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When most people start betting online, they follow the same process. They pick an app, download it, sign up, and start betting. While there’s nothing inherently wrong with this, it isn’t exactly the best approach you can take, either. If you download multiple sports betting apps, you could put yourself in a much better position…

The off-season can feel like a dead zone for sports bettors. There are no games to watch, no daily lines to scan, and not much action to jump into, at least on the surface. For sharp bettors looking to stay ahead of the market, the off-season presents one of the best opportunities to explore futures…

What is Circa Survivor? Circa Survivor is a traditional football survivor contest, but with a twist. Instead of looking to go 18-0, entrants to Circa Survivor are looking to go 20-0, as Thanksgiving/Black Friday and Christmas Day each are considered their own separate weeks. Last entrant, or entrants, standing win the entire prize pool! What…

For the past few years, the Circa Football Preview has become a must-attend for football fans across the country. VP Mike Palm brings in some of the top experts in the football field, analysts, former athletes, handicappers, oddsmakers and more, and they have a discussion about the Circa Contests and the upcoming NFL and college…

CIRCA SPORTS KENTUCKY TO DEBUT TEMPORARY RETAIL SPORTSBOOK AUG. 12 AT THE MINT GAMING HALL KY DOWNS New Sports Betting Destination to Offer Industry’s Highest Betting Limits and Top-Tier Customer Service; Permanent Book To Open Next Year CORBIN, KY (Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024) – Circa Sports Kentucky, a prominent player in the sports-betting industry, is…

The 2024 college basketball season has gone through many twists and turns to get us where we are today, just days before the tournament is set to start. As the brackets were being released, the team at Circa Sports briefly took down the futures markets to analyze how the bracket would shake out. When the…

LAS VEGAS – Circa Sports, the Las Vegas sports betting brand from CEO Derek Stevens, has officially arrived at Las Vegas casino-hotel Silverton Casino Lodge. Debuting within a temporary book, this marks Circa Sports’ fifth satellite location in southern Nevada and first in southwest Las Vegas. The venture’s permanent sportsbook at Silverton will open in…

We’re midway through the football season, and we have seen a lot of action. One thing that the oddsmakers at Circa Sports has seen this season, and has seen for several years now, is the growth in appetite for prop betting. For those unaware, prop (short for proposition) betting is a term used for any…

The 2023 Circa Sports Million V and Circa Survivor pro football contests are already off to an incredible start. With thousands of entries between the two, participants are vying for some serious bragging rights – and the collective $14 million between the two contests certainly doesn’t hurt. Now that we’re at the halfway point of…

Adapted from this original post by Jeffrey Benson. What is Circa Sports’ value proposition for a recreational bettor who doesn’t bet full limits and has no problem getting down at other places? It is a great question and one I found myself answering a lot the past few days as we expanded into Illinois. We…

The college football world has revolved around the state of Colorado throughout the season. From Coach Prime and Colorado taking the sport by storm in September to an exciting Mountain West race as we hit the heart of conference play, all eyes have been on the state. At the beginning of the season, Circa Sports…

CORBIN, KY – Las Vegas-based Circa Sports will expand its operations to the Kentucky sports betting market via a licensing agreement with ECL Corbin, LLC at its Cumberland Run harness track. Marking its fifth state, the popular mobile betting app will be available through the Cumberland Run property as well as its sister satellite gaming…

It’s week two of the season! And once again we’ll bring you the live look at the various plays in Circa Survivor. This week, we have one team dominating the picks. Buffalo has 40.3% of the picks, with New York at 17.8%   10:09 AM – Early worry for Buffalo. Las Vegas marched downfield and…

It’s been seven long months since the last Sunday with football. Fans have been waiting for this day all summer. It’s here now, Circa Sportsbook is packed, and I’ll be bringing you the scene from the sportsbook live! Of course, we’ll be monitoring the biggest games for the Contests, Circa Survivor and Circa Million. The…

At Circa’s Ultimate Contest Weekend, VP of Operations Mike Palm brought together a panel of football and gambling experts to help preview the upcoming season. They discussed strategies for both contests and gambling in general, and also got their opinions on aspects of the season. The panelists were: Wes Reynolds: VSiN Host and prior contest…

  As the football season gets closer, bettors are are looking closer at their futures bets. Yes, they’ll look at the basic things. Who will win the championship? What win totals are best? But some try to look deeper at unique props to bet their teams of choice this season. Circa Sports has been rolling…

Sometimes in sports, things fall the way they’re supposed to. When Philadelphia met Kansas City in football this February, that was an expected outcome. When Golden State met Boston in basketball last year, nobody batted an eye. However, sometimes in sports, you get a true outlier to make a run. And that’s what we’re seeing…

It’s that time of year again! After an unprecedented $12 million payout for the 2022-23 season, Circa Sports Million and Circa Survivor both return for another year for an even bigger payout. At a guaranteed $14 million payout between the two contests, no rake, this year’s pro football contests promise the largest payout ever for…

With most betting markets, there’s a perception that sportsbooks oddsmakers simply know more. They have models, or they’re the first to get information. They dictate the market, and the old saying that it’s impossible to beat the house gets repeated over and over. Whether or not that’s true in general can be debated for sure.…

A Conversation with Baseball Oddsmaker Chris Bennett Before the Baseball Season Sitting in the risk room on Wednesday afternoon, Circa Sports® Director of Risk Chris Bennett was getting excited while looking over the 2023 baseball season futures. Everyone in the room has their specialties. For Chris, it’s baseball. As he says on his Twitter…

The Circa Sports risk room was fairly quiet on Sunday afternoon, one hour before the college basketball tournament bracket was set to be released. There were only a handful of games going on. The Big Ten and AAC Championship games were winding down, it was a light slate for the NBA, and the Players Championship…