1 -- Introduction
2 -- The Proxy & the Services He Provides
3 -- 2017 Football Contests -- Basic Information
4 -- 2017 Westgate NFL Super Contest
5 -- 2017 Golden Nugget Friday Football Showdown
6 -- 2017 William Hill Pro Football Pick 'Em Contest
7 -- 2017 William Hill College Football Pick 'em Contest
8 -- 2017 Stations Casinos College Football Last Man Standing Contest
9 -- 2017 Stations Casinos Pro Football Last Man Standing Contest
10 -- The Proxy & the Services He Provides

Because of the popularity of football, especially the NFL, each football season many Sports Books in Las Vegas and throughout Nevada offer weekly and/or season long football contests, often in an effort to attract as much traffic into their casino and sports book as possible.

Some contests are free. Some carry a modest price tag to enter ($25 to $250). Others are more of the "high end" variety (such as the Westgate Las Vegas Super Contest) with entry fees of $ 1,500.oo -- and upwards.

These contests offer prizes in the six figures ($100,000 or more) and some pay up to 50 places. Some of the contests even offer "rebates" on their entry fees in the form of free slot play or offer end of season prizes in the form of cash and free slot play.

Some contests offer weekly prizes of several thousand dollars. Some contests offer season long prizes of $5,000 to $100,000 or more. And some contests offer a combination of weekly and season long prizes.

The majority of the contests involve picking the straight up winners of NFL games (usually just the Sunday and Monday games). A few contests -- mainly those that carry entry fees of $250 or more -- involve picking winners against the pointspread. Some contests have involved just college football.

Contests are available for almost every budget and for fans with varying degrees of knowledge and interest in football.

These contests have become increasingly popular with residents and seasonal visitors to Las Vegas and Nevada.


But there are also ways for non-residents and occasional visitors to participate in some of these contests -- BY UTILIZING THE SERVICES OF A PROXY. Read on for details and further information on these contests and available proxy services.


Most contests require the contestant to enter IN PERSON in Las Vegas but then allow the weekly selections to be submitted by a Proxy.

Depending on the specific contests rules, a contestant may or may not be required to submit their weekly selections in person.

In some contests where 'in person' submissions are required, a contestant is able to designate a specific person as a proxy who is authorized to submit the weekly selections for that contestant (such as the Westgate Las Vegas NFL Super Contest).

For contests that do not require weekly selections to be submitted in person a proxy is nonetheless needed for contestants who are not able to be in Las Vegas to make the weekly selections as at the present time Contests do not allow for submissions by telephone or over the Internet.

Since moving to Las Vegas in 1991 Andy Iskoe of Logical Approach has entered many of the football contests offered and sponsored by the Sports Books in Las Vegas.

In fact, in 2017 he has entered the Super Contest for a 27th consecutive season!

In addition to having had great success as a contestant in most of these contests over the years, he has also been a Proxy for contestants who live out of town and are not able to make the weekly selections in person at the various Sports Books, most notably for the Super Contest for which he has proxied for more than 10 years.

In 2017 he is again offering his services as a Proxy for contestants who are unable to submit selections in person.

The keys to an effective Proxy/Contestant relationship are organization and communication.

Over the years Andy has developed an organized, structured and sensible system for disseminating and receiving contest selection information with the contestants for whom he has served as Proxy. Details of that system are explained below, both before and after the descriptions of most of the weekly football contests for which he shall be proxying in 2017.

The Proxy procedure is similar for all contests with minor variations due to time and/or deadline variations that will vary according to the specific contest.

Using the Westgate NFL Super Contest as an example, emails are sent on Wednesday evenings by Andy to the contestants for whom he is a Proxy. The email will contain information related to the contest lines for the upcoming week's games (to be released by 5 PM Pacific time Wednesdays in 2017), expected to include links to contestants' results for the previous week, season-to-date results and the overall standings for all contestants (including information on the status of the contestants currently in "cashing" position -- for 2017 the Top 50 and ties).

