Here are the OFFICIAL rules for the 5th Annual ViewFromVegas.com NFL Contest. The first three years the contest was held completely in the ViewFromVegas.com Forum and then last year started at another site and then moved to this site. We're excited to run it ourselves this whole season on this site.
Contestants pick 5 games against the contest line each of the 17 weeks of the NFL season. Wins counts as 1 point and pushes count for ½ a point (we’re using the lines of the LVHSuperContest, which doesn’t make every line a half-point to eliminate pushes…which I prefer). The season-long winner will receive 2 nights hotel in Las Vegas, dinner for 2 with yours truly, and show tickets for 2 (maybe with yours truly if I like the show you pick). NOTE: grand prize does not include airfare or ground transportation or your other meals/shows/wagering activity during your stay). The tiebreaker will be each contestant's record over the final 3 weeks of the regular season -- also mirroring the LVH rules -- and then moving backward one week at a time.
The weekly prize is still to be determined. This will require a 5-0 record (which I'm expecting to happen every week anyway with the contest continuing to grow) and the tiebreaker will be the most points your 5 teams cover by. If someone wins the weekly prize more than once, we will offer an alternate prize such as dinner with yours truly, a poker set, or a ViewFromVegas shirt.
To make your plays, go to MAKE PLAYS and select NFL and then the current week (lines will be posted by Wednesday night each week...Tuesday night, Sept. 4, in Week 1 since the opener is on Wednesday night). THE DEADLINE FOR PLAYS TO BE SUBMITTED IS 11 A.M. PACIFIC TIME SATURDAY to coincide with the Hilton deadline. The site will lock out anyone from making selections after that time and you'll be able to see everyone else's plays by going to the VIEW ALL PICKS under the MAKE PICKS tab.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you use a game that takes place before the deadline (such as a Thursday night game or the Wednesday season opener), you must post all 5 plays before kickoff of that game just like the requirement in the SuperContest.
For those worrying about missing the deadline, your plays may be posted ahead of time and then edited up until the deadline...just go back to MAKE PICKS and go through the process again.
I think that takes care of most of it…but here’s some more rules so everything is clear:
No entry fee
One entry per person (no fair entering under multiple usernames...this contest isn't that big, you will be found out)
5 plays per week in NFL contest: 1 contest point per winning selection (1/2 point for pushes in NFL contest) The NFL contest runs through the 17 weeks of the regular season.
People entering after the first week's games will be eligible for weekly prizes as well as season-long prizes if they're good enough to overcome that handicap (winning percentage will not be a tiebreaker; only points earned by the rules stated above).
5 plays per week in NFL contest: 1 contest point per winning selection (1/2 point for pushes in NFL contest)
The NFL contest runs through the 17 weeks of the regular season.
Good luck!