are lost.
- Betting closes
- The moment after which nobody can make a pick on the bet.
- Cancelled bet
- A bet withdrawn (badly worded question, deleted before betting closed…); stakes are returned.
- Category
- The broad topic of a bet (sport, economy, film and TV…). There are fourteen.
- Comment
- A public message posted under a bet; it follows the same rules as any content.
- Creator
- The player, or team, who wrote a bet's question.
- Credits
- The game's virtual currency. Free, they cannot be bought and have no cash value.
- Daily bonus
- Credits given once a day to each player who comes to collect them.
- Dispute
- A request to review a result, made from the bet's page.
- Division
- One of the three steps of each league (I, II, III); at the end of the season, the top players of a pool move up one or more divisions, the bottom ones down one.
- Group
- A private space for friends, with its own messages and members-only bets.
- League
- A season-long competition in pools of similar level, alongside the season leaderboard; its leagues bear the names of the crests, from Spark to Universe. It does not pay out Credits.
- Pending bet
- A bet whose betting has closed and whose result has not been established yet.
- Percentage (or odds)
- An estimate of an answer's likelihood, drawn from players' picks; it also sets what a correct answer pays.
- Pick
- The answer a player chooses, with their stake.
- @pickitsport
- Pick it's account that automatically publishes matches from the official calendar.
- Prestige level
- A number that rises with the Credits won from bets and never goes down; each level reached brings Credits, paid automatically.
- Private bet
- A bet started in a group; it is played like a vote, without Credits.
- Report
- An alert sent to moderation about a piece of content, reviewed within 24 hours.
- Resolution
- The moment the result is established and Credits are paid out.
- Resolution rule
- The rule that says how the result will be decided, for example "score at the end of regular time".
- Result date
- When the outcome of the event is expected.
- Season
- A two-month period; at the start of each one, everyone gets 10,000 Credits.
- Season leaderboard
- Players ranked by their total Credits in the current season.
- Source
- A public document (official result, published price, announcement) used to settle a bet.
- Stake
- The number of Credits placed on an answer.
- Streak
- The number of days in a row you have come to play; one grace day is allowed.
- Tickets
- The shop currency, obtained by converting Credits within a daily limit; they cannot be bought.