PivotXP

Fan Games, Predictions
+ Loyalty

Pick'em and prediction games, season-long points and rewards, sensor-driven skill games, trivia, and leaderboards built for the jumbotron. Twenty-plus formats, every play on a guest profile, one dashboard.

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Games fans come back to. Data your client keeps.

A game is the easiest way to get a fan to stop, register, and play three more times. We build the formats that do that, from a pick'em on a phone to a 15-foot boombox arcade, and wire every one of them into the same registration, leaderboard, and reporting layer.

The scores are real because the sensors are real. The board on the jumbotron is the board that pays out. And when the season ends, the client has a list of fans, not a folder of screenshots.

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Instrumented Pop-A-Shot feeding a live leaderboard at the ACC Women's Tournament

What we build

Six ways to turn a crowd into a list.

Prediction + pick'em

Fans call the outcome on their phone or a kiosk, earn points when they are right, and put a sponsor on screen at every reveal.

Season-long loyalty + rewards

Points, streaks, tiers, and rewards on one guest profile across every game, so week twelve remembers week one.

Skill + sensor games

Pop-A-Shot rims, throw walls, golf simulators, button walls, reaction games. The hardware is the gameplay and the score is real.

Jumbotron + LED leaderboards

Branded live boards for TVs, LED walls, kiosks, and broadcast, with prize windows and integrity controls.

Trivia, instant wins + prizing

Question sets, timers, spin-to-win and scratch-off prizing, and inventory that stops itself when the prize is gone.

Registration first, export last

Every play lands on a profile with opt-ins. Sessions, unique fans, repeat plays, and a deduped export the client can read.

20+ formats, ready to brand

Start from a proven game. Or send us the wild one.

Every format below has run at a live event on our scoring engine. A branded version can be live in days; a custom concept in weeks, not months, because the developers are in house.

Pick a Format
  • Spin-to-win
  • Plinko
  • Scratch-off
  • Trivia + quizzes
  • Pick'em + predictions
  • Matching + memory
  • Reaction games
  • Button walls
  • Pop-A-Shot (rim sensors)
  • Football throw walls
  • Golf simulator scoring
  • Racing + timed runs
  • Weight-pad + motion triggers
  • Live polling + voting
  • Bracket challenges
  • Streak + tier loyalty
  • Scavenger hunts
  • Team vs. team boards
  • Phone-in hotline games
  • Custom concepts

Proof, not promises

Fan game case studies

A Pop-A-Shot leaderboard at ComplexCon, sensor-tracked scoring at the ACC Women's Tournament, 20,000 swings on a golf simulator across the U.S. Open, GIF capture at the NCAA tournament, and 2,000 drills at eight NFL training camps.

All case studies

Two ways to run it

Ship it to your team, or we send a tech.

The first question in almost every inquiry is whether the gear ships to you or we come with it. Both are standard. Pick the one that fits your crew and budget.

Option 1

Ship it, run it yourself

Hard-panel builds that unfold, lock, and plug in. Designed so a tour manager can set up, run, and strike with no technical background.

  • Printed setup guide with photos in the case, plus a setup video
  • Remote diagnostics: we can see the unit and fix most issues without touching it
  • Support line during setup and show hours
  • Kiosk lockdown: guests cannot exit the experience or reach the desktop, and we can restart a unit remotely
  • Return labels included. Pack it, drop it off, done
  • Agency, brand, and fabricator teams run these every week: state fairs, auto shows, boat shows, arenas

No staff line on the quote. Just the rental and shipping.

Option 2

Send a PivotXP tech

For premium programs, multi-unit footprints, or anything where the client is standing next to it. Our tech sets up, runs, troubleshoots, and strikes.

  • Priced per tech per day, travel billed at cost with a range quoted up front
  • Pre-event QA and run-of-show walkthrough with your producer
  • Brand ambassadors available through staffing partners
  • Same-day creative changes handled on site

Clients tell us the on-site tech is the reason they rebook.

What’s on the quote

What a fan game program is priced from.

No published rates; every program is quoted from the lines below. Send the dates, venue, and the format you have in mind and you will have a line-item estimate the same business day.

