LAS VEGAS -- there's a major change in the Las Vegas Hilton SuperContest this year.
In the past, the 5 NFL selections that each contestant is required to make have been due at 1 p.m. Friday (unless you use a Thursday night game, in which case all five plays were due by the scheduled kickoff time of the first game used), but starting this year the Hilton will have a submission deadline of 11 a.m. Saturday (with the same caveat in place for Thursday or Friday games).
SuperContestants have asked for a later deadline for years in order to have more time to decide on their plays, especially to get the later injury reports. The Hilton has been reluctant to do this partly because a big reason for hosting the contest is to have people come in to pick up the sheets with the selections and the earlier the better as far as getting them to make wagers while they're on location. In a conversation I had with Hilton director of race & sports book operations Jay Kornegay a few weeks ago, he said that while the later deadline might hurt business in some ways, he's hoping that having people come to the book on Saturday afternoons with a lot of college football action going on would be a good thing and maybe result on more handle not only in the NFL but on college games as well.
The entry fee remains $1,500 with a maximum of two entries per person.
Registrations will start being taken on July 31 and continue until 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 (of course, those using the opening Thursday night game will have to register before that). The early-bird deadline, which allows players to get in a bonus $10,000 mini-contest over the last three weeks of the regular season, will be 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7.
In the past, the 5 NFL selections that each contestant is required to make have been due at 1 p.m. Friday (unless you use a Thursday night game, in which case all five plays were due by the scheduled kickoff time of the first game used), but starting this year the Hilton will have a submission deadline of 11 a.m. Saturday (with the same caveat in place for Thursday or Friday games).
SuperContestants have asked for a later deadline for years in order to have more time to decide on their plays, especially to get the later injury reports. The Hilton has been reluctant to do this partly because a big reason for hosting the contest is to have people come in to pick up the sheets with the selections and the earlier the better as far as getting them to make wagers while they're on location. In a conversation I had with Hilton director of race & sports book operations Jay Kornegay a few weeks ago, he said that while the later deadline might hurt business in some ways, he's hoping that having people come to the book on Saturday afternoons with a lot of college football action going on would be a good thing and maybe result on more handle not only in the NFL but on college games as well.
The entry fee remains $1,500 with a maximum of two entries per person.
Registrations will start being taken on July 31 and continue until 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 (of course, those using the opening Thursday night game will have to register before that). The early-bird deadline, which allows players to get in a bonus $10,000 mini-contest over the last three weeks of the regular season, will be 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7.
