No. The Cup Game tracks points, not money, and it doesn't process any real payments, wagers, or transfers between players. It's a scorekeeping tool for a long-running social tradition at baseball games — what your group decides those points represent, if anything, is entirely between you and your friends.
No account, login, or signup is required. Just enter your players' names and start playing.
Yes. Your in-progress game — the lineup, whose turn it is, the cup total, and the inning — is automatically saved to your device's cookies as you play, so if you close the tab or your phone locks, you can pick up right where you left off. Nothing is sent to or stored on our servers. See the Privacy Policy for details.
Yes — every group plays a little differently, so nothing is hardcoded. Tap "Rules" on the scoreboard to change the ante amount, the starting inning, and how each event (strikeout, walk, home run, etc.) affects the cup and whose turn is next.
If a play empties the cup completely — a home run, for example, which sweeps the whole thing by default — the site automatically re-antes everyone and shows a brief notice so the game can keep moving without any manual steps.
That matches how a lot of groups play it in real life — a walk doesn't end the at-bat the way an out or a hit does, so the site defaults to letting the same player keep going. You can change this (and the sameTurn behavior of any other event) in the Rules panel if your group plays it differently.
Yes. Tapping "Reset game" clears the current lineup, cup total, and inning progress (after asking you to confirm), but your ante amount, starting inning, and all custom event rules stay exactly as you set them for next time.
Yes — the site is built mobile-first, with large tap targets and a layout designed for one-handed use in the stands.
Not currently — the game state is saved locally to whichever device started it, so one person on your team should act as the official scorekeeper for the group.
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