Las Vegas sports betting venture Circa Sports awarded $20,266,000 in prizes to the winners of its professional football contests, Circa Survivor and Circa Million VI.

Highlights of the winnings included the largest Circa Survivor pool in contest history of $14.26 million. This was split equally among C3 Picks, DREAM STAKES, MEATBALL BROTHERS, PUMBAPACK9, TY1823, VODKA JOHNNY, WHATEVERYALLWANT, and Whiskey Business. The $1 million Circa Million VI prize went to Team BP. The winners came all over North America, including Las Vegas, Henderson, California, Arizona, Indiana, Maine, Virginia, Ohio, Texas, Florida, New York, Michigan, and Canada.

“Betting history was made this week. This season of the Circa Sports contests was our biggest one yet and a true fight to the finish. Each year, the best part of Circa Survivor and Circa Million is the bond we form with the contestants, and we love their commitment and enthusiasm for every step of the season. Congratulations to all the winners,” said Derek Stevens, CEO of Circa Sports.

Circa Survivor 2024/2025 returned with a no-rake payout of $10 million guaranteed for the last entry standing, with additional funds added because entries exceeded. The contest consisted of up to 20 legs throughout the year, one for every week of the football season plus two special weeks. Each week, participants had to choose a team to win straight up, but the player could not pick the same team twice for the duration of the season. Thanksgiving/Black Friday and Christmas Day were each considered their own weeks. Entries were eliminated by selecting a team that subsequently lost or tied its game that week.

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Circa Million VI boasts 126 different ways to win throughout the season with $6 million in total prizes. First place overall was awarded $1 million and a coveted Circa Sports blue jacket while the remaining prize pool was allocated amongst places two through 100, the quarterly top five and booby prize winners. Each player made five picks against the spread each week. One point was awarded for each correct selection and one-half point for each push.

Bragg Gaming Group has announced a technology platform and exclusive games development partnership with Caesars Entertainment for the US and Canada markets.

The new partnership elevates Bragg’s relationship with Caesars from a content supplier to a technology partner, showcasing the value of Bragg’s advanced iGaming technology and content development expertise.

This partnership is projected to help drive double-digit growth in both Bragg’s revenue and profitability in 2025, particularly in North America—a key strategic focus for Bragg’s expansion efforts in 2025. Additionally, the agreement will accelerate growth in Bragg’s exclusive content revenue, enhancing a balanced and margin-accretive product mix.

The enhanced partnership includes a strategic technology licensing framework for Caesars to lease Bragg’s Remote Gaming Server (RGS), as well as further options to license the Bragg HUB product delivery and casino game aggregation platform, and Bragg’s Fuze player engagement platform, offering experience-enhancing features such as bonuses, free rounds, jackpots and AI-powered game recommendation engines.

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Bragg, in collaboration with Caesars’ newly formed in-house games studio team, will initially develop a number of online casino games for Caesars’ digital platforms. The partnership will also create a delivery platform for Caesars’ in-house games studio to build and deploy its own proprietary, custom game titles that incorporate its unique intellectual property, catering to player preferences across Caesars Palace Online Casino, Horseshoe Online Casino, and Caesars Sportsbook & Casino.

As a longstanding partner of Caesars, Bragg has previously developed two highly successful exclusive titles – Lady Luck Casino Egyptian Magic and Boardwalk Slots Bankers & Cash – for Caesars Palace Online Casino and regularly supplies new online slots and casino games to Caesars’ digital platforms in New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania in the US, as well as in Ontario in Canada.

Neill Whyte, Chief Commercial Officer at Bragg Gaming Group, said: “We’re thrilled to be kicking off this exciting new content and technology project with Caesars for its online casino platforms. We have decades of expertise and know-how, as well as the full technology suite to build, launch and operate the highest quality online casino games, and we look forward to expanding our strategic partnership with the Caesars team to enhance the player experience through innovative and exclusive gaming content creation. Bragg and Caesars already have a strong history together, and this expanded partnership is a testament to our commitment to continue building and further strengthening this successful relationship.”

Matt Sunderland, Senior Vice President & Chief iGaming Officer at Caesars Digital, said: “Bragg’s technological expertise has consistently exceeded our expectations throughout our partnership. This expansion marks an important step in our strategic growth plan to develop our own proprietary digital slots and table games content and to offer something truly exclusive for our players. We’re excited about the potential that this moment provides us, and we have our sights set on building exclusive online casino games through our newly formed in-house game studios team that will set us apart in the industry.”