Family chats and office pools play the game completely differently. One is loud, sentimental and full of loyalty picks; the other is competitive, data-curious and absolutely ruthless about a missed deadline. So which actually predicts better?
What the numbers said
Across a season of leagues, office pools edged accuracy – they hedge more and chase fewer hearts-over-heads picks. But family leagues had the higher ceiling: when a relative goes rogue on a gut call, it lands more often than it has any right to.
The honest answer? Whichever one you're losing in. Start both, and let the all-time table tell you where your real talent lies.