Ultimate Football Challenge
- Ultimate Football Challenge
- Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge
- American Football Challenge
- Ultimate Football Manager Challenge
With the arrival of football season, college teams across the country will suit up to represent their schools in NCAA action, while the 32 pro teams in the NFL will vie for the Super Bowl. And the while, fans will sweat every tackle and touchdown by betting on the NFL and NCAA’s biggest games.
Football is the biggest economic engine for sportsbooks in Las Vegas, drawing fans from far and wide to put a little dough on their favorite teams. Single-game tickets, parlays, props, and futures betting combine to bring football fans to the sportsbook in droves. But over the last decade or so, sports betting contests have become an increasingly popular segment of the overall market.
SIDEMEN ULTIMATE FOOTBALL CHALLENGE! #SidemenSunday. 2ND CHANNEL: Sidemen Clothing: us. Welcome back to the latest episode of the Ultimate Football Manager Challenge. The challenge that takes us around every country in world football trying to win the top league and cups in those countries. Its been a long time since I posted last and that was mainly down to losing the writing bug. It just just felt like such a chore. Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge is a game show for children themed after the Ben 10 series, developed by Turner Broadcasting System Europe in association with Twenty Twenty for various regional Cartoon Network channels. The show is running in twenty-five countries, and in seventeen countries in different languages and hosts starting from November 2011.
In case you’re unfamiliar with the concept, a sports betting competition utilizes a tournament format, a la the big poker games you see on TV. Players pony up a set entry fee, typically between $500 and $1,500 for most of the major sports betting contests running in Sin City, before setting to work picking a slate of games against the point spread.
Back in the day, the Golden Nugget casino in Downtown Las Vegas was one of the venues experimenting with pick contests as a marketing angle. The Golden Nugget’s original football handicapping competition was known as the Friday Football Showdown, and players paid $2,000 to submit seven NCAA or NFL picks per week.
The old Friday Football Showdown was unique in that it used an actual tournament bracket format, pitting players against one another week by week until only one was left standing.
That all changed in 2018, however, when Golden Nugget sportsbook director Tony Miller overhauled the old format to create his Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge.
History of the Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge
To usher in the new Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge era, Miller scrapped the bracket-style gameplay in favor of a pooled points system.
In other words, he went with the Westgate SuperContest route, with players trying to rack up the highest point total by seasons’ end through sharp selection on a weekly basis.
Miller also cut the old buy-in of $2,000 in half, so players entering the Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge only need $1,000 to get in the game ($500 less than the SuperContest entry fee).
In yet another departure from the SuperContest, Miller preserved the old Friday Football Showdown’s use of both NCAA and NFL games.
Instead of choosing five sides from the NFL slate like in the SuperContest, the Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge has players select seven sides from the full NCAA + NFL schedules.
Speaking with the Vegas Stats and Information Network before last year’s inaugural contest kicked off, Miller explained how the use of college and professional games makes the Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge unique among Las Vegas sports betting competitions. He also pointed out that his Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge offers football fans an alternative to the NFL-only SuperContest.
“We’re expecting a lot of entries for this. It’s a true handicapping contest because we have every game on the board available – all college and NFL sides – and that’s a big thing… The SuperContest is great because it’s so big. I’m not going to say this is better, but there needs to be another big contest that includes college football.”
In 2017, the final Friday Football Showdown ever held attracted only 95 players, a pale comparison to the 2,748 entries generated by that year’s SuperContest.
But one year later, Miller’s adjustments in creating the Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge sparked an immediate increase in interest, with 308 entries joining the party. That uptick can be explained both by the price reduction and a provision allowing individual players up to three separate entries apiece.
Rich Velez took home the title as champion last year, reeling off a gaudy 81-36-2 record for a cover rate of 69.2%. That performance was good enough to claim the $119,200 top prize payout, while the rest of the top-20 took home lesser prizes.
How the Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge Works
Players have until Tuesday, September 3rd at 10 PM local time to register for the Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge.
Sign-ups take place at the Golden Nugget Sportsbook in Downtown Las Vegas, and if you’re planning to play from out of state, your designated proxy will need to be in attendance to complete the necessary paperwork.
Players can enter up to three times.
From there, the contest involves picking seven games against the spread from the NCAA and/or NFL schedule each week during the leagues’ respective regular seasons. That means 17 weeks of action are on tap, and the goal is to wind up with the highest point total by season’s end.
Ultimate Football Challenge
Correctly picking a side that covers the point spread is good for 1 point, while a push produces 0.5 points, and failing to cover generates 0 points.
Picks must be submitted by Friday at 10:00 PM, either in person or through your designated proxy service.
The point spreads used for the Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge are created by the in-house bookmaker, and they’re released to the public at 2:00 PM every Wednesday afternoon.
Here is a full rundown on all of the fine print concerning rules and regulations.
Prize Money up for Grabs
Last year’s debut field of 309 entries created a total prize pool of $309,000, of which 40 % was awarded to champion Rich Velez.
As for the rest of the payouts, check out the table below to see the prizes 2018 Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge competitors played for:
Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge Payouts
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1st | $119,200 |
| 2nd | $59,600 |
| 3rd | $29,800 |
| 4th-5th | $20,860 |
| 6th-7th | $14,900 |
| 8th-10th | $5,960 |
| 11th-20th | $1,000 |
After 40% of the total prize pool is awarded to the winner, the runner-up pockets 20%, third place wins 10%, fourth and fifth place take 7 % each, sixth and seventh place earn 5% each, and eighth, ninth, and 10th place receive 2% each.
