Voting Contests
Photo and entry contests with live leaderboards and bracket-style voting.
What it does
Not every event is a tournament. Brakto runs voting contests: entrants submit entries, audiences vote, and a live leaderboard or bracket-style elimination decides the winner. Useful for photo contests, fan votes and engagement events alongside your main draw.
What you get
Entrants submit their own entries to a contest.
Votes update results in public in real time.
Run head-to-head elimination rounds instead of a single vote.
Choose visibility and restriction rules for who can vote.
Clubs and organizers running engagement contests alongside their events.
Verifiable. Everything on this page ships today. It is implemented in VotingConfig, EventType / VotingMode, MatchVote and PoolMatchVote models. If you find a gap between this page and the product, tell us and we will correct it.
Voting Contests: common questions
- What is Voting Contests?
- Not every event is a tournament. Brakto runs voting contests: entrants submit entries, audiences vote, and a live leaderboard or bracket-style elimination decides the winner. Useful for photo contests, fan votes and engagement events alongside your main draw.
- Who is Voting Contests for?
- Clubs and organizers running engagement contests alongside their events.
- Does Brakto support Voting Contests?
- Yes. Photo and entry uploads, Live leaderboard, Bracket-style voting, Voting controls are all supported. Everything listed on this page ships today.
- How do I set up Voting Contests in Brakto?
- Step-by-step instructions are in the help centre — see /help/voting. You can start free without an account to try the basics.
Related
How to set up Voting Contests
Step-by-step help centre guide
Voting Contests in more detail
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