The contestant is then responsible for providing Andy with his/her 5 contest selections by email no later than 6 PM Pacific Time on FRIDAY evening (or at a later time as mutually agreed upon) so that the selections may be submitted to the Westgate safely in advance of the Westgate's official Saturday 11 AM deadline (that is strictly enforced). If the contestant is using the Thursday game(s) the selections should be received by Andy by 10 AM Pacific time on Thursday with all 5 selections required to be submitted at the same time (for this reason the Thursday game is usually the least played game each week).

The Fee charged for the Proxy Service is agreed upon with each contestant and may be based upon the specific contest or combination of contests entered, the number of entries, the complexities of "administering" your weekly entries/selections, and other factors. The Fee is generally a flat, up front one time fee with no requirement to share a percentage of any winnings earned by the contestant.

The major news for 2017 is the introduction of a new winner-take-all SuperContest GOLD, described below (B -- SuperContest -- GOLD).


For nearly 30 years this has been the premier high end handicapping contest in Las Vegas, annually drawing hunreds of contestants at $1,500 a pop that generates a huge prize pool. 2016 set a record with 1,854 entries (up from prior records set in 2015 of 1,727 entries, 1,403 in 2014, 1,034 in 2013 and 745 in 2012) which resulted in a prize pool of more than $2.5 million! Contestants pick 5 NFL games each week against the pointspread making for 85 picks over the 17 week season. In 2017 the contest will again pay the Top 50 places and ties (up from 30 places in 2013 and 2014 and 20 places prior to 2013). A record of 60% (51-34) has cashed more often than not over the years. Hitting 60% is not as easy as many believe it is!!

In 2016 there were a record 1,854 entries which broke the record of 1,727 set in 2015. A new record is expected to again be set in 2017.

A record of 54-28-3 (65.29%, 55.5 points) won the 2016 Contest which paid $ 895,482.oo to the winner
A record of 59-23-3 (71.18%, 60.5 points) won the 2015 Contest which paid $ 906,675.oo to the winner
A record of 64-20-1 (75.88%, 64.5 points) won the 2014 Contest which paid $ 736,575.oo to the winner


In 2016 it took a record of 59.41% (50.5 out of 85 points) to cash with 15 entries tying for places 40 through 54 and each collecting $ 2,217.38.
(Had there been no tie for the final paying spot in 2016 the contestant who finished alone in 50th would have collected $ 2,558.52)

In 2015 it took a record of 61.18% (52 out of 85 points) to cash with 13 entries tying for places 39 through 50 and each collecting $ 2,989.05.
(Had there been no tie for the final paying spot in 2015 the contestant who finished alone in 50th would have collected $ 2,590.50)

In 2014 it took a record of 62.35 % (53 out of 85 points) to cash, with 9 entries tying for places 28 through 30 and each collecting $ 2,105.oo
(Had there been no tie for the final paying spot in 2014, the contestant who finished alone in 30th would have collected $ 6,313.oo)

FORMAT (Rules 7, 15) -- Contestants select 5 NFL games each week against the pointspread for 17 weeks. Sides only. No Totals. The pointspread is a "static" pointspread as established by the Westgate on Wednesdays and thus does not change even though the actual betting lines on the games may change during the week. The lines are generally available around 5 PM Pacific time on Wednesdays at the Westgate and on their website. Note that contestants may not submit opposite sides of the same game as 2 of their 5 selections on the same Entry. If a contestant has 2 entries he/she can use one side of the game on one Entry and the other side of the same game on the other Entry.

ENTRY FEE & DEADLINE (Rules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10) -- $ 1,500.oo per entry with a maximum of 2 entries allowed per Social Security Number. Entrants (and Proxies, if any) must be 21 years of age. Contestant must also have a "Players Card" which is free. Deadline to enter the Contest is 11 AM Pacific time on Saturday, September 11, 2017 (deadline for submission of first week's selections). Entering the regular SuperContest (1 or 2 entries) does not preclude the contestant from also entering the SuperContest Gold.

