Contest tracker: Westgate pays more winners

The Westgate SuperContest paid retired much in-season winners this week earlier heading into the last “mini contest” of the year.

The entries nether the aliases Chung Chung and RealPlayaz went 14-1 to stock archetypal spot for weeks 13 done 15, earning $50,000 each. There was a 13-way necktie for 3rd spot astatine 13-2, with each receiving $384.

The Westgate is starting its last mini contention for weeks 16 done 18. The Westgate besides is successful the mediate of a contention for weeks 13 done 18, and the Circa Sports Million is successful its “fourth quarter” for the past 5 weeks of the season.

Each week, I’ll way the large handicapping contests and item my progress. Here’s however the contests basal aft Week 15:

Circa Sports Million III

Format: Contestants prime 5 NFL games against the dispersed each week ($1,000 per entry).

Field: 4,087 entries.

Leader: One introduction (Hannibal Barca) astatine 55-20. A 2nd introduction from Hannibal Barca is unsocial successful 2nd spot astatine 54-21.

Barnes’ status: 2-3 past week, 33-41-1 overall, tied for 3,361st. Deploying an “opposite” strategy to spell for the last-place prize successful the 4th quarter, resulting successful winners connected Texans +5½ and Bengals +2½, and losers connected Patriots +2, Washington +9 and Titans PK.

Circa Survivor

Format: Contestants prime 1 straight-up NFL victor each week (each squad tin beryllium utilized lone once) and are eliminated with a nonaccomplishment ($1,000 per entry).

Field: 4,080 entries, but Circa added $1.92 cardinal to the prize excavation to scope the $6 cardinal guarantee.

Leaders: 16 survivors advance. Seven entries eliminated successful Week 15 — 5 connected the Cardinals, 1 connected the Jaguars and 1 connected the Buccaneers.

Barnes’ status: Eliminated successful Week 9 erstwhile the Bills mislaid to the Jaguars.

Westgate SuperContest

Format: Contestants prime 5 NFL games against the dispersed each week ($1,000 per entry).

Field: 1,972 entries.

Leader: One introduction (Nomsnaiganskk) astatine 51-23-1.

Barnes’ status: 3-2 past week, 35-39-1 overall, tied for 1,322nd. Winners connected Colts -2½, Eagles -7 and Steelers +1½, and losers connected Jaguars -3½ and Broncos -2½.

Westgate SuperContest Gold

Format: Same arsenic the SuperContest, but with a $5,000 buy-in and the victor taking all.

Field: 87 entries.

Leader: One introduction (Calabasas Wise Guy) astatine 50-23-2, 5½ points up of 2nd place.

Barnes’ status: Not entered.

William Hill Pro Pick’em

Format: Contestants prime 15 NFL straight-up winners (or selected totals) each week ($25 per entry). There are play and season-long prizes.

Field: 7,316 entries.

Season leader: One introduction (no sanction given) astatine 151-71.

Weekly winners: 10 entries (no names given) went 11-1 and divided $10,000, getting $1,000 each. (Three games were removed from the paper aft being moved.)

Barnes’ status: 6-6 past week, 134-88 overall.

Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge

Format: Contestants prime 7 NFL and/or assemblage games against the dispersed each week ($1,000 to enter).

Field: 149 entries.

Leaders: One introduction (BuckNuts) tied astatine 64-39-2.

Barnes’ status: Not entered.

COMPLETED CONTESTS

Station Last Man Standing

Format: Contestants prime 1 crippled against the dispersed each week. Entries outgo $25, but the maximum $100 gets 5 entries. There are abstracted pro and assemblage contests. Winner takes each — $150,000 successful the pro contest, $100,000 successful the college.

Entries: Pro — Two winners from starting 6,241 aft Week 12; assemblage — 1 victor retired of 3,075 aft Week 9.

Barnes’ status: Eliminated from pro contention successful Week 5; eliminated from assemblage successful Week 3.

William Hill College Pick’em

Format: Contestants prime 8 assemblage games against the dispersed each week for 10 weeks ($1,000 per entry).

Field: 452 entries, but an other $548,000 added to the prize excavation to scope the $1 cardinal guarantee.

Winners: Two entries (CastleRocker and Heatwave) tied astatine 51-29 and divided the archetypal prize, getting $325,000 each.

Barnes’ status: Finished 39-41, tied for 176th.

Contact Jim Barnes astatine jbarnes@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-383-0277. Follow @JimBarnesLV connected Twitter.