“If you’re a college football player and don’t want to mess with the pros, this is the contest to be in,” Golden Nugget sportsbook director Tony Miller said. Rich Velez of San Francisco went 81-36-2 ATS (69.2 percent) to win last year’s contest. Entrants select seven NFL and/or college football sides ATS during the 17-week NFL season. The contest drew 308 entries in its inaugural season last year and, as of Friday, had 250 entries. The Westgate and Circa are each accepting contest selections via mobile app this season.Ī high-end option for college football bettors is the Golden Nugget’s $1,000-entry Ultimate Football Challenge. “But we certainly did lose some business to Circa.” “I think we’re going to break our record from last year,” Westgate sportsbook director John Murray said. As of Saturday, the 2019 SuperContest was up to 2,665 entries. People are embracing it.”ĭespite Circa’s new contest, the SuperContest is closing in on a record number of entries for the ninth consecutive year and will crown its third consecutive $1 million-plus winner.Įric Kahane of Irvine, California, went 59-25-1 ATS (70.2 percent) last season to win the $1.4 million first-place prize and top a field of 3,123 entries. “There seems to be room in the market for another contest. If we keep that format over time, it could potentially be huge. “If we got up to 1,700 entries, that would be another $50,000 each quarter.

“The exciting part is if it’s over 1,500 (entries), all that money goes into the quarters and it could add up fast,” Circa Sports sportsbook director Matthew Metcalf said. The format is the same as the prestigious $1,500-entry Westgate SuperContest, with entrants selecting five NFL games against the spread each week.Ĭirca’s contest guarantees a $1.5 million prize pool, $1 million to the winner and $50,000 quarterly prizes. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) the end of 2020, the Circa resort is on pace to open in downtown Las Vegas with a sportsbook featuring a video screen three stories tall.Ĭirca Sports sportsbook already is scaling the heights of the city’s high-end football handicapping contests.Īs of Saturday morning, 1,194 entries had paid $1,000 each to enter the Circa Sports Million Pro Football Contest at the Golden Gate and D Las Vegas.

A man looks through one of the windows looking out on the construction for Circa Resort and Casino in downtown Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 20, 2019.

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