METHOD/FORM OF PAYMENT (Rule 3) -- Payment of the Entry Fee may be in the form of cash, check, cashiers check, money order, Westgate Las Vegas Resort live gaming chips and credit card. ***** NOTE -- Credit Cards are subject to a 3% surcharge *****

PAYOUT (Rule 16) -- 92% of Entry Fees paid to Top 50 Finishers (and ties) ranging from 35% for First Place to 0.1% for those finishing 42nd through 50th. Tie breakers are in place to determine First Place only. All other ties split the tied places' prize money equally. For 2017 the Westgate is charging an 8% "administrative fee" which result in $120 of each $1,500 not going to the Prize Pool. However, the Westgate is adding an additional $45,000 into the Prize Pool -- See"Other Notes" below

WEEKLY SELECTION SUBMISSION DEADLINE (Rule 12) -- Saturday 11:00 AM Pacific Time. All selections are submitted at the same time and, once submitted, may not be changed after the close of business on the day the selections are submitted (assuming, of course, that none of the games selected have kicked off). If a contestant chooses to use a Thursday game all 5 selections must be submitted prior to the start of that Thursday game. The Official Rules clearly emphasize that the submission deadline will be strictly enforced.

SELECTION SUBMISSION REQUIRMENTS (Rules 10 and 11) -- Contestant must submit entries in person or via a Proxy who has been registered by the Contestant with the Westgate Race & Sports Book. Contestants and their Proxy will be issued a Contest Card. The Card will be needed to enter the weekly selections at an electronic kiosk located in the Race & Sports Book.

CONTESTANT IDENTIFICATION (Rule 5) -- Contestants may use an alias (approved by management) to identify his/her selections and standings as published throughout the contest period.

OTHER NOTES --
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CREDIT CARD SURCHARGE & PERSONAL CHECKS DEADLINE (Rule 3) -- Payment of the Entry Fee by Credit Card is subject to a 3% surcharge ($45.oo) per entry. Personal Checks will not be accepted after Sunday, August 20, 2017.

FINAL 3 WEEK MINI-CONTEST (Rule 17) -- An additional $ 15,000 is put up by the Westgate for a 3 week Mini-Contest for the best record over the final 3 weeks of the season with the prize being winner-take-all -- no tie breakers -- those tied for the best 3 week record split the prize equally -- Contestants eligible are those who sign up and enter the contest prior to 4 PM Pacific time on Monday, September 4, 2017 (Labor Day).

FIRST QUARTER BONUS (Rule 17) -- An additional $ 15,000 is put up by the Westgate to be paid to the contestant (or contestants) who have accumulated the most points over the first 4 weeks of the season. There are no tie-breakers such that those contestants tied for the best record after the first 4 weeks of the season shall split the prize equally.

HALFTIME BONUS (Rule 17) -- An additional $ 15,000 is put up by the Westgate to be paid to the contestant (or contestants) who have accumulated the most points over the first 8 weeks of the season. There are no tie-breakers such that those contestants tied for the best record after the first 8 weeks of the season shall split the prize equally

The "67% Winners Bonus" which had been a staple of the SuperContest since its inception has been eliminated.

The Rules for the SuperContest Gold are essentially the same as for the regular SuperContest. Aspects that are identical to Regular SuperContest are shown with the designation "Same as Regular SuperContest. See Above." with key differences, additions and exclusions detailed below.


FORMAT (Rules 7, 15) -- Same as Regular SuperContest. See Above.

ENTRY FEE & DEADLINE (Rules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10) -- Same as Regular SuperContest. See Above, EXCEPT that there is a $ 5,000.oo entry fee with a maximum of 1 entry allowed per Social Security Number. Entering the SuperContest GOLD does not preclude the contestant from also entering the regular SuperContest.

