Pick five.
Beat your friend.
Head-to-head NBA stat showdowns — challenge anyone by phone, draft your roster, and the bigger stat total takes the W. Free to play, for bragging rights. Just you vs. them.
Stat matchups on live games · or score a real 1v1 with a neutral keeper. Free to play.
How it works
Built end-to-end for a clean head-to-head loop. Pick, draft, watch, win. Everything settles automatically from the live box scores — no money involved, just the W.
Choose a stat — points, assists, rebounds, threes — and pick the slate.
Roster any 5 players from teams playing that day. Settings let you allow overlaps or force unique picks.
We send your opponent a one-tap link. They tap to accept and lock in the matchup.
Box scores settle automatically. Higher total wins — bragging rights are yours.
Free to play. For fun.
AnteUps is a free-to-play game built for friendly competition and bragging rights — not for money. You never deposit cash, you never wager real money, and there is nothing to win except the satisfaction of beating your friend. It is a game of knowledge and prediction, plain and simple.
The only currency in AnteUps is Fetti — a virtual, in-app currency you use to unlock cosmetic items like jerseys and collectible figures. Fetti has no real-world monetary value. It cannot be cashed out, withdrawn, sold, or exchanged for money or prizes. It exists only to make the game more fun to dress up.
There is no betting and no cash on the line — ever. Play is always free.
Fetti is cosmetic-only and can never be converted to money, prizes, or anything of value.
Pick a stat, draft your players, and let the live box scores decide the winner.
Outcomes come from real player performance and your draft choices — not a wheel or a card.
Outcomes are computed server-side from official box scores — no edits, no disputes.
Rosters freeze when the first game starts. Late edits are rejected.
DNPs count as zero. Postponed games void the matchup. Stat corrections trigger re-settlement within 24h.
Common questions
Is AnteUps gambling?
No. AnteUps is a free-to-play game of skill and sports knowledge. There is no real-money wagering, no deposits, and nothing of monetary value to win. You compete for bragging rights only.
What is Fetti?
Fetti is AnteUps’ in-app virtual currency, used to buy cosmetic items such as jerseys and figures. It has no real-world value and cannot be cashed out, withdrawn, sold, or exchanged for money or prizes.
Does it cost anything to play?
Playing AnteUps is free. You can optionally purchase Fetti to unlock cosmetic items, but those purchases are for in-game cosmetics only and grant no monetary value or payout.
How is a winner decided?
You draft real players, and the official box scores from their games determine the totals. The higher stat total wins the head-to-head matchup.