A few days after revelers in Las Vegas counted down the final seconds to the new year, Circa Survivor contestants counted down the final seconds of the Vikings’ victory over the Packers on Sunday at Circa sportsbook.
Five entries finished 20-0 to split a record prize of $18.7 million and win $3.74 million each in the $1,000 entry contest. Entrants picked one straight-up NFL winner each week — including separate weeks for Thanksgiving and Christmas — but could use each team only once.
UNLV nursing student Fernanda Carriedo, a Palo Verde High School graduate, was one of the winners who survived on Minnesota, which cruised to a 16-3 win over Green Bay.
“I’ll be a Vikings fan for life,” said Carriedo, one of the first two women to win the contest, which featured a record 18,718 entries.
