Circa Sports named Survivor Sweat because the official and unique market for the Circa Survivor, Circa Million, and Circa Grandissimo handicapping contests this week.
The platform, now in its fourth yr, permits NFL followers an opportunity to money in with out really making picks. Survivor Sweat is now the official secondary buying and selling market of Circa Sports.
“Circa Sports is proud of the industry-leading and record-breaking $38.7 million worth of entries that went into the 2026 Circa Sports football contests,” Circa Sports CEO Derek Stevens mentioned.
“Over the years, we’ve been impressed by Survivor Sweat and their development of the secondary market. We’re thrilled to launch this partnership, which will enhance liquidity opportunities for participants and provide additional opportunities for future growth of overall Circa Sports contest pools.”
How It Works
Survivor Sweat permits contest members to promote half or all of their entries. Buyers buy an entry within the hopes that choice will yield income on the finish of the season.
In poker, backers “invest” in gamers in the same means. They “own” a proportion of the participant’s eventual winnings.
On the Survivor Sweat platform, each transaction on {the marketplace} follows a documented course of. Circa’s official recognition now offers consumers and sellers added readability and confidence, in line with the businesses.
“This is our fourth NFL contest season, and every year we hear from two groups: participants who want to sell part of their entries, and buyers who want to be part of these contests,” Survivor Sweat co-founder James Sullivan mentioned.
“Circa’s official recognition gives both groups a clear, documented process they can trust. We’re proud to be the official marketplace for the best contests in sports.”
Contest members can record all or a portion of their entries on the market at a worth they decide. Circa Sports stays the operator of each contest and the one place to buy authentic entries. You can promote present Survivor Sweat entries as soon as the season is underway.
Owners obtain prize cash primarily based on the proportion of the entry that every person owns. As with poker backing, entry homeowners can cost a markup, a premium above the face worth of a buy-in.
Poker Connections
Poker Royalty’s Brian Balsbaugh additionally co-founded Survivor Sweat. He posted that he was happy so as to add Circa as a accomplice.
Humble brag alert: Incredibly happy with my biz accomplice @JD_Sully and our complete crew @SurvivorSweat on this modern take care of @CircaSports @DerekJStevens @JeffreyBenson12 🚀🚀🚀 LFG!
— Brian Balsbaugh (@Balsbaugh) October 1, 2026
The Circa Sports contests are a significant a part of the annual professional soccer panorama. The $1,000 Circa Survivor launched in 2020. It has grown from 1,390 entries in its first season to a file 25,017 entries this season, with a prize pool of greater than $25 million.
The $1,000 Circa Million and the $100,000-entry Circa Grandissimo handicapping contests drew 30,884 entries and a file $38.7 million in mixed prize swimming pools this yr.
Poker gamers have dominated the Circa and Westgate handicapping contests in recent times. Last season, Shannon Shorr, Jason Somerville, Galen Hall, and Dylan Wilkerson have been amongst a number of poker gamers who had a share of a profitable entry in Circa Survivor.
That contest additionally noticed an attention-grabbing occasion play out in 2024 with a poker participant concerned. With 13 gamers left, high-stakes professional Sean Perry rejected a chop that may have awarded every participant $400,000 after which see them enjoying for the remaining $4 million. The 27-year-old son of poker professional Ralph Perry was the lone holdout however bowed out shortly after nixing the deal.
In 2023, poker gamers Jeremy Wien, Jeff Abraham, Mike Buchmiller, and Russell Rosenblum comprised a crew that chopped the Circa Survivor contest two methods, cashing for greater than $3 million.
In 2021, David “ODB” Baker and Mark Gregorich gained the Westgate TremendousContest and completed second within the Circa Million. The pair gained a mixed $785,623 within the two Las Vegas sports activities betting competitions.
