The most popular league type is head-to-head, in which each team is matched up against an opponent each week, with the team that scores the most fantasy points earning a win in the standings.

Sign up for a shot at cash prizes. Draft a lineup of NFL players while staying within the salary cap. Then watch as they rack up points for touchdowns, yards gained and more during the games. If your lineup scores enough points, you'll win cash prizes - even if you don't come in first.

The team that accumulates the most fantasy points wins the game for that week. The results of each week's matchup will determine the regular season winning team. In non-playoff leagues, the team with the best winning percentage wins the league championship.

The short answer is about 110 - at least in a 10 team Standard scoring league. According to our analysis, teams that score 110 points have about a 80% chance of winning, making 110 and above the winners bracket. Why is that a magic number?

Towards the end of the season, the top teams compete in a playoff to decide who takes home the winning prize(s). In the daily fantasy format, players draft a new team each week and compete against a pool of up to hundreds of thousands of other players. Only the top players win and receive a payout.

All NFL-Managed leagues are free to join and team owners can opt-in to be eligible to win great prizes based on their season performance. NFL Fantasy will act as commissioner for NFL-Managed leagues, ensuring a fair, fun game for fantasy players of all skill levels.

A fantasy football team scores points based on each player's performance and personal stats, in addition to the standard NFL point system for touchdowns, field goals, safeties, and extra points; fantasy scoring is not affected by the NFL teams' win-loss records.

There should be at least one IR slot as part of your bench. One slot should work for most leagues with 12 teams or less.

And in fact, above 140 points (or around a 95% likelihood to win) additional scoring barely helps at all. At that point, each point you score adds much less to your win percentage than before. If you've played fantasy for years, you probably have a good feel for weekly points totals.

To win in fantasy football, your team needs to score more points than any other team in your league.

The Main Event leagues hand out $10,000 prizes to individual league winners, and $150,000 to the Grand Prize winner. A bit more high-stakes, with the Grand Prize winner taking home $200,000, and winners of individual leagues taking home only $1,000.

Winnings are distributed to each winner's Fantasy Wallet at the end of the season. Any funds in the Fantasy Wallet can be withdrawn to a linked PayPal account.