The Golden Knights signed a multiyear agreement Tuesday with a newly approved bookmaker in Nevada to become an official sports betting partner of the team.
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The two entries made 20 straight winning selections to split the $6,133,000 prize in the contest, in which contestants pick one straight-up NFL winner each week.
In a span of less than 17 hours starting Christmas Eve, the bettor went from the cusp of being the sole Circa Survivor contest winner to being eliminated.
Professional sports bettors and handicappers break down the 10 mobile sports betting apps available in Las Vegas, including the best odds and wagering menus.
Canarelli Middle School math teacher Marshal Taylor turned $25 into $150,000 after winning Station Casinos’ Last Man Standing pro football contest.
While 6,010 entries from the field of 6,133 have been eliminated, Bob DeLuca still has all six of his entries in Circa Survivor, which pays $6.1 million to the winner.
Five years ago, only people in Nevada could place a legal wager on a game. Soon, bettors in 35 states and Washington, D.C., will be able to get in on the action.
Five days before Saturday’s entry deadline, Circa Sports is a long shot to meet its $6 million in guaranteed prize money for its $1,000-entry Circa Million IV contest.
The clock is ticking on Circa sportsbook to meet its unprecedented $12 million in guaranteed prize money for its two $1,000-entry NFL handicapping contests.
After William Hill paid $548,000 last year to cover an overlay in its College Pick’em football contest, the book lowered the guaranteed cash prizes from $1 million to $500,000.
Although Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker hasn’t signed a sports-betting bill passed by lawmakers Monday, the state’s Gaming Commission has started the regulatory process.
In addition to crowning the overall season champion, the Westgate SuperContest will feature six three-week contests, three six-week contests and two nine-week contests.
Jeff Stoneback retired as MGM Resorts director of trading in Nevada after 36 years with the company at the Circus Circus, Excalibur, Mirage and Mandalay Bay sportsbooks.
Circa Sports prides itself on welcoming sharp bettors in the style of an old-school Las Vegas sportsbook. Now Circa has two old-school Las Vegas bookmakers on its staff.
Circa casino owner Derek Stevens said, “We’re back and bigger than ever. We want to make Las Vegas the hub of sports betting and football contests.”
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