Empire
Coming in 2026

Predict Sports.
Win Real Prizes.

Now with Backer Mode — back the other side of player predictions and win prizes when those predictions miss.

Be the first to play when Empire launches.

Two Ways to Play

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Play with Empire Coins

  • Always Free
  • No Purchase Necessary
  • For Playing for Fun and Entertainment
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Real Prizes
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Play with Empire Cash

  • Redeemable for Real Cash Prizes
  • Predict Sports for Real Prize Potential
  • Available Through Promotions and Free Entry
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How It Works

1

Make Your Predictions

Pick your sport, choose your market, and make your predictions. Win prizes when your picks are right.

2

Unlock Backer Mode

Hit the play threshold and activate Backer Mode. Deploy Empire Coins or Empire Cash, and Empire automatically spreads your deployed balance across Player predictions — no picking required.

3

Back the House Side

Backers win prizes when player predictions miss. You're taking the same side sportsbooks are built on.

Empire Backers

Stop predicting against the house. Start backing its side.

Sportsbooks are built around the vig — the margin priced into every line. Backer Mode lets eligible users participate from the other side of player predictions, with prize potential when those predictions miss.

The math:

Traditional Sportsbook Empire Backers
Effective Odds -110 / -110 -107 / -1071
Implied Vig 4.76% 3.19%
Who Captures the Margin? Sportsbook Empire Backers

1 Empire Backer odds reflect an Empire Odds Adjustment applied to allocated player predictions. Figures are illustrative and may vary by market, prediction type, and platform rules. No prize outcome is guaranteed.

Traditional sportsbooks capture the margin built into each line. With Backer Mode, eligible users can capture that margin when player predictions miss.

Automatic Diversification

Empire spreads your deployed balance across predictions — capped at 1% per play. No single outcome moves the needle.

No picking required

You choose your sports. Empire handles the rest.

Pause any time.

Redeem eligible prizes or keep your balance available for future play.

Frequently Asked Questions

Empire is a sports-entertainment platform where users make predictions on sporting events for fun or for real prizes. Players make predictions, while Backers can back the other side and win prizes when player predictions miss.
A Backer is a player who has unlocked the other side of Empire. After hitting a minimum play threshold, eligible users can activate Backer Mode and deploy Empire Coins or Empire Cash to back the other side of player predictions. Backers win prizes when those predictions miss — taking the same side that sportsbooks are built on.
Empire manages the allocation of player predictions to Backers and ensures eligible Players receive prizes on winning predictions. Empire does not choose which predictions are allocated to which Backers.
Backer prizes are awarded net of an Empire Odds Adjustment - 3% of winnings on straight predictions and 8% on parlay predictions. For example, if a Backer is allocated a Player straight prediction where the Player risks 100 coins to win 100 coins (at +100 odds), and the Player loses, the Backer will be awarded 97 Empire Coins.
Predictions are allocated in the order they are received and distributed across active Backers based on their selected sports and deployment order. Empire does not manually choose which predictions are allocated to which Backers, and Backers cannot select specific predictions. Predictions will be made known to Backers immediately after allocation and prior to settlement of the prediction.
Empire is expected to launch first in Texas and Georgia in late 2026. Join the waitlist to get launch updates and find out when Empire is available in your state.