“Plus with a low contestant count, there are even more chances to finish in the money.” “We put every college football game that is on the rotation on the selection card,” Golden Nugget sportsbook director Tony Miller said. William Hill’s College Pick’em contest won’t be back this year, leaving the Golden Nugget’s $1,000-entry Ultimate Football Challenge as the only high-end contest that includes college picks. The Westgate SuperBook offers 12 ways to win in its $1,000-entry SuperContest, which will feature 11 in-season contests (six three-week, three six-week, two nine-week) with $810,000 in guaranteed prize money and crown the overall champion of the NFL handicapping contest that started in the 1980s.

“The Circa Million, we’re pacing better than last year but there’s still a chance for an overlay. It’s the biggest football contest in U.S. That’s why we bumped the guarantee to eight million, and we’re on a pretty good pace to surpass that,” Circa owner Derek Stevens said. “The Circa Survivor has really taken off. Last year, Circa drew 6,133 in Survivor - which has increased its prize money from $6 million to $8 million - and 4,691 entries in Million, which again features a $6 million prize pool. Less than three weeks before the NFL season opener, the book had 3,856 entries in Survivor ($4.14 million overlay) on Monday and 2,190 in Million ($3.81 million overlay) for a combined $7.95 million overlay. With football season fast approaching, the clock is ticking again on Circa Sports to meet its unprecedented $14 million in guaranteed prize money for its two $1,000-entry NFL handicapping contests.Īfter Circa paid a total of $3.2 million the last two years to cover overlays - the amount of money it must add to the prize pool in addition to the entry fees - the downtown sportsbook is on the hook for another seven-figure payout.Ĭirca needs 8,000 entries in its Circa Survivor contest and 6,000 entries in its Circa Million V contest to meet its $14 million guarantee, up from $12 million last year. (Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

People sit at gambling machines in front of the Circa Sportsbook at Circa Las Vegas on Friday, Aug.

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