METHOD/FORM OF PAYMENT (Rule 3) -- Same as Regular SuperContest. See Above.

PAYOUT (Rule 16) -- This is a "Winner Take All" Contest with no tie-breakers and no 'Administrative Fee." Thus if there are 100 entried the Prize Pool would be $500,000. If there is a single winner that contestant would receive the entire $500,000. If 2 contestants are tied for the most points they would split the prize pool evenly with each of the 2 contestants receiving $250,000.

WEEKLY SELECTION SUBMISSION DEADLINE (Rule 12) -- Same as Regular SuperContest. See Above.

SELECTION SUBMISSION REQUIRMENTS (Rules 10, 11 and 15) -- Contestant must submit entries in person or via a Proxy who has been registered by the Contestant with the Westgate Race & Sports Book. Contestants and their Proxy will be issued a Contest Card. The Card will be needed to enter the weekly selections at an electronic kiosk located in the Race & Sports Book. Once an entry is submitted into the computer system it cannot be voided after the SuperBook business day on which the entry is submitted.

CONTESTANT IDENTIFICATION (Rule 5) -- Same as Regular SuperContest. See Above.

OTHER NOTES --
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CREDIT CARD SURCHARGE & PERSONAL CHECKS DEADLINE (Rule 3) -- Same as Regular SuperContest. See Above.


There is no Mini-Contest, First Quarter Bonus, Halftime Bonus or any other bonus such as are applicable to the regular SuperContest.

Prior to 2015 for several seasons the Golden Nugget sponsored a football contest that was limited to 16 contestants, each of whom put up an entry fee that, in different years, ranged from $3,000 to $5,000. The contest format was essentially a bracket contest with 15 head to head matchups between 2 of the contestants, each making 7 selections with the contestant with the better record advancing to the next round. Held over 15 weeks, the contest was comprised of 8 First Round matches, 4 Quarter Final matches, the Semi Finals and the Finals.

A commonly voiced complaint about such contests in the past has been that depending on the week a contestant who goes 6-1 would lose to an opponent who went 7-0 and fail to advance to the next round. Similarly a contestant who goes 2-5 would advance if his opponent went 1-6.

In an effort to address those issues and make this a fairer test of handicapping skills the Golden Nugget modified the format of the contest for 2015 which was well received and attracted 87 entries. The modifications widened the ability to participate and also accept more entries overall, including out of state entries via the use of a Proxy to submit the selections.

The 2015 Contest was acclaimed by most as a rousing success and was tweaked slightly for 2016. The 2016 Contest attracted 96 entries.

There have been a few more tweaks from the 2016 Contest to address some concerns expressed related to the volatility of college Totals that turned the contest into more of a "playing value" contest as opposed to a traditional "handicapping contest." NOTE that the Offical Rules originally indicated that College Totals would not be included this season BUT on various radio shows prior to the start of opening contest registration Sports Book Directior Tony Miller indicated that College Totals are included this season with the main difference being that with Contest Lines being available at 3 PM Pacific Time on Thuarsdays, as opposed to Noon Pacific time in the past, there will only be 23 hours between the release of all lines and the Friday 2 PM Pacific time deadline to submit the contest selections.

FORMAT
The Contest consists of 2 phases and allows for an unlimited number of entries with the restriction that a contestant is limited to just 1 entry.



PHASE 1
Phase 1 involves all contestants making 7 selections each week for the first 12 weeks of the Contest (NFL Weeks 1 through 12) such that all contestants will make a total of 84 selections over the 12 weeks.

Selections may be made from all eligible college and NFL football games for that week and will include both NFL Sides and Totals And College Sides and Totals (but no First Half Sides or Totals).

The Pointspreads and Totals used in the Contest will be the lines that are posted at the Golden Nugget Sports Book at approximately 3:00 PM Pacific time on Thursdays.

