📖 Guide & Rules
Complete guide to betting, scoring and the Arena in TipArena Pro.
🏁 System basics
TipArena Pro is a group betting platform for sports (or custom) competitions. It works in leagues — each league has its own matches or races, participants, scoring rules and chat.
- Public league — visible to everyone after login; you can browse without membership, but betting requires joining.
- Private league — join with a code from the creator.
- Participant — can place bets, chat and challenge others to duels.
- League admin — adds matches, enters results, manages team flags.
- Owner — creator; can change visibility, delegate admins, delete the league.
⚖️ How scoring works
Points are calculated automatically when a match or race ends (after admin enters the result). Classic leagues score match results; Race Plus scores finishing order.
Iron rule of the winner
If you don't pick the match winner (or draw when allowed), you get 0 points for that match — even if goal difference or total goals were correct.
Example (match ends 2:1)
| Your tip | What you hit | Points* |
|---|---|---|
| 2:1 | Exact score | Exact (+ winner if applicable) |
| 3:2 | Winner + difference (+1) | Winner + difference |
| 2:0 | Winner + difference, wrong total goals | Winner + difference |
| 1:1 | Wrong winner | 0 |
* Exact point values depend on league settings (Standard / Simple / Custom when creating).
Arena bonus points
Duel wins, spectator bets or point stealing are stored in duel_bonus_points and shown on the leaderboard on top of regular tips.
🏁 Race Plus — F1, skiing, cycling
Race Plus is a separate competition type for sports where the key result is the finishing order. It fits F1, MotoGP, alpine skiing, cycling, biathlon or any race-like event.
🏆 Winner
Pick who wins the race. If they finish in TOP 3 or TOP 10, partial points can still apply depending on settings.
🥇 Podium
Pick the first three places. Exact slot scores more, a podium racer in a different order scores partial points.
⚔️ 1 vs 1 battle
Admin chooses two racers. Players predict which one finishes higher. They do not need to win the whole race.
🎲 Dark horse
A bold surprise pick. Points are awarded if this racer finishes high, for example TOP 10 or TOP 5.
⚡ Turbo token
Mark one market as turbo. If it hits, its points are multiplied based on league settings.
✨ Perfect event
Bonus for a very precise prediction, for example winner plus at least two exact podium slots.
1 vs 1 battle is optional. If admin does not set it for a race, players will not see or tip it.
⚽ Matches and betting
- Place your score before the match starts — after kick-off the tip is locked.
- Secret match — other players' tips are hidden until the match starts (or after it ends for your own tip).
- Boss match — in the Arena, points from this match count 2× (Boss Fight duel type).
- View others' tips via "Show other players' tips" (if not secret).
- Filter by team and switch player to see a specific person's tips.
You'll get an email 24 h before a match if notifications are enabled in Profile and you haven't tipped yet.
🏆 Leaderboard
Ranking of all league participants by total points (tips + duel bonuses). Shows:
- Position, medals for top 3
- Achievements next to player names
- 👑 Belt holder (if set)
- ⚔️ CHALLENGE button — opens Arena against that player
⚔️ Arena — player battles
The Arena is a social layer on top of betting. Challenge a rival to a duel and fight for the champion belt.
How to challenge
- Leaderboard → CHALLENGE (or Arena → Challenge for belt)
- In the modal you'll see H2H stats, form, accuracy, progress to overtake
- Pick duel type, stake, optional point steal
- Send challenge or Challenge + chat
Accepting a challenge
Your rival gets a notification (email if enabled). In the Arena tab they can accept or decline. After acceptance, upcoming league matches are assigned automatically.
Duel resolution
When matches end and admin enters results, the system counts points from duel matches only — higher total wins. Result goes to chat and Arena history.
Spectator bet
During an active duel you can (if not a participant) click 🔮 Pick winner. Correct pick earns +1 bonus point and the 🔮 Prophet achievement.
Rivalry timeline
In the Rivalry tab you'll see a timeline of battles with a selected player — overtakes, duel wins and more.
🎲 Duel types
⚔️ 3-match duel
Classic. Points from the next 3 matches. Higher total wins.
🎲 Double or Nothing
1 match, winner gets +2 bonus leaderboard points.
🤫 Secret challenge
Tips hidden until match start (like a secret match).
💀 All-In
One match, high stakes — often a fun stake (beer, bragging rights…).
👹 Boss Fight
Points from the boss match (marked by admin) count 2×.
👑 Belt showdown
Winner takes the league champion belt, shown next to their name.
Point steal (optional): winner +1 pt, loser −1 pt in bonuses (max once per duel).
Stakes are non-material (beer, avatar 🐔…) — keep it fair 😄
🏅 Achievements
| Badge | Name | How to earn |
|---|---|---|
| 🎯 | Sniper | 5 great tips in a row (W form) |
| 🎲 | Madman | Risky tip that paid off |
| 🧱 | Bunker | Long streak without zero-point matches |
| ⚔️ | Nemesis | Beat the same player 3× in duels |
| 🔮 | Prophet | Correctly pick duel winner as spectator |
| 👑 | Champion | Hold the champion belt |
| 🏅 | Duelist | 5 duel wins |
| 🔴 | Avenger | Win a revenge duel |
| 🐔 | Coward | Decline 3 challenges |
Avatar frame
Hover or tap an avatar in the leaderboard or chat to see the tooltip.
⚙️ For league admins
- Add matches or Race Plus races, results, secret/boss modes
- Configure points (exact, winner, difference, goals)
- For Race Plus, configure winner, podium, 1 vs 1 battle, dark horse, perfect bonus and turbo token scoring
- Bulk team flags
- Clear chat, delegate admins (owner)
- Upload a custom league logo
Important: A duel is resolved automatically only after you save a match result and mark it finished.
📲 Install TipArena (mobile & PC)
TipArena works in the browser and as a standalone app (PWA). After adding it to your home screen you get faster access, an app icon, and optional push notifications.
Android (Chrome)
- Open the portal in Chrome.
- Tap the ⋮ menu (top right).
- Choose Add to Home screen or Install app.
- Confirm — the TipArena icon appears among your apps.
iPhone / iPad (Safari)
- Open the portal in Safari (on iPhone, Safari is required — not Chrome).
- Tap Share □↑.
- Choose Add to Home Screen.
- Confirm the name and add — the app runs full screen.
Computer (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- Open the portal in Chrome or Edge.
- Click the ⊕ Install icon in the address bar (or menu → “Install TipArena…").
- Confirm — the app opens in its own window without browser tabs.
Firefox
Firefox has limited PWA support. For the full app experience use Chrome or Edge. In Firefox you can pin the site as a bookmark or add a desktop shortcut via your OS.
After installing
In Profile you can enable push notifications (match results, chat, arena, leaderboard). When a new version is available, the app offers an update. You can also use the Install app button in Profile.
❓ FAQ
Why 0 points when I was close?
You probably didn't pick the match winner. Without the correct winner/draw, the result is always 0.
Where do duel bonuses show?
On the leaderboard — added to total points. Details are in Arena history.
What if a rival declines?
The duel is cancelled. After 3 declines they may get the 🐔 Coward badge.
How to disable emails?
Profile → turn off "Email notifications". Applies to tips and Arena challenges.
Add TipArena to iPhone
Open the portal in Safari, tap Share (□↑) and choose “Add to Home Screen”. The icon appears among your apps in full-screen mode.
Can I browse without logging in?
Yes — public leagues can be viewed read-only. Log in to bet, chat and challenge.