⚠️ Draft — have these reviewed before running the pool for a prize
These official rules are a starting point, not a substitute for legal review. A free-entry contest with a cash-equivalent prize is a sweepstakes (a free promotional contest), not gambling, precisely because it is free to enter — no purchase, payment, or wager is required. Sweepstakes are still regulated, and a few states require registration or bonding above certain prize values; the $500 prize here is below the common thresholds, but confirm with counsel before promoting it. Set the gift-card issuer and the governing state before launch.
Free to play — no purchase necessary
The Sizzlin Sports NFL Survivor Pool is FREE to enter. NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT, SUBSCRIPTION, OR WAGER OF ANY KIND is required to enter or win, and none will improve your chances of winning.
Because there is no entry fee and no wager, this is a free promotional contest — not gambling.
Eligibility — members only
Open to registered Sizzlin Sports community members who are at least 21 years old and legal residents of the fifty United States or the District of Columbia at the time of entry. Void where prohibited. Creating a member account is free.
Employees and immediate family members of Poker Gods LLC d/b/a Sizzlin Sports and its contractors are not eligible. One account and one entry per person; duplicate, shared, or automated entries are disqualified.
How to enter and play
Sign in to your free member account. Each week of the NFL regular season, pick one team you believe will win its game that week. Your pick locks at that game's kickoff and cannot be changed.
You may not pick the same team more than once all season. If you do not have a valid pick in before kickoff for a given week, it counts as a loss.
Advancing and elimination
If your picked team wins, you advance to the next week. If it loses — or you miss the pick — you are eliminated for the remainder of the season.
A tie counts as neither a win nor a loss, and you advance. All results are graded from the official final scores of each game.
The prize — a $500 gift card
The prize is a gift card with an approximate retail value of $500 (USD).
If one entrant outlasts everyone else, that entrant wins the full $500. If more than one entrant is still alive when the NFL regular season ends, the $500 is divided equally among all remaining survivors.
If, in a given week, every remaining entrant is eliminated at once — leaving no one standing — the entrants who lasted the longest (those eliminated in that final week) share the $500 equally.
The prize is non-transferable and no substitution is permitted except by the sponsor. Any applicable taxes are the responsibility of the winner(s).
Winner notification
Winners are notified at the email address on their member account and must respond within seven (7) days to claim their share. An unclaimed share may be forfeited or awarded to the next-longest-surviving entrant.
Sponsor
Poker Gods LLC d/b/a Sizzlin Sports. Contact: Sizzlinsports@gmail.com.