Kojak is a friendly tournament prediction game. You make predictions before each match, score points based on how close you got it, and compete against friends in private leagues throughout the tournament.

1. 1PredictPick the score for every match — and a few tournament-long picks like the winner.
2. 2CompeteCreate or join a private league with friends, family, or colleagues.
3. 3ScoreEarn points for getting predictions right. The closer you get, the more points.
4. 4ClimbWatch the leaderboard update after every match. Bragging rights at stake.

The rest of this page is interactive — try the demos as you read. Nothing you do here is saved to your account or sent anywhere; it only lives in this browser.

Nothing. Kojak is free to use — no subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads, no upsells. Create an account, predict matches, run a league with friends, all on the house.

We're an indie project; if you enjoy it, the best thank-you is to invite more friends.

Kojak is for people who want something simple, social, and free — not a betting site and not a money game. What sets it apart:

• Free, fullyNo ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases, no upsells.
• Private-league firstBuilt for friends and colleagues in invite-only leagues, not public-leaderboard grinding.
• No passwordSign in with a magic link — nothing to remember, nothing to leak.
• Privacy-friendlyNo third-party trackers, no cross-site cookies, and we never sell or share your data.
• Never emptyThe Oracle, our AI opponent, predicts every match — so a league always has someone to play against.
• One tournament, done wellFocused on the FIFA World Cup 2026 rather than season-long fantasy drafts.

Every match in the tournament has a card. Set the score you think it'll end at, hit Save, and you can keep editing right up until kick-off — after that, your prediction is locked in.

How they're scored:

For example, bet 3-1 on a match that ends 2-0 — you've matched the goal difference and earn 2 points.

Any correct draw always earns 2 points (3 if you nailed the exact score) — every draw shares a goal difference of 0, so picking any draw on a drawn match still matches the goal difference.

Anything else earns 0.

Try it: predict the score for the final between Argentina and France below.

Jun 1 · 18:10 · Final

ArgentinaARG

vs

FranceFRA

Enter your prediction

0

:

0

Locks in 10 minutes

Scoring

Exact score:3pts

Right goal difference:2pts

Right winner / draw:1pts

Save Prediction

Beyond match-by-match predictions, every tournament has a few big-picture questions: who wins it, top scorer, dark horse, and so on. They're worth a lot more points — but you have to commit before the tournament begins.

How they're scored: each tournament prediction has its own points value, shown on the card before you pick — picking the tournament winner here is worth +25, but a top-scorer or dark-horse pick will be worth a different amount. Some bets are all-or-nothing single picks (Tournament Winner, Top Scorer); others are multi-slot and award partial credit per correct pick (e.g. name the 4 semifinalists and earn points for each one that makes it). All picks lock once the tournament kicks off.

When they settle: different picks resolve at different times. Group-stage bets settle at the end of the group stage, round-by-round picks as each knockout round finishes, and the big ones — winner, top scorer, dark horse — at the final.

Try it: pick who you think wins this fictional tournament.

Yes. When you're filling in your tournament-long picks — the winner, top scorer, the semifinalists and so on — you can ask the Oracle for a suggestion. It comes back with a ranked shortlist, a one-line reason for each option, and a short overall note. Tap one to apply it.

It's there to make a blank prediction sheet less daunting — handy if you don't follow every team — but it's only a starting point. Nothing is locked in: you can change anything right up until your picks lock, and the call is always yours. You get up to three suggestions per prediction.

A nudge, not a verdict

Suggests, explains, steps back. You decide.

Yes — predictions are editable until they lock. Match predictions stay editable up to kick-off; tournament-long picks stay editable until the tournament begins. After that, whatever you saved last is what counts.

Tap either card below to change a pick. The cards mirror what you saved in the sections above.

Jun 1 · 18:10

In 9m

Argentina

–:–

France

No prediction · starts in 9mAdd

Tournament winnerIn 9m

No picks addedAdd

Zero points for that match. There's no make-up window — once the match kicks off, predictions lock and missed ones go down as a no-show in the standings.

Tip: at the start of each matchday you can quickly fill in scores for every match in one go, so you don't have to remember match-by-match.

Each match goes through three phases. Beforehand, everyone's busy placing predictions and you can edit yours freely. Once the match kicks off, every prediction in the league locks in — and you can tap a card to see who picked what. When the match ends, results are compared against everyone's picks and points are handed out.

Place a prediction in the section above first, then come back to fast-forward through each phase below.