Each winning selection is worth 1 point and each selection that pushes the Pointspread/Total is worth 1/2 point. After 12 weeks the 16 contestants with the most points will advance to Phase 2 -- the head-to-head bracket part of the contest.



PHASE 2
Phase 2 is head to head competition and runs from NFL weeks 13 through 17.

The 16 contestants who advance to Phase 2 will be seeded based upon their finishes in the 12 weeks that comprise Phase 1. Once the initial seedings are determined there will be no reseeding of the contestants as the head-to-head competition continues.

The first round of head-to-head competitions will take place in NFL Week 13 and will involve 4 head to head matchups of the contestants seeded 9 through 16 with contestants seeded 1 through 8 receiving Byes.

The second round of head to head competition will take place in NFL Week 14 and will consist of 4 matchups involving the 4 winners from the previous week matched up against the contestants seeded 5 through 8. Contestants seeded 1 through 4 again receive a Bye into the Quarterfinals.

The Quarterfinals will take place in NFL Week 15 and will consist of 4 matchups involving the 4 winners from the previous week matched up against the contestants seeded 1 through 4.

The Semifinals will take place in NFL Week 16 and will consist of 2 matchups involving the 4 Quarterfinals winners.

The Finals will take place in NFL Week 17 and will involve the 2 winners of the Semifinals matches.

In the head-to-head competition the contestants will rank their selections from weakest to strongest so that if the two contestants in a matchup have identical records the seventh (strongest) selection will be used as the first tie breaker. If the seventh selections have the same result the tie breaking process continues with the sixth selection, etc. until the tie is broken. If all seven selections have identical results the next set of tie breakers involves the contestant whose seventh selection either covered the spread by the greatest margin (if both seventh selections were wins) or which lost to the spread by the smallest margin (if both seventh selections were losses), continuing in this manner until the tie is broken.



MINI-CONTEST -- There will also be a 3 weeks Mini-Contest covering NFL weeks 10 through 12, the final 3 weeks of Phase 1and thus all contestants are involved. The winner will the contestant who accumulates the most points over those 3 weeks and involve a total of 21 selections. In the event that there is a tie for the most points over those 3 weeks there are no tie breakers and the Mini-Contest prize shall be split equally among those contestants that tied for the most points.



ENTRY FEE AND DEADLINE -- The entry fee is $ 2,000.oo with a maximum of one entry per person. The deadline to enter is Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 10:00 PM Pacific time.



PAYOUT -- 100% of the Entry Fees will be paid out but are limited to the 16 contestants who advance to Phase 2 of the Contest and the winner(s) of the 3 week Mini-Contest.

All 16 winners who advance to Phase 2 each receive $3,000 = $48,000.
Seeds 2, 3 and 4 will receive an additional $3,000 = $9,000.
The Top overall seed will receive an additional $5,000 = $5,000.
The winners of each first round head to head match will receive an additional $1,000 = $4,000.
The winners of each second round head to head match will receive an additional $1,000 = $4,000.

At this point a total of $70,000 will have been returned to the contestants and just 8 contestants remain.

The remainder of the Prize Pool will be distributed as follows --
The 4 Quarterfinals Losers receive 2.5% each for a total of 10.0%.
The 2 Semifinals Loser receive 5.0% each for a total of 10.0%.
The Finals Runner Up receives 25.0%
The Finals Winner recieves 50.0%.
The Mini-Contest Winner(s) receive or divide 5.0%.

Thus, if there are 100 entrants the full Prize Pool will consist of $200,000 of which $70,000 would be paid out prior to the Quarterfinals round of the head to head competition. The remaining $130,000 will be distributed according to the aforementioned percentages.



