Create a private league

Why create a private league

A private league is a small group of Ktkarena users who want to:

• Challenge each other on a leaderboard specific to the group.
• Talk in a private chat reserved for members.
• See the detailed bets of other members (with amounts - unlike the public profile).
• Organize internal challenges (for example, "Who among us will get the best score on the Africa Cup?").

It's the "among friends" spirit of betting: transparency is stronger within the group you chose, because you also talk together outside the app.

Typical use cases:

• A crew of friends who bet on their team's matches.
• A WhatsApp group of political predictors who want a dedicated space in the app.
• Office coworkers who have fun predicting tech announcements.
• An extended family following a sports season together.

The creation process in 5 steps

1. Open the app and go to the Social tab (icon at the bottom).
2. Tap "Private leagues" → "Create a league".
3. Choose a name for your league. Must be between 3 and 30 characters. Examples: "Yaoundé Foot Fans", "Crypto Squad 237", "Famille Kameni".
4. Choose a theme (optional):
   • General (everything): no particular focus.
   • Sports only.
   • Politics only.
   • Crypto only.
   • Etc.
   The theme choice affects the automatic challenges we suggest to the league.
5. Invite your first members:
   • By handle: type their Ktkarena handle.
   • By phone number: if the person is registered, they're found. Otherwise, we send them an SMS invitation to join the app and the league.
   • By share link: generate a link you can send via WhatsApp/SMS/email. Anyone who clicks it can join.

Your league is created. You're its admin by default.

The configuration settings

Once the league is created, you can configure:

Visibility:

• Private, invite-only (default): new members must be explicitly invited.
• Private, on request: a user can "request to join" and you approve.
• Public: anyone can join via search. Avoid this for real leagues between friends.

Bet visibility between members:

• Amounts visible (default): between league members, you see your exact amounts.
• Amounts hidden: you only see the results (won/lost), not the amounts.

Notifications:

• Enable or disable notifications for new bets in the league.

Automatic challenges:

• Enable automatic weekly challenges (the platform suggests a challenge every week based on the theme).

Limits and rules

Limits:

• Up to 50 members per league (admin included).
• No limit on the number of leagues you can create or join.
• Maximum 20 active leagues at the same time per user (to avoid excessive fragmentation).

Rules:

• You can leave a league at any time. Leaving or dissolving a league.
• The admin can remove a member or promote another to co-admin.
• If the admin leaves without naming a successor, seniority automatically designates the new one (the longest-standing member).
• A league with 0 members is automatically dissolved after 30 days.