Jun 1 · 18:10

In 9m

Argentina

–:–

France

No prediction · starts in 9mAdd

Tournament winnerIn 9m

No picks addedAdd

Kick off the tournament

Extra time: yes. Goals scored in extra time count toward the final score we score your prediction against, just like regulation-time goals. A 1-1 match that ends 2-1 in extra time is recorded as 2-1.

Penalty shootouts: no. Shootouts decide who advances but don't change the on-field score. A 1-1 match decided 4-3 on penalties is recorded as 1-1, and your prediction is scored against the draw.

A league is a private group of friends or colleagues competing against each other. Every prediction you make earns points, points add up across the tournament, and the leaderboard ranks everyone in the league from most to least points.

You can be in many leagues at once — same predictions, different friend groups. Here's a mock leaderboard for The Office Pool:

Create: tap the Leagues tab and choose New league. Pick a name, choose private (invite-only) or public, and you're in. Share the invite link with friends and they'll land straight in.

Edit: open the league, tap the settings icon. As the owner you can rename it, switch privacy, toggle The Oracle on or off, or remove members.

Delete: only the owner can delete. League settings → Delete league. Members are removed and the league disappears for everyone — there's no undo, so check first.

If you join a league after the tournament has already started, you're a spectator for the rest of that tournament. You can read everything — standings, match cards, others' predictions, the Oracle's picks — but you can't place bets and you won't appear in the standings or be challengeable.

You'll see a small amber “Spectating” bar at the top of the app so it's never ambiguous. From the next tournament onwards you're a regular member again, with the same chance as anyone else to predict and climb the leaderboard.

Yes. Open the league, tap the settings icon and choose Leave league. You'll drop out of its standings and challenges immediately, and the other members continue without you.

Your predictions themselves stay attached to your account in any other leagues you're in. Owners can't leave their own league directly — delete it instead, or transfer ownership to another member first.

A challenge is a head-to-head between you and another league member over a set of matches — usually a single matchday. Both of you predict the same matches; whoever ends up with more points wins the challenge.

You can throw in a bit of trash talk before kick-off too. Below is a one-match challenge between you and Alex over the demo final — fast-forward the tournament to see how it resolves, or tap the card to see the per-match breakdown.

Every league has a chess-style Elo ladder built from your completed head-to-heads. New players start at 1200. After each finished challenge, the winner takes points off the loser; how many depends on the rating gap — beating a higher-rated opponent moves the needle more than beating someone below you.

Equal point totals count as a draw (worth 0.5/0.5), so two evenly matched players barely move each other. Each row shows your record as W-D-L (wins-draws-losses) and your current rating. Ratings are per league — your number in one league is independent of any other.

The Oracle is our in-house AI assistant. It predicts every match before kick-off and competes alongside humans — scored by exactly the same rules as you. Means you always have an opponent in your league, even when no friends are around.

Each league owner can toggle the Oracle on or off in league settings. When it's on, you'll see it in the standings, the head-to-head challenges, and on every prediction breakdown.

The Oracle

Always picks. Never sleeps. Occasionally smug.

Magic links usually land within 30 seconds. If it's been a minute and nothing's shown up:

1. Check your spam or junk folder — first-time emails from a new sender often land there.
2. Make sure you typed the email correctly. A typo means the link goes somewhere else.
3. Hit the resend button on the sign-in screen. There's a short cool-down to keep things sane.

Still nothing? Email [email protected] and we'll get you in.

No. We never sell or share your personal data with advertisers, marketing partners, or data brokers. There are no third-party trackers and no cross-site cookies.

The only things we collect are what we need to actually run the game: your display name, your email (used purely for the magic-link sign-in), and an optional password if you set one. No phone numbers, no addresses, no payment info, no social-media profiles.

Anonymous, cookie-free analytics (self-hosted Umami) help us understand which pages get used. No IP addresses are stored, and the data isn't shared with anyone. Full details are in the privacy policy.

Open the profile screen, scroll to Delete account, and confirm in the dialog. We'll remove your personal data from our active systems within 60 days. Residual copies in encrypted backups roll out on their own schedule but aren't actively used or accessible.

Leagues you created stay alive for the other members; your name is removed and your predictions deleted. For any questions about your data or to request a copy before deleting, email [email protected].

We'd love to hear it. Email [email protected] with whatever you've found or whatever you'd like to see.

For bug reports, a screenshot plus a short note on what you did and what happened goes a long way.