WEEKLY SUBMISSION DEADLINE & REQUIREMENTS -- The contest uses 'static' lines and totals that will be posted by the Golden Nugget on Thursdays at approximately 3:00 PM Pacific time. The selections must be submitted in person at the Golden Nugget, either by the contestant or his/her authorized Proxy, by 2 PM Pacific time on Friday, A DEADLINE THAT WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. Contestants using games starting prior to 2:00 PM Pacific time on Friday must submit all 7 seletions prior to the kickoff the earliest starting game among their selections

This contest is similar in many respects to the very popular Stations Casinos Great Giveaway Contest that had been offered for many years in that the selections are made Straight Up (no pointspreads) and involves only Sunday and Monday games. There will be a total of 15 selections made each week and in weeks in which there are fewer than 15 games scheduled for Sunday/Monday Totals will be used to bring the total for those weeks to 15. For Totals, the contestant will required to select if a game will go OVER or stay UNDER a specified number of total points.

Highlughts of the William Hill Pro Football Contest include --

1 -- Contestant must be 21 years of age and have a "William Hill Rewards Club" Card (issued at no cost) or a William Hill Wagering Account to enter
2 -- $ 25.oo Entry Fee with a maximum of 15 entries per person allowed. If you purchase 4 entries you will receive a fifth entry for free. It seems that this only applies to the first four entries purchased and the free entry counts towards the limit of 15. Thus, it appears as though if you were to play the maximum 15 entries you would pay for 14 ($ 350.oo) and get 1 entry for free. In a change from 2016 late entries will be able to be purchased at $25 per entry with each such entry purchased counting towards the maximum of 15 entries per person.
3 -- Pick games each week Straight Up, NOT against the pointspread. Totals on specified games are used in weeks in which there are fewer than 15 Sunday/Monday games.
4 -- Contest will last all 17 weeks of the regular season.
5 -- There are no tie breakers for the weekly prize -- those tied for most winners will split the prize equally.
6 -- Selections must be made by the start of the first Sunday game
7 -- $ 10,000 in weekly prizes -- $ 10,000 most winners with no prizes for second or third most winners or most losers
8 -- $ 30,000 in end of season prizes -- Most winners, second most winners, third most winner.
9 -- In the case of end of season ties those tied entries will split the money for the tied places -- i.e. a 2 way tie for most winners will split the first and second place prize equally.
10 -- In the event that more than $200,000 is collected in entry fees that excess will be added to the end-of-season Prize Pool.
11 -- There will be a $100,000 bonus paid to the First Place winner if that person has made at least 200 winning selections (out of the 255 total selections). This works out to a winning percentage of 78.43%.
13 -- IMPORTANT -- All prizes must be claimed IN PERSON with a valid Photo ID and MUST BE COLLECTED BY FEBRUARY 28, 2018. Any prizes not collected by that date are void and become the property of William Hill.
14 -- For questions or addtional information you may contact William Hill Customer Support at (855) - 754 - 1200.

For more specifics it is suggested that you read the OFFICIAL RULES by clicking on the link at the top of this Contest.

This contest is similar in many respects to the very popular LeRoys College Football Contest of the mid 2000's. The Contest involves picking 7 games per week against the pointspread. The Contest lasts 10 weeks such that a total of 70 picks will be made. There are no weekly prizes but there are 10 end-of-season prizes and a Bonus prize if the Contest winner picks at least 70% winners. Contestants will make their 7 selections from a list of 25 games designated by William Hill.

