Circa’s legendary NFL contests return for 2026 bigger and more exciting than ever. If you’re a sports bettor who hasn’t jumped into these iconic challenges yet, now’s the time to get involved and stop sitting on the sidelines. Circa Millions VIII is back with its signature hat and a proven, high-stakes format: an 18-week season where you select five games each week against the spread on fixed lines. Beat the field and you could walk away with the $1 million grand prize plus the iconic blue winner’s jacket. Best of all, there’s a locked-in $6 million total prize pool with zero rake.
Last year’s overlay topped $400,000, delivering real extra value to every player who entered. The quarterly structure remains strong, with $300,000 paid out to the top five finishers in each quarter—so even if one stretch of the season goes sideways, you still have three more shots at a solid payday. At the end of the year, places two through 100 divide a substantial $3.65 million. And for those flirting with the wrong kind of fame, there’s a $50,000 second-place booby prize along with $25,000 quarterly booby awards. Classic formula, still working.
Then comes Circa Survivor. This 18-week, 20-pick challenge asks you to pick one team each week to win outright. Make it through all 18 weeks and you’re in the mix for a massive $20 million guaranteed prize pool. Multiple survivors simply split the pot. Circa Sports CEO Derek Stevens is raising the stakes once again, injecting an additional $9 million in guarantees and lifting total contest payouts to an eye-opening $30 million—all with zero rake. These contests aren’t merely returning. They’re rewriting the standard for what’s possible in sports betting.
Circa Millions:
Circa Millions returns with a locked-in $6 million in guaranteed payouts. Every quarter, $300,000 goes to the top five scorers, giving you multiple chances even if one stretch of the season doesn’t go your way. At the end of the year, places 2 through 100 split another $3.65 million. New this season: a $50,000 second-place booby prize plus $25,000 quarterly booby awards.
Millions plays differently from standard sports betting. The lines stay fixed all year, and your approach can shift based on where any given entry sits in the quarterly or overall standings. Most of the structure is the same as last year—with one meaningful upgrade: players can now enter up to 10 times.
Here are the full details, courtesy of Circa Sports:
- $1,000 to enter, 10 entries per person max
- Make 5 NFL picks against the spread each week
- Get one point for each correct selection and one-half point for each push
- $6 Million guaranteed in total prizes
- $1 Million first place prize and the coveted blue jacket
- $3.65 Million in cash prizes for places 2 – 100
- $300,000 per “Quarter” in prizes awarded every 4-5 weeks
- $100,000 last place booby prize / $50,000 second to last place booby prize
- No Rake! Any extra fees go into the quarter and full-season prizes
Circa Survivor:
Circa Survivor is back with a massive $20 million guaranteed prize pool—$5 million higher than last season after last year’s pot ballooned to an impressive $18,718,000. The contest features 20 total legs, with Thanksgiving Day games and Christmas games each counting as their own separate week.
Here are the full details:
- $1,000 to enter, 10 entries per person max (can rebuy up to ten additional entries until the registration deadline if you lose on the opening TNF or Friday game)
- Up to 20 picks in 2025: NFL Weeks 1 – 18, plus Thanksgiving Day/Black Friday and Christmas Leg (Wed/Thur)
- Each NFL team can only be selected once per each entry during the contest
- No Rake! – the last remaining entry wins the entire survivor pool: $20 Million guaranteed, plus more if entries exceed $15 Million
- Entries are eliminated from the contest by selecting a team that subsequently loses or ties its NFL game that week or continues until a single entry remains
- The contest continues until a single entry remains
- If more than one entry remains after all 20 legs, the pool is split equally among all the entries that successfully submitted a selection during the leg
- If all remaining entries lose in the same week, the pool is split equally among all the entries that successfully submitted a selection during the leg
- Picks are due at 4 p.m. PST every Saturday or before kickoff of the selected game (whichever is earlier), except for:
- Thanksgiving Day/Black Friday: picks are due by 10 p.m. PST Wednesday, November 26
- Christmas Leg: picks are due by 9 a.m. PST Wednesday, December 25
- See everyone’s picks here and on Twitter @CircaSports each week!
