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LAS VEGAS – Circa Sports has once again broken its own record for the highest professional football contest prize pool. The Las Vegas sports betting venture upped the ante guaranteeing a total of $22.5 million, no rake for their three pro football betting contests. After Saturday’s signup deadline, Circa Survivor reached 18,718 entrants raising the prize pool to $18,718,000. This soared past the $15 million guarantee and topped last year’s prize pool by over four million dollars. Circa Million VII sign ups concluded with 5,685 entries meaning Circa Sports supplemented the difference for the $6 million prize pool. Between the two-yearly contests, Circa Sports will award a total of $24,718,000 to winners throughout the 2025-2026 season.
New this year, Circa Sports debuted Circa Grandissimo. The ultra-luxury version of Circa Survivor initially guaranteed a $1.5 million prize pool with $100k per entry. However, the number of entries quickly surpassed the goal. After late entries on Saturday, the pool reached 69 entries meaning the prize pool for the first ever Circa Grandissimo will be $6.9 million. In total, Circa Sports will see $31,618,000 in prizes awarded for the three pools.
Unlike recent years, most of the favored teams ended up winning in Circa Survivor in Week 1. Of the 18,718 entries, over 18,000 will advance to Week 2. 269 entries selected New England, who lost to Las Vegas on Sunday. No other team that lost had more than 75 entries rooting for them. Meanwhile, all 69 entries in Circa Grandissimo advanced to Week 2. The prize pool for the survivor-style contests, Circa Survivor and Circa Grandissimo, will be awarded to the last person or people standing. These contests consist of up to 20 legs throughout the year, one for every week of the football season plus two special weeks. Each week participants will choose a team to win straight up however the contestant cannot pick the same team twice for the duration of the season. Thanksgiving/Black Friday and Christmas Day will each be considered their own contest weeks.
Circa Million VII boasts 126 different ways to win throughout the season with $6 million in total prizes. First place will take home $1 million and a coveted Circa Sports blue jacket while the remaining prize pool will be allocated amongst places two through 100 as well as the quarterly top five and booby prize winners. Each contestant will make five picks against the spread each week via the Circa Sports Nevada mobile app, a Circa Sports kiosk or over the counter at any of the six Circa Sports locations in Nevada. One point will be awarded for each correct selection and one-half point for each push.
