Introducing Facebook Fantasy Games

By Daniel Fletcher, Product Manager, Entertainment

Update on January 18, 2022 at 3:30PM PT:

We’ve updated the way prediction games will work for LaLiga and have titled the game LaLiga 3 to Win.

Originally published on September 1, 2021 at 6:00AM PT:

Today, we’re rolling out Facebook Fantasy Games in the US and Canada on the Facebook app for iOS and Android. Facebook Fantasy Games are free, simple prediction games that help fans enjoy sports, TV shows and pop culture content together. These games bring the social fun of traditional fantasy sports to simpler formats that are easy to play for people new to prediction games, while still engaging enough for more seasoned players.

Screenshot of Facebook Fantasy Games

Making it Easy to Play with Friends and Fans: Fantasy Leagues

In addition to public leaderboards, players can create their own fantasy league and compete against friends and other fans. Leagues, which can be public or private, will allow members to compare scores to others in the league and provide a place for members to share picks, reactions and comments.

Screenshot of League Leaderboard

Games We’re Launching This Fall

Available today, daily sports prediction game Pick & Play Sports is the first game we’re launching, in partnership with Whistle Sports. Fans will get points for correctly predicting the winner of a big game, the points scored by a top player or specific events that unfold during a match. Players can earn bonus points for building a streak of correct predictions over a series of days. In the upcoming months, we will introduce new games with TV shows like CBS’s Survivor and ABC’s The Bachelorette, sports leagues like Major League Baseball and LaLiga Santander and premier digital publishers like BuzzFeed.

Screenshots of Fantasy Survivor and MLB Home Run Picks

Fantasy Survivor

Each week, fans will select a set of Castaways to be on their Fantasy Survivor team and answer a series of questions about the upcoming episode. Fans will then receive points based on the events that unfold in that week’s episode.

MLB Home Run Picks

For each day during the MLB Postseason, fans can pick the teams that they think will hit the most home runs during that day’s action. Fans will then earn points based on correct predictions and whether their team hits home runs or grand slams — with extra points coming for those hit late in the game.

Fantasy: “The Bachelorette”

Each week, fans will select a group from the men vying for Michelle Young’s heart to be on their Fantasy: “The Bachelorette” team and answer a series of questions about the upcoming episode. Fans will then receive points based on the actions and events involving the bachelors on their team and face off with their friends to prove who is the biggest Bachelor Nation fan of them all. 

LaLiga 3 to Win

Predict the winning club — or predict a draw — for select LaLiga matches this season. Players earn points for a correct pick, with the goal being to accumulate as many points as possible over the remainder of the season. Players will be able to predict the results for three games per matchday. If a player gets all three match-ups correct, his or her points will double for the day. (Updated on January 18, 2022 at 3:30PM PT to reflect the new way prediction games will work for LaLiga.)


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