Circa Sports Offers Record $30M for Survivor, Millions & Grandissimo Pro Football Contests

Circa Sports has boosted its pro football contest slate to a combined guaranteed $30 million prize pool across three games: Circa Survivor, Circa Million VIII, and Circa Grandissimo. Each contest is advertised as “no rake,” and any entries beyond the guaranteed amount will push the prize pools higher.

Sign-ups are open through September 12. Bettors who reside outside Nevada can use a registered proxy to submit contest picks from within the state, while Nevada bettors can register in person in-state.

The Survivor format again asks entrants to pick one outright NFL winner each week over 20 weeks, with the catch that a team can only be used once all season. Last season, five Circa Survivor entries made it through the full run and split what was then a record $18.7 million pool, with each winning entry receiving $3,743,600.

Circa Grandissimo also produced multiple winners last season: six entries split a $6,900,000 prize pool, taking home $1,150,000 each. In Circa Million VII, an entry named COYNEHOP-1 won $1 million after a tiebreaker.

Early-season “Survivor” planning is already part of the conversation, with two Week 1 matchups highlighted as potential starting points. Arizona enters the season with the league’s lowest season win total at 3.5 after winning three games last year, and Jacoby Brissett is set to start at quarterback. Jacksonville, meanwhile, is coming off a 13-4 AFC South title and a return to the playoffs, while Cleveland hasn’t named a starting quarterback and is working multiple options in camp.