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Every estimate is built from these same lines, so nothing shows up on the quote that you have not seen here. Send dates, city, and what you need and you will have a line-item estimate the same business day.

Live custom leaderboard

Branded TV or LED view, iPad entry, ranking rules, prize windows, exports.

Sweepstakes / spin-to-win microsite

Official rules support, PII capture, admin export, and hosting for the program term.

Custom kiosk software

Trivia, quizzes, configurators: touchscreen app, admin panel, analytics. Hardware listed separately.

Sensor games + button walls

Touring builds including fabrication, road cases, and testing.

Software redeploy for a returning program

New creative, new dates, same proven build.

PivotXP tech on site

Optional, priced per day. Hard-panel builds are designed to run with your tour manager.

Travel

Billed at cost, with a typical range quoted before you commit.

If something goes wrong on site

Either we are standing next to it, or we fix it remotely.

Every build is hosted online and every unit is reachable by our team, so most issues are handled from our desk while your event keeps running. For programs where the client is in the room, a multi-unit footprint, or a first live day, we put a PivotXP tech on site. Which one fits depends on the event, and we tell you at the quote stage.

Lead times

How much runway each kind of project needs.

Kiosk or Starlink rental

Ships the next business day after the contract is signed, timed to arrive before your setup date.

Brand an existing kiosk

Days once your art arrives. Wrap art, overlays, share page, and AI creative. Templates sent at kickoff.

Custom software build

Days for a proven format, a few weeks for something new. In-house developers, scenario-tested before it ships.

Hardware + software concept

Weeks, not months. Fabrication, sensors, cases, and software built together under one roof.

Clickable prototype for a pitch

Days. Enough to win the room before anything is built.

Tight timeline? Say so on the form. Rentals and returning programs move in days; we will tell you honestly what a new build can hit.

Data, privacy + AI

What we capture, where it lives, and how you get it.

Guest data belongs to your client. We hold it only as long as the program needs, deliver it as a clean export, purge PII after close, and disclose exactly where AI is used. The plain-language version is one page.

Read the Data + AI Statement

FAQ

What teams, leagues, and sponsors ask before a game program.

What is a prediction or pick'em game?+

Fans predict an outcome before or during the game, the first scorer, the final margin, the next play, and earn points when they are right. It runs on their phone from a QR code or on a kiosk, updates a live leaderboard, and gives a sponsor a reason to be on screen every time the answer is revealed.

Can a program run all season, not just one game?+

Yes. Season-long points, streaks, tiers, and rewards sit on one guest profile, so a fan who scanned in week one is recognized in week twelve. Rewards can be instant (a code, a print) or accrued (a tier unlock, a prize draw).

What game formats do you have ready to go?+

More than twenty: spin-to-win, plinko, scratch-off, trivia, pick'em, matching, memory, reaction and button-wall games, Pop-A-Shot with rim sensors, football throw walls, golf simulator scoring, racing, and timed skill challenges. Custom concepts are normal; the formats list is where most programs start.

Can the leaderboard go on the jumbotron or an LED wall?+

Yes. The leaderboard publishes as a branded view for TVs, LED walls, kiosks, and broadcast feeds, with prize windows and integrity controls so the board on the big screen is the board that pays out.

Do games actually capture data?+

That is the point. Registration is the first screen, so every play, score, and prize lands on a guest profile with opt-ins. Your client gets sessions, unique fans, repeat plays, and a deduped export, not a photo of a scoreboard.

Can you deploy the game to our own hardware?+

Yes. Software-only is a normal job. We build the game and deploy it to your kiosks, iPads, touchscreens, or video wall, with the app in your hands ahead of the event for a test run.

How long does a fan game take to build?+

Fast, because our developers are in house. A branded version of a proven format can be live in days. A custom game or a sensor-driven build is weeks, not months, with scenario testing before it ships. Hardware plus software concepts, like throw walls and boombox arcades, add fabrication time, and we tell you the real date at the quote stage.

Tell us the sponsor and the crowd. We will pick the game.

Dates, venue, expected fans, and what the sponsor wants to walk away with. A format recommendation and a line-item estimate come back the same business day.

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