Questions & answers

Yes — no entry fee and no deposits, ever. It's a game of skill. The reward is the creator's discretionary thank-you gift to top players, not an entry-fee prize — so you never pay to play or to win.

No. You only predict who'll win — that's the whole game. There is no entry fee, deposit or stake, and no money of yours is ever involved. It's a free game of skill. Any reward is a one-way thank-you the creator gives you — never money pooled from players. The creator may increase it only after proper legal advice and any government clearances, and KYC is required for anyone receiving a reward.

Open the Prediction Studio: rank each group 1–4, pick the eight best third-placed teams, then build your knockout bracket to the final. You can also predict individual matches on each match page.

Three deadlines: group order stays editable until your group's final matchday; your whole knockout bracket locks the moment the first Round-of-32 match kicks off; per-match picks lock when that match goes live. More on locking →

Group orders can be revised twice, then they freeze. A knockout pick can be changed once (with a confirm step). After a deadline passes, picks are final.

Absolutely. You can predict at any time; late picks just earn a fraction of full value (the longer you wait, the smaller the share), so early players keep their edge while you stay in the race.

In a 48-team World Cup, the eight best third-placed teams across the groups also reach the Round of 32. You rank all twelve third-placed teams; your top eight fill those bracket slots — exactly like the real tournament.

Points scale with impact, not rarity — the champion is worth 100, a match result 5. Every value is listed on the Scoring page.

Three achievements: +10 for nailing a single group's exact order, +150 for getting all twelve groups right, and +300 for calling every knockout winner. They resolve automatically from your own picks.

By weighted points — each point multiplied by that prediction's difficulty — then by account age. So harder calls outrank a pile of easy ones, and every rank maps to exactly one player.

Group-stage points settle together when the whole league ends — not match by match — so a late result can't unfairly shuffle the board mid-stage. Until then your picks show as pending, with live progress.

A prediction is provisional until its match or round officially resolves. Once it settles it's frozen, so later scoring tweaks can never rewrite your earned points.

It starts at ₹1,00,000 (₹1 lakh) — the creator's thank-you gift to the top 100, unlocked when the channel hits its goal. He may increase it at his discretion as the project grows; it's a gift, not a guaranteed or entry-fee prize. Details on the Prize page.

Yes — any increase from the channel's YouTube ad revenue or views is counted only until 19 July 2026 (the World Cup final). After that date nothing more is added, the amount is final, and the competition ends.

If we hit the target but the channel earns no ad revenue, the creator will still pay the ₹1,00,000 from his own pocket to the top 100. The creator takes no profit through 19 July — but the pool isn't the full ad revenue either: real running costs (cloud hosting, servers, football data APIs), payment fees and taxes are deducted first, and the rest goes to supporters. As it grows he'll work with a lawyer to keep everything legally safe so no supporter loses funds.

The top 100 on the final leaderboard share the pool, tiered toward the top with a long tail for the rest.

Winners get a private claim link, then complete KYC (PAN, legal name, UPI/bank). See the full payout process or head to claim.

Yes — rewards are subject to 30% TDS under Section 194BA of the Income-tax Act, deducted before transfer.

Their place rolls down to the next eligible player (#101 moves up, and so on), so the full pool always reaches verified winners.

With your Google account — one tap, no password to remember. Your picks are saved to your account.

Optionally. You connect them via official OAuth and choose per account whether to display them on your public profile. We only ever show what you've made public.

We only collect what's needed to run the game and pay winners. Read the Privacy Policy and manage cookies any time via Cookie settings in the footer.

Share your invite link; when a friend joins and makes a real prediction you earn bonus points (capped, so it rewards real players, not spam). See your referral tracker.

Email support@the12thnation.com and we'll handle your request per our Privacy Policy.

For now, please comment on our YouTube channel videos — that's the quickest way to reach us with feedback or ideas. We'll open dedicated support channels as demand grows.