Overview
- The 2025 Circa Survivor contest drew a record 18,718 entries at $1,000 each with no rake and required 20 correct picks including separate Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks.
- Five entries finished 20-0 to claim $3,743,600 apiece after one of the six finalists lost when Cleveland’s Andre Szmyt hit a 49-yard field goal to beat Cincinnati.
- That last-second Browns win eliminated entry PARTZ1 and turned a potential six-way split into five shares, adding roughly $600,000 to each winner’s payout.
- Circa confirmed taking a $700,000 moneyline hedge on the Packers from a Vikings-backed finalist and an earlier $1.18 million Cowboys wager on Christmas Day.
- Poker pros featured prominently among the winners, including Jason Somerville, Gabe Patgorski, Casey Diener and Galen Hall, as discussion grew over staking beyond the 10-entry-per-name rule that the contest currently allows.