Circa Sports is raising the stakes again on its NFL handicapping contests — in more ways than one.
The downtown sportsbook has not only increased the guaranteed prize money for its $1,000-entry Circa Survivor from $10 million last year to a record $15 million this year, but it also has added a high-roller $100,000-entry Survivor contest called Circa Grandissimo.
The Grandissimo, which takes its name from a hotel-casino planned by Caesars Palace and Circus Circus founder Jay Sarno that never came to fruition, will feature the same rules as Survivor, with a few notable exceptions.
The Grandissimo has a guaranteed prize of $1.5 million to the winner, and the maximum number of entries is two, compared to 10 for Survivor.
