Handicapping contest tracker: SuperContest pays 2 $50K winners

The Westgate SuperContest has paid retired the archetypal important winners of contention season.

The entries First Five and TD Tony received $50,000 each aft tying for archetypal astatine 14-1 successful the three-week mini-contest to unfastened the season. Tempest got $5,000 for 3rd astatine 13-1-1.

The SuperContest features six three-week contests and 3 six-week contests this season.

The Circa Million III volition crown its first-quarter champion adjacent week with a prize of $171,750. DeadMoneyMedia.com has the wrong way arsenic the lone undefeated introduction (15-0).

In Circa Survivor, 340 entries exhaled erstwhile Justin Tucker bounced successful his grounds 66-yard tract extremity to springiness the Baltimore Ravens a 19-17 triumph implicit the Detroit Lions.

I spent Sunday sweating retired the Miami Dolphins +4½ to enactment live successful Station Casinos’ Last Man Standing and arsenic picks successful the SuperContest and Circa Million. Finally, the Raiders won 31-28 successful overtime to springiness maine a much-needed victory.

Each week, I’ll way the large handicapping contests and item my progress. Here’s however the contests basal aft Week 3:

Westgate SuperContest

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

Field: 1,972 entries.

Leaders: Two entries (First Five and TD Tony) astatine 14-1.

Barnes’ status: 3-2 past week, 9-6 overall, tied for 344th. Winners connected Falcons +3, Bengals +3 and Dolphins +4, and losers connected Washington +7½ and Eagles +4.

Westgate SuperContest Gold

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

Field: 87 entries.

Leaders: Three entries (MayRidge 3, MilesToGo and TKASPro277) astatine 10-4-1.

Barnes’ status: Not entered.

Circa Million III

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

Field: 4,087 entries.

Leader: One introduction (DeadMoneyMedia.com) astatine 15-0.

Barnes’ status: 2-3 past week, 7-8 overall, tied for 2,518th. Winners connected Dolphins +4 and Vikings +1½, and losers connected Jaguars +7½, Colts +5½ and 49ers -3½.

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: 2,917 survivors advance. Week 3 eliminated 68 entries — 28 connected the Giants, 19 connected the Chiefs, 12 connected the Steelers, 2 connected the 49ers and 1 each connected the Dolphins and Patriots, positive 5 entries who forgot to marque a selection.

Barnes’ status: Alive, aft the Broncos bushed the Jets 26-0.

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 — 594 live retired of starting 6,241; assemblage — 276 live retired of 3,075.

Barnes’ status: Alive with 1 introduction successful the pro aft the Dolphins pulled retired the screen +4½, but finished successful assemblage aft Utah failed to screen -14½ successful a 24-13 triumph implicit Washington State.

William Hill College Pick’em

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

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

Leaders: Three entries (Derek 2, Micash and East1971) tied astatine 18-6.

Barnes’ status: Circling the drain astatine 3-5 past week, 10-14 overall. Winners connected Western Kentucky +9½, California +7½ and Oregon State +11½, and losers connected Mississippi State +2½, Utah -14½, Texas A&M -5½, Oklahoma -16½ and North Carolina -12½.

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 seasonlong prizes.

Field: 7,316 entries.

Season leader: One introduction astatine 37-8 (no sanction given).

Weekly winners: Five entries tied astatine 15-0 to divided the $10,000 play prize ($2,000 each).

Barnes’ status: 8-7 past week, 28-17 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.

Leader: One introduction (Captain Kent 33) astatine 20-1, already gathering a three-game lead.

Barnes’ status: Not entered.

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