The 2024 NFL season begins tonight (Thursday, September 5th), with the majority of week 1 games beginning this Sunday, September 8th at 1pm EST. You have until the final game of week 1 (September 9th) to join as many Survivor and Pick’em Pools as possible for a shot at some big prizes this year.
Below I’ve created a list of free and value added Survivor Pools and Pick’em Contests that you can join this season.
I will be adding new contests to this page leading up to the start of the season, so be sure to check back often to ensure you join as many as you can.
Do you know of any Survivor Pool or Pick’em contests not included on this list?
If so please email us with a link to the contest and I will get it added to the page.
Free NFL Survivor Pool Contests
- ESPN Eliminator Challenge
- Total Prize Pool: $25,000
- Prize Distribution: Winner Take All
- Entries: Free (Must be a registered ESPN “Member”)
- Eligibility: 18+ USA and Canada
- Contest Grade: C
- USA Today Pro Football Survivor Pool
- Total Prize Pool: $5,000
- Prize Distribution: Winner Take All
- Entries: Free (1 Entry per person – must have USA Today account)
- Eligibility: 21+ USA
- Contest Grade: D
Free NFL Pick’em Contests
- BetOnline.ag $200,000 Mega Pickem Contest
- Details: Pick 5 games against the spread every week of the NFL season.
- Buy-In: Free Entry (2 entries max)
- Prize Pool: $200,000
- $150,000 in weekly prizes and $50,000 in season-long prizes.
- $8,333 split between all entries that pick 5/5 each week (must wager $25 in real-money on NFL games during that week to be eligible for the weekly prize).
- $10,000 for first place in season-long with prizes decreasing down to $100 for 100th place (must wager $25 or more in real-money in 12 of the 18 weeks of the NFL season).
- Eligibility: Must have a BetOnline.ag account.
- SportsBetting.ag $200K Handicapping Contest
- Details: Pick 5 games against the spread every week of the NFL season.
- Buy-In: Free Entry (2 entries max)
- Prize Pool: $200,000
- $150,000 in weekly prizes and $50,000 in season-long prizes.
- $8,333 split between all entries that pick 5/5 each week (must wager $25 in real-money on NFL games during that week to be eligible for the weekly prize).
- $10,000 for first place in season-long with prizes decreasing down to $100 for 100th place (must wager $25 or more in real-money in 12 or more of the 18 NFL weeks to be eligible for the season-long prizes).
- Eligibility: Must have a SportsBetting.ag account.
- BetUS.com $25,000 Pick’Em
- Details: Pick the Point Spread winner for each game of the week throughout the NFL season.
- Buy-In: Free (1 entry per account)
- Prize Pool: $25,000 in free play
- Weekly Prizes: $1000 to first, $250 to second, $100 to third (prizes in free play).
- Season Prize: $2500 in free play for user with most correct picks over the entire season.
- Eligibility: Must have a BetUS.com account.
- EveryGame.eu Weekly NFL Pick’em
- Details: Pick the winner of each game of the week throughout the NFL season.
- Buy-In: Free (1 entry per account)
- Prize Pool: $4410 in bet tokens
- Weekly Prizes: $100 to first, $50 to second, $25 to third, $10 to 4th-10th (prizes in bet tokens).
- Eligibility: Must have an EveryGame.eu account.
Paid Survivor Pool Brackets
- BetOnline.ag $300,000 Survivor Contest
- Buy-In: $30 for a single entry, $20 for entries 2-5, $15 for entries 6-10, $10 for entries 11-25.
- Total Prize Pool: $300,000 guaranteed ($335,000 pot as of Thursday morning)
- **Accumulating Prize Pool – BetOnline Survivor Contest is Rake-Free. Every dollar collected from entries goes towards the prize pool after they surpass the $300,000 guaranteed.
- Prize Distribution: Winner-Take-All (split between everyone who survives all 18 weeks).
- MyBookie $100,000 Survivor Contest
- Buy-In: $10 Entry Fee (maximum 50 entries)
- Total Prize Pool: $100,000
- Prize Distribution: Winner-Take-All (split between everyone who survives all 18 weeks).
- SportsBetting.ag $300,000 Survivor Contest
- Buy-In: $30 for a single entry, $20 for entries 2-5, $15 for entries 6-10, $10 for entries 11-25.
- Total Prize Pool: $300,000 guaranteed
- Prize Distribution: Winner-Take-All (split between everyone who survives all 18 weeks).
- BetUS Paid Survivor Pools
- Buy-In: $10, $25, $50, $100, and $500 Pools
- Total Prize Pool: 90% of every entry fee goes towards the prize total for that pool.
- Prize Distribution: Winner-Take-All (split between everyone who survives all 18 weeks).
Paid Pick’em Contests
- MyBookie $100,000 Super Contest
- Details: Pick 5 NFL teams against the spread each week during the NFL season.
- Buy-In: $20 Entry Fee (maximum 10 entries)
- Prize Pool: $100,000
- 1st Place: $18,000
- 2nd Place: $13,000
- 3rd Place: $10,000
- Continuing down incrementally to $50 for 250th place.
- Extra prizes for winners of 4-week periods.
- Eligibility: Must have a MyBookie.ag account
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im looking for a specific suicide pool my husband was in about 10 years ago. they buy in was $50, and depending on how many people joined, depended on the amount of the pool won if you made it to the end. like, if there were 500 people in the pool, at $50 each buy in, the winnings would be 25 thousand dollars if you made it to the end. can you tell me where i can find this pool please?
I’m sorry, but I do not know which exact pool that is. The Nitrogen paid pools outlined above follow the same structure though with winner take all and the prize pool depending on the number of buy-ins.
Out of curiosity do you know what the largest prize pool for a Free-to-play has ever been? Pick ‘Em or Survivor or really anything. Is there a list somewhere you know of? I’d love to check that out
I’m not sure off the top of my head.
I want to join a survivor pool with strikes. the only ones I can find don’t take visa or Venmo or paypal????
strangest thing i have heard in a while, fasten your seat belts cause i cringe at joining one of these as the only way this is done is pick a winning team or your out its called survivor for a reason. strikes??
It wouldn’t be “Survivor”, then. But it might still be playable.
I’ve never played with “strikes”, but since one social purpose of survivor pools is to keep people involved for most of the season, a rule that said that you are not eliminated until your third loss would achieve that pretty well. To make it more challenging, though, perhaps as well as allowing each team to only be used as a winner once, you could allow each team to be used as a loser only once. The difficulty of each pick would tend to ramp up more as the season went on, even for those who carefully map out their choices in advance. With a three-strikes rule, most of the field would make it to week 10 or so, but after that the attrition would be similar to existing survivor pools.
I’m looking for a knockout pool that has an entry fee of $50 maximum with a limited amount of entries (10 at most) and no buy ins after the season starts. Thx.
Hey Gene, sorry can’t help you there. The above contests will have more than 10 entries.
Is there an updated List for 2024 season? Most of these contests are no longer working
Hey Jason, the list should now be updated for 2024. All contests above should be working.