Grandissimo:
Finally, Grandissimo is back for high rollers and team entries! The rules are the same as Circa Survivor, but with a much larger buy in at $100,000.00 per entry for a guaranteed minimum payout of $4,000,000.00! This tops last year’s guarantee by $2.5M! This contest will have less entries than Survivor, making it an interesting and potentially different strategy for each participant in order to take home the big prize!
- $100,000 to enter, 2 entries per person max (can rebuy up to two additional entries until the registration deadline if you lose on the opening TNF or Friday game)
- Up to 20 picks in 2025: NFL Weeks 1 – 18, plus Thanksgiving Day/Black Friday and Christmas Day
- Each NFL team can only be selected once per each entry during the contest
- No Rake! – the last remaining entry wins the entire survivor pool: $1.5 Million guaranteed, plus more if entries exceed $1.5 Million
- Entries are eliminated from the contest by selecting a team that subsequently loses or ties its NFL game that week or continues until a single entry remains
- The contest continues until a single entry remains
- If more than one entry remains after all 20 legs, the pool is split equally among all the entries that successfully submitted a selection during the leg
- If all remaining entries lose in the same week, the pool is split equally among all the entries that successfully submitted a selection during the leg
Here are some great Hotel deals for the big season! Go to CircaSports.com/contest for more details!
Hotel Offers:
- 1-9 total entries = Complimentary stay at the D Las Vegas for two nights or 50% discounted room at Circa Resort & Casino for 2 nights
- 10+ total entries = Complimentary stay at Circa Resort & Casino for 2 nights in a standard room
- 20 total entries (Full-House) combined in both contest(s) = Complimentary stay at Circa Resort & Casino for two nights in a premium suite
- **These night(s) must be used by September 11**
- Two General Admission (GA) passes to Stadium Swim per day comes with each room booking
- Please email info@circasports.com with your full name, contest number(s), and alias(es) for the contest(s) along with what offer you are looking to redeem as one of our customer support team members will be able assist. If you are looking to book ahead of time, do so on our circalasvegas.com website and then after signing up for the contest(s), please email info@circasports.com and we will apply the offer.
Registration Deadline:
Registration ends at 2 p.m. PST on Saturday, September 12th during the first NFL Week. All entrants will also receive a Circa Million VIII and or Survivor hat.
Proxy Services:
You don’t have to live in Nevada to join the action. Thanks to proxy services, anyone—from anywhere in the world—can enter these epic football contests and compete for prize pools reaching into the millions.
Need a reliable proxy? Look no further than footballcontest.com @FootballContest—the most experienced football proxy in Las Vegas. Not only do they submit your picks, they also monitor deadlines, send reminders, and—even better—can make selections for you if you forget. Who knows? Their picks might outperform the crowd!
But wait! There’s more! The great people at footballcontest.com wants to help out anyone that goes out too early for survivor. This company is offering a HUGE proxy guarantee for the following year just in case a client goes out within the first three weeks!
Exclusive offer from FootballContest.com to help clients who become eliminated during the first 3 weeks of any Survivor contest that they have enter with FootballContest.com
- Week 1 Elimination – 50% refund back on proxy fee for entry returned following year in form of credit
- Week 2 Elimination – 40% refund back on proxy fee for entry returned following year in form of credit
- Week 3 Elimination – 30% refund back on proxy fee for entry returned following year in form of credit
***USE PROMO CODE ‘OB’ FOR $50 OFF ANY NEW OR RETURNING PROXY SERVICES!***
It’s hard to beat a guarantee like this one.
Sign-ups are live NOW! And with all the money Derek Stevens has added to the prize pool, there may be an overlay that boosts your expected value.
Check out footballcontest.com for full details—and may the football gods smile upon your season
