Nearly 40 years ago, in 1988, The SuperBook rolled out the SuperContest. Five NFL picks per week, against the spread, throughout the regular season.
The SuperContest is the original, continuing on when The SuperBook’s home base, the Las Vegas Hilton, became the Westgate Las Vegas in 2014. And the contest – along with its four offshoots in recent years – will remain as The SuperBook goes from independent sportsbook to a Caesars Sports property later this summer.
“In our conversations with Caesars, they said they wanted to keep a lot of things the same. The great thing is Caesars is very much in favor of continuing to do the contests,” SuperBook vice president John Murray said. “We think people will be very happy to hear that we’ll be bringing back all five contests.”
As the SuperContest reaches its traditional July 1 date to open registration, Murray helps outline each of The SuperBook’s 2026 football contests.
Competition Evolution
By now, everyone is well aware of Circa Million and Circa Survivor, which over the past several years shifted the contest landscape. Murray tipped his cap to his peers at Circa Sports, while noting The SuperBook has gotten more creative to redefine its place in the contest niche.
“Derek Stevens and Jeff Benson have done a terrific job,” Murray said. “We had to evolve and differentiate. That’s why we’ve leaned more into in-season contests.”
Indeed, the SuperContest not only has the season-long spread-picks contest, but within it has:
- Three six-week contests ($25,000 first/$15,000 second/$10,000 third/$5,000 fourth)
- Six three-week contests ($15,000 first/$10,000 second/$5,000 third)
- Two nine-week contests ($50,000 first/$30,000 second/$20,000 third/$10,000 fourth/$5,000 fifth)
For most of its history, The SuperContest had a $1,500 entry fee. A few years back, that fee backed up to $1,000, matching the Circa Million. But in 2025, the SuperBook team opted to return to $1,500.
The contest drew 751 entries last year, for a total prize purse of $1,126,500, all of which went back to contestants. The top 20 season-long finishers cash on a sliding scale, with the winner taking 42% of the funds that remain after in-season contest payouts.
“We were very happy with the number of entries last year, and we hope to grow it this year,” Murray said.
In 2017, The SuperBook rolled out SuperContest Gold as a high-stakes, winner-take-all contest. It’s returning, as well, with the same format of five NFL ATS picks per week.
At $5,000 per entry, SuperContest Gold drew 67 entries in 2025, with the winner grabbing the entire $335,000 pot.
Back To School
The glaring empty space with contests over the past few years: College football. The SuperBook filled that void by adding SuperContest College in 2025.
In its first year, SuperContest College actually proved to be the most popular SuperBook offering, by number of entries. The $500 price point certainly helped, drawing 1,080 entries for a $540,000 purse.
SuperContest College calls for seven picks against the spread each week of the regular season (13 weeks). The top 10 finishers divide the pot, with 40% going to the winner and a sliding scale of prize money thereafter.
“We were happy with how it went last season. But SuperContest College is the one we’d really love to see some growth with this year,” Murray said. “There’s not much competition out there. If you want to be in a college contest, SuperContest College is the best way to go.”
SuperContest Survivor
Also debuting in 2025 was SuperContest Survivor, with The SuperBook putting its own spin on the event to differentiate it from the now-massive Circa Survivor, which is $1,000 per entry.
“We knew we couldn’t roll out a $1,000 SuperContest Survivor. We had to do something different,” Murray said. “So we decided to mirror SuperContest Gold.”
Therefore, SuperContest Survivor also has a $5,000 entry fee – well below Circa Survivor Grandissimo’s $100,000/entry contest, but a step up from the $1,000 contest.
There were 111 entrants in the initial SuperContest Survivor, for a winner-take-all pot of $555,000.
“We thought it was very successful last season,” Murray said, noting there was only one survivor. “One guy did take it all. He didn’t make it to the end of the season, but he was the last guy standing.”
By contrast, Circa Survivor had more than 18,718 entries, a massive amount of competition to navigate. Five winners split the prize in that contest.
Season Win Totals
Along with four SuperContest products, The SuperBook is also running back its Pro Football Season Wins Challenge. It’s the fifth year for this contest, which has a very accessible price point of $200 per entry.
As the name suggests, entrants pick Over or Under on the regular-season win total for each of the 32 NFL teams. The entry period begins in early August, once The SuperBook settles on each team’s win total for the contest.
“It’s a very simple format. And whoever has the most correct picks wins the contest,” Murray said.
The Season Wins Challenge pays out the top five finishers, with the winner taking 50% of the pot. Last year, there were 242 entries, in a contest that allows you to get in on the whole season, while submitting all your plays before Week 1.
Which means, if you don’t live in Las Vegas, you might not have to pay for a proxy service. Just come out once in August, enter and head home to see how it all plays out.
“I think that’s the best part of the contest. Buy in. Submit your picks. Sit back and watch. No stress,” Murray said.
Looking Ahead
Murray anticipates good turnout for all five contests in 2026, as The SuperBook transitions to a Caesars sportsbook. And he’s bullish on the future of those contests, which will remain under the direction of Ray Kuhles, currently The SuperBook’s sportsbook manager.
“Ray will still be the contest maestro. He does a phenomenal job organizing and running the contests,” Murray said, before addressing 2027 and beyond. “Caesars has resources they could put behind these contests to help them grow, especially SuperContest College, because that is the one that is unique to our property.
“We’d like to see all these contests grow this season and, of course, moving forward.”