Highlughts of the William Hill Pro Football Contest include --

1 -- Contestant must be 21 years of age and have a "William Hill Rewards Club" Card (issued at no cost) or a William Hill Wagering Account to enter.
2 -- $ 500.oo Entry Fee with a maximum of 4 entries per person allowed. Entries will not be accepted after 8:00 AM Pacific time on Saturday, September 9, 2017. It appears as though Friday and Saturday games will be used, but not Thursday games.
3 -- Pick 7 games each week against the pointspread posted by William Hill for Contest purposes. Each game will have a half-point attached to the pointspread such that ties, or pushes, are not possible.
4 -- Contest will last 10 weeks beginning on Friday, September 8, 2017 and running through Saturday, November 11, 2017.
5 -- There are no weekly prizes, only end of season prizes.
6 -- Selections may be made up until the time that 7 games remain to start from that week's listed games.
7 -- There is a minimum of $ 75,000 guaranteed in end of season prizes with any entry fees in excess of $75,000 being added to the Prize Pool. The contestant with the most winners will receive 50% of the prize pool; second most winners will receive 15%; third most winners 10%; 4th through 6th place will each receive 5%; and 7th through tenth will each receive 2.5%.
9 -- In the case of end of season ties those ties split the money for the tied places -- i.e. a 2 way tie for most winners will split the first and second place prize equally.
10 -- There will be a $25,000 bonus paid to the First Place winner if that person has made at least 49 winning selections (out of the 70 total selections). This works out to a winning percentage of 70.00%.
12 -- IMPORTANT -- All prizes must be claimed IN PERSON with a valid Photo ID and MUST BE COLLECTED BY FEBRUARY 28, 2018. Any prizes not collected by that date are void and become the property of William Hill.
13 -- For questions or addtional information you may contact William Hill Customer Support at (855) - 754 - 1200.


For more specifics it is suggested that you read the OFFICIAL RULES by clicking on the link at the top of this Contest..

FORMAT -- Contestants select 1 College football game each week to win their game against a static contest pointspread that uses half point lines and thus eliminates the possibility of a pointspread "push" or tie. If the selected team wins the contestant advances to the next week. Thursday and Friday games may be included in the Contest in addition to Saturday games. Any game that is not played by Sunday of the scheduled week will be counted as a winner and that contestant will advance to the following week. Contest continues until only one contestant remains. See the PAYOUT section below for more information on how the contest will end.

ENTRY FEE -- $ 25 per entry with a maximum of 4 entries allowed. Entrants must be 21 years of age and have a Boarding Pass Card, or equivalent, issued by a participating Stations propery. Entrants who pay for 4 entries will recieve a fifth entry at no additional cost. The deadline to sign up is Saturday, September 9, 2016 at 8:00 PM Pacific time.

PAYOUT -- The greater of $ 40,000 or 100% of Entry Fees will be awarded to the last contestant to correctly select a winner. If at the end of the 12 weeks there are 2 or more contestants who have not submitted a losing selection the prize pool will be equally split among such contestants. If all remaining contestants are eliminated on the same contest day the prize pool will be equally split among such contestants. HOWEVER -- Note that the Rules do not seem to consider the phrase "same contest day" as meaning the "same contest week" such that if contestants are eliminated on a Thursday, Friday and a Saturday of the same week only the contestants eliminated on that Saturday would win/share the prize pool). I shall try to obtain clarification on this point.

WEEKLY SELECTION SUBMISSION DEADLINE -- Selections must be made prior to the start of the game selected. The Contest Lines for week 1 are expected to be available on Monday, September 4, 2017 with the following weeks' lines available on Wednesdays.

SELECTION SUBMISSION/IDENTIFICATION REQUIRMENTS -- The Official Rules do not specifically address the use of a Proxy to submit a contestant's selection. HOWEVER, Rule # 7 does state "Identification may be required when contest selection is submitted." Since a contestant must have a Boarding Pass in order to enter the Contest the possession and presentation of that Boarding Pass when submitting the selection should be cousidered as meeting the Identification requirement if requested.



ADDITIONAL NOTES --

If the same contestant wins BOTH this College Football Last Man Standing Contest AND the Pro Football Last Man Standing Contest that contestant will win a BONUS of $ 135,000 in addition to the prize pools from both contests.

FORMAT -- Contestants select 1 NFL game each to win their game against a static contest pointspread that uses half point lines and thus eliminates the possibility of a pointspread "push" or tie. If the selected team wins the contestant advances to the next week. Any game that is not played by Monday of the scheduled week will be counted as a winner and that contestant will advance to the following week. Contest continues until only one contestant remains. See the PAYOUT section below for more information on how the contest will end.

