This post was for the season of The Pack and not The Favre.
Read our Great Giveaway post for the upcoming 2011-12 season.
WELCOME LAS VEGAS football fans, as well as people who want to win a house, car, truck or enough cash to buy a car or put a down payment on a house (Great Giveaway payout info here). Station Casinos Las Vegas football contests are back like No. 4 so it’s time to bone up on what’s up for the upcoming season.
Not as a Station Casinos Team Member (that means I work here), but as an avid participant in our college and pro football contests, I’m here to give you some information (about the contests) that you might not be able to get anywhere else. In other words, I work here but have also played in almost every one of our football contests.
So here’s some info I find interesting as a fellow football contest participant.
Dates to know:
- Need to sign up by Sept. 12 to win end-of-season prizes for Great Giveaway. (You can sign up later and can win weekly prizes only.)
- Deadline for Last Man Standing college is Sept. 11/pro is Sept. 12.
- Million Dollar Parlay Cards need to be submitted on Wednesday and Friday. More fun and info about our football parlay cards.
Check your record throughout the season at the Great Giveaway website
The Great Giveaway contest has a “No Lose Guarantee.” In betting terms, it’s a push. Here’s what you need to know about this:
- You have to complete your Great Giveaway picks at the kiosk all 17 weeks on all your entries. If you have three entries, then all three. TIP: Remember to print your cards from the kiosk.
- You don’t get your entry fee back if you are a weekly or end-of-season winner. So, if you happen to win $200,000 for being the Fiddle-in-the-Middle then you don’t get your $25 back for signing up. I could live with that.
- You can bet four weeks in advance at the kiosk.
- Entry fees are returned in slot play, starting January 21, 2011 (valid for 30 days once accepted) and must be activated by February 21, 2011. The Super Bowl is February 6, for a frame of reference.
Next, as sports fans/sports bettors, we like statistics. Here’s some worth knowing from last year’s contests:
- The winner of the Great Giveaway for Most Wins went 183-62
- The “winner” for Most Losses went 63-182
- 946 Fiddle-in-the-Middle winners each had a record of 122-123
- The winner of the Last Man Standing (pro) made it to Week 10
- The winner of the Last Man Standing (college) made it to Week 8
- One player won the Million Dollar Parlay Card. (He actually went 15-for-15 and won $100,000; no one went 20-for-20 for the million.)
- One player won the weekly prizes for both Most Winners (15-1) and Most Losers (1-15). He took home cash and a truck in the same week!
You can bet by phone and computer with a Sports Connection account
More good info:
- It’s still $25 per entry for Great Giveaway. Buy two, get third entry free.
- We added a Camaro to the choices of weekly prizes
- The biggest loser (Most Losses) also wins a house this year
If I don’t win, I hope you do!
Need any more info about our Las Vegas football contests? Let me know below!
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IS THIS CONTEST WITH OR WITHOUT THE SPREADS/PTS
AND HOW MANY GAMES ARE THERE EACH WEEK
No point spreads for Great Giveaway, just pick the winning side. Last Man Standing contests are against the spread.
Great Giveaway includes every pro game weekly including Monday night, but not the Thursday games including the kick-off game this year on Sept 9.
Good luck!
Where can I find last year’s list of winners? Is it too late to pick up 2009/2010 prizes? I think I’m a Fiddle-in-the-Middle!
sorry Sue, the deadline for claiming prizes from last year as come and gone.
2 nuggets for this year:
1) All prizes must be collected by March 15, 2011 or be forfeited.
2) Keep track of your record on the GG website: http://www.mygreatgiveaway.com
This contest sucks..none of the kiosks in the casinos work and the employees look at you as if your from another planet when you complain
BOYCOTT STATIONS…they are absolutely the worst.
doesn’t suck, don’t boycott, sorry you had a bad experience, did you know that you can make your picks on a card if the kiosk isn’t functioning, sorry, thanks,
1. you state in your statistics that 946 winners had a record of 122-123 last year. those that went 123-122 also won. how many of those were there?
2. is there a significant difference in the number of winners in a year with an even number of games versus a year with an odd number of games?
good question, im trying to find that out, not sure the 123-122 group collected due to a tie-breaker rule from last year, did you go 123-122 and collect? I can say that unofficially (not until Jan. 10) that 1,504 players went 121-121 this season, so…to answer your question…probably less winners when even number of games…which makes sense
i did not go 123-122, but a buddy of mine did. he collected, so i know that the 123-122 group did win. if there are 1504 winners this year with an even number of games, i have to believe there were about 946*2 winners last year with an odd number of games. Do you know how many overall entries there were in 2009 versus 2010? Thanks.
both sides must have won last year, I don’t have the exact number but do know that more entries were in this year over last year