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Enter GOTW and Player Picks predictions
Choose the winner and player props, understand locks, and track settlement.
Locked voting still settles
A contest can stop accepting predictions and still award confirmed winners. Both open and locked contests settle after Madden provides the final score; Player Picks also need both player stats. Missing exports leave results pending. Repeated settlement checks preserve the weekly reward cap and do not issue duplicate rewards.
Wait for the published graphic
When graphics are enabled, GOTW and Player Picks voting opens only after the generated graphic is published to Discord. A prepared draft or finished preview does not open voting. Old plain GOTW buttons stay closed; use the published graphic or the dashboard once it is available.
If publishing fails, voting stays closed while staff checks delivery. Refreshing or using a slash command cannot bypass that requirement. Existing recorded entries and earned rewards are preserved.
Enter a prediction
GOTW is a matchup-winner prediction. Player Picks combines two player over/under props and a game winner. Use the published Discord card, /gotw view, /picks view, or the dashboard's GOTW & Player Picks screen. You need the relevant league membership/team eligibility.
- Check the published matchup, player names, lines and reward terms.
- Select both over/under answers and the home/away winner for Player Picks.
- Submit and verify the saved confirmation before leaving the page.
- Read the current edit/lock notice. Once locked, refreshing does not reopen the contest.
/picks predict first:over second:under winner:home/picks rewardsWhy picks lock early
Predictions can close at the saved deadline or kickoff, an earlier actual scheduled kickoff, a reported completion, a confirmed final, or a week/season change. A correction window is never permission to edit after the event has locked.
A commissioner changing the featured game can clear ordinary current predictions; published reward contests also have frozen matchup/rule protections. Verify which contest you are viewing instead of assuming a vote on an earlier free GOTW card counts toward later published rewards.
Why settlement can remain pending
The winner leg requires an imported final. Player props require the matching successfully applied player stats for the correct game, season, stage and week. Missing rows are pending, not zero. Tied or voided contests do not become reduced-leg parlays.
These reward contests are separate from Casino contracts and their wallets. A +attribute reward is not a Franchise Credit ticket payout.