Circa Sports still faces $5.8M overlay in NFL contests

Circa Sports has guaranteed $10 cardinal successful prize wealth for its 2 $1,000-entry NFL handicapping contests.

Less than 2 weeks earlier the registration deadline, the sportsbook faces a $5.8 cardinal overlay.

Circa had 2,232 entries Monday successful the Circa Million III, which needs 4,000 entries to conscionable its $4 cardinal guarantee. The publication had 1,883 entries successful Circa Survivor, which needs 6,000 entries to conscionable its $6 cardinal guarantee.

“With the mode we judge we are pacing, we deliberation we are a bully favourite to scope the Circa Million III warrant and a beauteous decent-sized (underdog) to deed the Circa Survivor guarantee,” Circa sportsbook operations manager Jeff Benson said. “As a gambler looking for affirmative expected value, I’d beryllium each implicit trying to get arsenic galore entries into the Circa Survivor arsenic possible.”

There are a maximum of 3 entries for Million and six for Survivor. Registration ends astatine 2 p.m. Sept. 11.

In the Million, contestants prime 5 NFL sides against the dispersed each week during the 18-week regular season.

In Survivor, entrants prime a antithetic NFL victor consecutive up each week, with nary constituent spreads involved. Lose oregon necktie a crippled and you’re out. The past introduction lasting wins $6 million.

William Hill $890K overlay

William Hill’s College Pick’em shot contention besides features an enticing overlay for bettors. The contest, which has an introduction interest of $1,000 (up from $500 past year), needs 1,000 entries to conscionable its $1 cardinal guarantee. There were 110 entries Monday, leaving the publication facing an $890,000 overlay.

Each subordinate picks 8 assemblage shot games ATS from a designated paper for 10 weeks, starting Sept. 11 and ending Nov. 13. First spot is guaranteed $500,000. Each subordinate tin person up to 5 entries, and the registration deadline is 8 a.m. Sept. 11.

“As of this point, it looks similar a imaginable overlay, but radical ever hold until the past infinitesimal to get successful a contest,” Caesars Sports vice president of trading Nick Bogdanovich said.

SuperContests

The Westgate SuperBook had 1,130 entries Monday for the SuperContest, successful which contestants prime 5 play NFL sides ATS during the 18-week regular season. The contest, which has an introduction interest of $1,000 (down from $1,500 past year), features $1.1 cardinal successful guaranteed prize wealth for six in-season contests, successful summation to the season-long prize pool.

There are besides 43 contestants successful the $5,000-entry, winner-take-all SuperContest Gold and 68 successful the $500-entry SuperContest Reboot, which covers weeks 10 to 18 of the NFL season.

NFL play wins contest

The Westgate besides has 60 entries successful its $200-entry NFL play wins contest. Contestants prime implicit oregon nether a regular-season triumph full for each 32 teams from a designated enactment sheet. The astir close wins pockets 50 percent of the pool, and the apical 5 places are paid. The deadline to participate is 5 p.m. Sept. 9.

“You person enactment connected each crippled each twelvemonth long,” SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay said.

Contact newsman Todd Dewey astatine tdewey@reviewjournal.com. Follow @tdewey33 connected Twitter.