As for the 11th through 20th place finishers, a $1,000 payout means they make their original buy-in back to break even.
Now that the word is out on the Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge, expect the field to grow this year, and the prize pool to swell in kind. Velez won $119,200 in this contest’s first crack at it, so a top payout of $150,000 this year (based on an estimated field size of 375 entries) is entirely possible.
Conclusion
When most folks hear the term “football betting,” their mind immediately goes to the NFL, where the world’s best players take the field every Sunday. But on Saturdays, the NFL stars of the future hone their craft playing NCAA football and, for millions of Americans, the college game is their true passion.
With most of the major Las Vegas sports betting contests revolving around the NFL only, the Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge’s ingenious inclusion of NCAA games is a huge bonus for diehard college fans.
Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.| Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Based on | Ben 10 by Man of Action |
| Directed by | Sasha Ransome |
| Presented by | Johny Pitts |
| Starring | Yuri Lowenthal |
| Composer | Dobs Vye |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Daniel Marlowe[1] Michael Carrington and Daniel Lennard (for Cartoon Network) |
| Producers | Catherine Patterson Mandy Morris[2](series producer) Rebecca Denton (for Cartoon Network) |
| Production location | London |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Twenty Twenty |
| Release | |
| Original network | Cartoon Network UK |
| Original release | 15 October – 31 December 2011[3] |
Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge is a game show for children themed after the Ben 10 series, developed by Turner Broadcasting System Europe in association with Twenty Twenty for various regional Cartoon Network channels. The show is running in twenty-five countries, and in seventeen countries in different languages and hosts starting from November 2011. Contestants include children between 7 and 12 years old.
In 2013, an exclusive Asian version has been produced in Malaysia for Cartoon Network thanks to the company Astro Productions, and it was aired only in five Southeast local countries (Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, and Indonesia). This version is titled Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge Asia and is hosted by Nabil Mahir.[4][5]
The series had a revival as Ben 10 Challenge following the Ben 10 (2016 TV series).[6][7] Ben 10 Challenge premiered on Cartoon Network UK on 13 October 2017.[8]
Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge in the world[edit]
| Country | TV channel | Local title | Host | Release year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina[9] | Cartoon Network (Latin America) | Ben 10: Desafío Final | Sergio Figliuolo | 2011 |
| Australia | Cartoon Network (Australia) | Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge | None (only the UK version) | 2011 |
| Brazil | Cartoon Network Brazil | Ben 10: Desafío Final | Felipe Andreoli | 2011 |
| Chile[9] | Cartoon Network (Latin America) | Ben 10: Desafío Final | None (only the Argentinian version) | 2011 |
| Colombia[9] | Cartoon Network (Latin America) | Ben 10: Desafío Final | None (only the Argentinian version) | 2011 |
| Denmark | Cartoon Network Denmark | Ben 10: Den Ultimative Udfordring | 2011–2012 | |
| France | Cartoon Network (France) | Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge | Terrier Luc | 2011–2012 |
| Germany | Cartoon Network (Germany) | Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge | Mitja Lafere | 2011 |
| Hungary | Cartoon Network Hungary | Ben 10: A legnagyobb kihívás | Puskás Péter | 2011–2012 |
| Italy | Cartoon Network (Italy) | Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge | Manolo Martini | 2011 |
| Mexico[9] | Cartoon Network (Latin America) | Ben 10: Desafío Final | None (only the Argentinian version) | 2011 |
| Netherlands | Cartoon Network (Netherlands) | Ben 10: De Ultieme Uitdaging | Eric Bouwman | 2011 |
| New Zealand | Cartoon Network New Zealand | Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge | None (only the UK version) | 2011 |
| Norway | Cartoon Network Norway | Ben 10: Den Ultimate Utfordringen | None (only the Danish version dubbed to Norwegian) | 2011–2012 |
| Philippines | Cartoon Network (Philippines) | Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge | None (only the UK version) | 2011 |
| Poland | Cartoon Network (Poland) | Ben 10: Ostateczne Wyzwanie | Marcin Mroziński | 2011 |
| Romania | Cartoon Network Romania | Ben 10: Provocarea supremă | None (only the Hungarian version dubbed to Romanian) | 2011–2012 |
| Russia | Cartoon Network Russia | Бен-10: Сверхсложная задача | Anton Zorkin | 2011 |
| South Africa[10] | Cartoon Network South Africa | Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge | None (only the UK version) | 2011–2012 |
| Spain | Boing | Desafío Ben 10 | Carlos Castel | 2011 |
| Sweden | Cartoon Network Sweden | Ben 10: Den Ultimata Utmaningen | None (only the Danish version dubbed to Swedish) | 2011–2012 |
| Switzerland | Cartoon Network Switzerland | Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge | None | 2011 |
| Turkey | Cartoon Network (Turkey) | Ben 10: Zorlu Mücadele | Furkan Kizilay | 2012 |
| UAE(Middle East adaptation) | Cartoon Network Arabic | بن 10 التحدي الأقوى | Nour Aldin Alyousuf | 2011 |
| Vietnam | Hanoi Radio Television Ho Chi Minh City Television | Thử thách cuối cùng của Ben 10 | Lê Anh Sơn Hải Trấn Thành | 2011 2014 |
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Golden Nugget Ultimate Football Challenge
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External links[edit]
American Football Challenge
- Ben 10: Ultimate Challenge on Internet Movie Database