Pigskin Pickem heats up in Sin City

Website design By BotEap.comLas Vegas has started to offer its usual smorgasbord of soccer contests and, as always, there are more selections to choose from than the buffet at Bellagio!

Website design By BotEap.comThe most important, of course, is the Hilton Las Vegas Supercontest, which has been around for years and proclaims its winner as the best handicap in the world.

Website design By BotEap.comCanadian Tony Ricci of Vancover (the blue team) won $ 303,000 in 2005.

Website design By BotEap.comThe entry fee is $ 1,500 and participants choose five NFL games a week against a margin of competition.

Website design By BotEap.comTwenty places are paid.

Website design By BotEap.comLast year, the competition drew a record 505 participants.

Website design By BotEap.comThis year, registration began in mid-July and registrations have been slow, according to an employee, as backlash appears to be growing in protest at the large number of participants.

Website design By BotEap.comSome of the top Las Vegas handicappers have stated that they will not participate in the SuperContest this year, although SuperBook officials have predicted that a new mark of around 600 will be set.

Website design By BotEap.comSuperBook supervisory staff are said to be pushing to increase the entry fee to at least $ 2,000 in 2007.

Website design By BotEap.comOnly 20 players had signed up as of Monday, but the Hilton expects a series of signups to take place on the last weekend of August, as well as Labor Day weekend.

Website design By BotEap.comThe early-booking deadline, which gives players a chance to win $ 10,000 in a three-week mini-contest at the end of the season, is 4 p.m. on September 1.

Website design By BotEap.comThe Hilton will get solid competition at the top end this year from Harrah’s, whose resorts are naming a new NFL competition, Glory of the Gridiron, which already has a $ 2,000 entry fee.

Website design By BotEap.comThe company will add $ 50,000 to the pool.

Website design By BotEap.comParticipating resorts, in addition to Harrah’s, are Caesars Palace, Bally’s, Paris, Flamingo, Rio, and Harvey’s in Lake Tahoe.

Website design By BotEap.comThe deadline to register is September 9 at 2 pm.

Website design By BotEap.comWith the legendary Stardust about to be demolished, probably before the end of the year, there will be no Stardust Invitational this season after a successful 11-year run.

Website design By BotEap.comProCappers.com handicapper Marc Lawrence won the final Invitational last year, defeating popular leader Fezzik in the seven-game final.

Website design By BotEap.comThat void is being filled with Leroy’s Money Talks football contest, in which the top two players each week make seven grad plays, college or career, against Leroy’s Friday night line.

Website design By BotEap.comThe competition debuted last season, with 16 players each betting $ 2,500 to enter and Leroy’s, which operates more than 60 Silver State books, throwing in $ 10,000.

Website design By BotEap.comFormer Las Vegas bookmaker Nick Bogdanovich took home the $ 40,000 jackpot and ProCappers.com handicapper Bryan Leonard finished as runner-up.

Website design By BotEap.comThe bets are doubled this time.

Website design By BotEap.comThe buy-in is $ 5,000 and Leroy is winning another $ 20,000 for a $ 100,000 pot.

Website design By BotEap.comAbout three dozen people have expressed interest in securing one of the 16 locations.

Website design By BotEap.comLast week he was due to receive an announcement about the field’s selection, but, according to media relations director Jimmy Vaccaro, it was postponed until certain documents are signed.

Website design By BotEap.com“We know who we want, but we have to put points on all the i’s and cross out all the t’s,” Vaccaro said late last week.

Website design By BotEap.comLeroy’s will also host its $ 250-a-ticket college football contest, but the lead man, Vic Salerno, has decided not to host a similar NFL competition.

Website design By BotEap.comRather, Leroy’s will continue their professional Pick’em & Win contest.

Website design By BotEap.comDetails on all Leroy contests will be posted shortly.

Website design By BotEap.comStation Casinos, which continues to add new properties to its ever-growing family, will sponsor two contests, including the No Points Great Giveaway, consistently voted the best soccer contest in town by readers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Website design By BotEap.comTickets are $ 25 each and those who buy two get a third free.

Website design By BotEap.comThe Great Giveaway is offering $ 1,000,000 in cash prizes, with $ 510,000 reserved for weekly winners and another $ 490,000 awarded at the end of the season.

Website design By BotEap.comWeekly prizes will total $ 30,000, with $ 10,000 for the contestant who chooses the most winners and another $ 5,000 for the contestant with the most losers.

Website design By BotEap.comThe first place winner at the end of the season will receive $ 100,000, second place $ 50,000 and third place $ 25,000.

Website design By BotEap.comThe person with the most losses will win $ 50,000.

Website design By BotEap.comAdditionally, $ 200,000 will be divided among players who “Fiddle in the Middle” or are closer to selecting the 50 percent winners and losers.

Website design By BotEap.comParticipating resorts are Palace Station, Boulder Station, Sunset Station, Texas Station, Santa Fe Station, Red Rock Station, and Green Valley Ranch.

Website design By BotEap.comThe Challenge of Stations of $ 1,000 per entry will also return, with a guaranteed jackpot of $ 100,000.

Website design By BotEap.comPlayers can buy up to three tickets

Website design By BotEap.comContestants will also compete for the use of a Mercedes Benz for one year and $ 12,500 to be awarded the winner of a four-week mini-contest.

Website design By BotEap.comAn additional $ 10,000 is up for grabs for early bird contestants who register by September 1 in a “Beat the House Bookmaker” competition.

Website design By BotEap.comCoast Casinos, which merged with Boyd Group earlier this year, will renew Friendly Frank’s $ 1,000,000 Pick the Pros Contest for the 29th consecutive year.

Website design By BotEap.comTickets are $ 25 each and contestants who buy four receive a fifth free.

Website design By BotEap.comThe prize is $ 100.00, with $ 50,000 for the second, $ 25,000 for the third, $ 10,000 for the fourth, and $ 5,000 for the fifth.

Website design By BotEap.comThe next 300 winners will receive $ 1,000 each.

Website design By BotEap.comAn additional $ 30,000 will be awarded weekly, including $ 10,000 for the weekly winner.

Website design By BotEap.comThose who register before 4 pm on September 7 will be eligible to win $ 3,000 and other prizes.

Website design By BotEap.comThe casinos involved include Gold Coast, Barbary Coast, Suncoast, South Coast, Fremont, and Sam’s Town.

Website design By BotEap.comThe Palms will return your Pigskin Payoff Contest, which offers $ 300.00 in cash prizes.

Website design By BotEap.comThe partial breakdown is $ 271,000 in weekly prizes and a $ 10,000 end-of-season prize.

Website design By BotEap.comTickets are $ 25 each and those who buy three before August. 20 will receive $ 10 worth of slots.

Website design By BotEap.comMore information about the contest will be available in a later story.

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