ENTRY FEE -- $ 25.oo per entry with a maximum of 4 entries allowed. Entrants must be 21 years of age and have a Boarding Pass Card, or equivalent, issued by a participating Stations propery. Entrants who pay for 4 entries will recieve a fifth entry at no additional cost. The deadline to sign up is Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 9:00 AM Pacific time.

PAYOUT -- The greater of $ 75,000 or 100% of Entry Fees will be awarded to the last contestant to correctly select a winner. If at the end of the 17 week regular season there are 2 or more contestants who have not submitted a losing selection the prize pool will be equally split among such contestants. The Contest will not extend into the NFL Playoffs. If all remaining contestants are eliminated on the same contest day the prize pool will be equally split among such contestants. HOWEVER -- Note that the Rules do not seem to consider the phrase "same contest day" as meaning the "same contest week" such that if all remaining contestants are eliminated on both a Sunday and a Monday of the same week only the contestants eliminated on that Monday night game would win/share the prize pool). I shall try to obtain clarification on this point.

WEEKLY SELECTION SUBMISSION DEADLINE -- Selections must be made prior to the start of the game selected. It appears that all games (including Thursday night games) will be included in the contest although Stations may decide to exclude certain games (though not stated these could be games involving key players with questionable status for which no betting line has been posted). The Contest Lines for week 1 are expected to be available on Monday, September 4, 2017 with the following weeks' lines available on Wednesdays.

SELECTION SUBMISSION/IDENTIFICATION REQUIRMENTS -- The Official Rules do not specifically address the use of a Proxy to submit a contestant's selection. HOWEVER, Rule # 7 does state "Identification may be required when contest selection is submitted." Since a contestant must have a Boarding Pass in order to enter the Contest the possession and presentation of that Boarding Pass when submitting the selection should be cousidered as meeting the Identification requirement if requested.



ADDITIONAL NOTES --

If the same contestant wins BOTH this Pro Football Last Man Standing Contest AND the College Football Last Man Standing Contest that contestant will win a BONUS of $ 135,000 in addition to the prize pools from both contests.

Since moving to Las Vegas in 1991 Andy Iskoe of Logical Approach has entered many of the football contests offered and sponsored by the Sports Books in Las Vegas.

In fact, in 2017 he has entered the Super Contest for a 27th consecutive season!

In addition to having had great success as a contestant in most of these contests over the years, he has also been a Proxy for contestants who live out of town and are not able to make the weekly selections in person at the various Sports Books, providing Proxy services for more than a decade.

In 2017 he shall again be offering his services as a Proxy for contestants who are unable to submit selections in person.

The key to an effective Proxy/Contestant relationship is communication.

Over the years Andy has developed an organized, structured and sensible system for disseminating and receiving contest selection information with the contestants for whom he has served as Proxy.

The Proxy procedure is similar for all contests with minor variations due to time and/or deadline variations that will vary according to the specific contest.

Using the Westgate NFL Super Contest as an example emails are sent on Wednesday evenings by Andy Iskoe to the contestants for whom he is a Proxy. The email will contain information related to the contest lines for the upcoming week's games (to be released by 5 PM Pacific time Wednesdays), the contestant's results for the previous week and season-to-date results and the overall standings for all contestants (including information on the status of the contestants currently in "cashing" position -- Top 50 and ties).

The contestant is then responsible for providing Andy with his/her 5 contest selections by either email or telephone (or both) by 6 PM Pacific Time on FRIDAY evening (or at a later time as mutually agreed upon) so that the selections may be submitted to the Westgate safely in advance of the Westgate's official Saturday 11 AM deadline that is strictly enforced.

The Fee charged for the Proxy Service is agreed upon with each contestant and is based upon the specific contest or combination of contests entered, the number of entries, the complexities of "administering" your weekly entries/selections, and other factors. The Fee is generally a flat, up front one time fee with no requirement to share a percentage of any winnings earned by the contestant.