Circa Football Invitational

Invitation only • No entry fee • $30,000 in prizes
Season
20 weeksSept 11 – Jan 22
Plays per week
73 in Weeks 19-20
Lines
Circa SportsPosted Fri, 10 a.m. PT
Entry deadline
Fri, 3 p.m. PTEvery week
Prize pool
$30,000$15,000 to the winner
Former Champions4
@RealGadge 2025 Champion
Professional bettor from San Diego; 2025 Circa Friday Football Invitational champion and 2024 CFFI third-place finisher.
@chuckedel 2024 Champion
Professional bettor from Las Vegas; 2024 Circa Friday Football Invitational champion and 2022 CFFI runner-up.
@MadRussianNFL 2023 Champion
Professional handicapper from Florida; 2023 Circa Friday Football Invitational champion; 2021 Circa Million runner-up.
@chrisfallica 2022 Champion
Fox Sports analyst; 2022 Circa Friday Football Invitational champion, 2025 CFFI runner-up and 2024 CFFI fourth-place finisher.
Top-Five Finishers Last Year4
Professional bettor from Las Vegas; 2025 and 2023 Circa Friday Football Invitational third-place finisher.
Professional gambler from Connecticut; 2025 Circa Friday Football Invitational fourth-place finisher; Circa Million fourth-place finisher in 2021 and 10th place in 2023.
Finance manager from Minneapolis; 2025 Circa Friday Football Invitational fifth-place finisher; 2025 Circa Grandissimo co-champion and 2023 Circa Million champion.
Professional bettor and veteran oddsmaker from Las Vegas; 2025 Circa Friday Football Invitational fifth-place finisher; Stardust Invitational two-time champion.
VSiN.com Average Joe Contest Champion1
Average Joe Champion
West Virginia resident and former Florida State quarterback in the mid-1970s; VSiN.com Average Joe contest champion with a record of 81-49-2 ATS in 2025.
Invited Contestants16
Professional bettor from Austin, Texas; Circa Survivor co-champion in 2021.
Professional bettor from Las Vegas, horse racing analyst and oddsmaker for Xpressbet; 2025 Circa Friday Football Invitational seventh-place finisher.
Wall Street salesman from Brooklyn, N.Y.; 2025 Circa Million champion with 60-29-1 ATS record; former St. Joseph's and Irish professional basketball player.
Professional bettor from Las Vegas; winner of multiple major contests and only two-time winner of the Westgate SuperContest (2008, 2009); Circa Million ninth-place finisher in 2025.
Real estate developer from Lansing, Michigan; Westgate SuperContest College contest champion in 2025 with a record of 65-31-2 ATS.
Professional handicapper from Las Vegas for Doc's Sports; more than 25 years experience in sports broadcasting.
Professional bettor from California; 2021 Circa Million champion with the best ATS record (63-27) in contest history; 2025 Circa Grandissimo co-champion; 2023 Circa Friday Football Invitational runner-up.
Long-term care and life insurance adviser from Milton, Georgia; 2025 Circa Million seventh-place finisher.
Professional gambler from North Dakota; winner of multiple major contests and Circa Million Top 15 finish in 2023; two top-eight finishes in Circa Friday Football Invitational.
Professional bettor from Rochester, N.Y.; Top 50 finishes in Circa Million (2020) and Westgate SuperContest College contest (2025); Circa Million booby prize winner in 2020.
Professional bettor from Colorado and co-owner of KillerSports.com; 2025 Circa Friday Football Invitational eighth-place finisher.
Recently retired from Westgate SuperBook after 33 years as a Las Vegas oddsmaker.
Professional handicapper from Texas; Circa College Hoops Challenge champion in 2025 and 2026; Golden Nugget Friday Football Showdown champion in 2013.
@guyincornfields The Original Average Joe
The original Average Joe and a handicapper from Nashville, Tenn.; 2023 Circa Friday Football Invitational fourth-place finisher and 2024 CFFI fifth-place finisher.
Las Vegas handicapper and radio host; 2024 Circa Friday Football Invitational second-place finisher; 2022 winner of Station Casinos Last Man Standing College Football contest.
Professional bettor from Las Vegas; Sports Gambling Hall of Fame inductee 2025; Circa Survivor co-champion in 2020.