Congratulations go out to Bruce G., who wins $6,000 for his perfect card in Week 9 of our Progressive Carryover Football Contest. Bruce plays at the Lucky’s in Elko at the Red Lion, our very first race and sports book to open back in July.

While Bruce’s winnings were a fraction of the $48,000 won the previous week by Steve J. in Vegas, it can be argued that Bruce pulled off the more impressive feat. Many of us at Lucky’s were surprised to find out Sunday night that there was one player alive after a tricky day of football, including a victory by the previously winless Bengals over the Jaguars. On Monday night, Bruce needed the Steelers, which were 2 ½ point underdogs at the Redskins. Pittsburgh rolled to an easy 23-6 to seal Bruce’s win.

There’s still $48,000 up for grabs in our contest over the next eight weeks, and it will be interesting to see how many winners we have.

One more note: For soccer fans, Lucky’s debuted a soccer parlay card last week. We believe it to be the only such card in Nevada. We include games from around the word, so be sure to check it out and give us your feedback.

A crazy week of pro football led to the sixth straight carryover in Lucky's Progressive Carryover Contest. The prize is up to $42,000 for any player who can pick all this weekend's games correctly without the point spread. Currently the contest has the richest prize for a free football contest in the State of Nevada.

There were a total of 29 players who went a Sunday-best 12 and 2 on a day when the Rams beat the heavily favored Redskins and the Cardinals beat the Cowboys. To top it off, the undefeated defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants got clobbered by the Browns on Monday night 35-14.

The contest remains open for sign-ups at any Lucky's Sports Book in Nevada. There are locations in Las Vegas, Primm, Pahrump, Reno, Carson City and Elko. Selections are open until 9 a.m. on Sunday.

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There are no winners for the fifth straight week in our $100,000 Progressive Carryover Pro Football Contest. This prize is up to $36,000 for Week 6 for any player who can get a perfect card.

Six players went 12-1 on Sunday. One unlucky player needed the Houston Texans for a perfect Sunday card, but they collapsed in the fourth quarter, surrendering 21 points to the Colts in the final two minutes.

For the fourth week in a row, there were no perfect selection cards in Lucky's $100,000 Progressive Carryover Football Contest.

Upsets of the Broncos and Cowboys help boost this week's prize by $6,000 to $30,000. The contest covers all 14 pro football games on Sunday and Monday night. There are no point spreads involved.

There are no perfect selection cards in Week 2 of Lucky's $100,000 Progressive Carryover Contest heading into Monday night's Eagles/Cowboys Game.

There were 14 players who went 12 and 2 in Sunday's action, which included upsets of the Chiefs, Jaguars and Seahawks.

With major upsets of the Chargers and Colts on Sunday, nobody selected a perfect card in Lucky's $100,000 Progressive Carryover Contest for Week 1. The prize doubles to $12,000 for this week's upcoming contest covering all the Sunday games plus Monday night.

Players can still signup to play the contest this and every week. Picks can be submitted starting Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 12 noon through Sunday at 9 a.m. at any Lucky's Sports Book or Terrible's Southern Nevada sports book.

It's finally here.

The defending Super Bowl champions and favored New York Giants defeated the Washington Redskins 16-7 at The Meadowlands to open the 2008-2009 pro football regular season on Thursday night.

It's the first football season for Lucky's Race & Sports Books since we began taking bets in July. We have lots of promotions and events set for our rapidly expanding network of race and sports books throughout Nevada.

Entries are coming in at a swift pace in our free $100,000 Progressive Carryover Contest. There's still plenty of time to get into the weekly contest, and it's easy to play with no point spreads involved. Selections for Week 1 must be submitted to any Lucky's location or Terrible's Casinos Southern Nevada sports book by 9 a.m. Sunday.

Lucky's Parlay Cards for Pro Football Week 1 are out. We have six varieties available at all five of our locations: Half Point, Ties Win, First Half, Sunday/Monday Nite, Teaser and Super Teaser. This Sunday, anybody betting at least $20 worth of Lucky's parlay cards will receive a free Lucky's cap embroidered with the name of the casino location on the back.

With football season rapidly approaching, there's a lot happening at Lucky's Race & Sports Books and we're working hard to make sure we provide the best possible sports wagering experience.

On Monday, August 25, we open our fifth location: Casino Fandango in Carson City. We're excited to bring our premium brand and extensive wagering menu to the nicest property in Nevada's capital. Customers customers will see the same wagering options that have been popular at other Lucky's throughout the state, including pages of unique props and futures on everything from Pro Football to Golf to Auto Racing.

We've started sign-ups for our Pro Football Progressive Carryover Contest, which offers more than $100,000 in prize money. The weekly contest is completely free to enter with $6,000 up for grabs to any player who can select a perfect 15-for-15 winners (without the pointspread) during the Sunday and Monday night games. If nobody selects all the games correctly, the $6,000 will roll over and be added to the following week's prize money. You can play the contest at any Lucky's Sports Book, plus all the Terrible's Casinos in southern Nevada: Terrible's Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Terrible's Primm Valley, Buffalo Bill's and Whiskey Pete's in Primm and Terrible's Lakeside and Terrible's Town in Pahrump.

Wagering has been brisk at Lucky's since we opened at the Plaza in downtown Vegas on Aug. 1.

There was a line to place the first bet before we opened the book at 8:30 a.m. that Friday morning and business has continued at an excellent clip since then. There's been quite a buzz among sports bettors about our large and unique wagering menu. People are stopping in to see what kind of cool stuff we're taking action on.

The positive press coverage of Lucky's continued today. Jeff Haney wrote a great column in today's Las Vegas Sun about our extensive betting menu that includes lines on every game for all 17 weeks of the Pro Football season. We also got a nice mention in the USA Today's Game On! blog.

Friday, August 1 is an exciting day for Lucky's Race & Sports Book as we officially open our first Las Vegas location downtown at the Plaza Hotel & Casino.

The Lucky's sign is up and we are ready for action at the Plaza, which is said to the the oldest continuously operating sports book in downtown Vegas. Located at One Main Street, at the head of Fremont Street, the Plaza also home to the largest book in all of downtown and the very cool Dome Ultra Sports Lounge, which will have a betting window open during football season. We are planning renovations, including new flat-screen TVs and betting stations, in the coming months that will modernize the book while retaining it's "old Vegas" charm.

Lucky's will have -- by far -- the biggest and most exciting wagering menu downtown. Dave Tuley of ViewFromVegas.com wrote a terrific column for Saturday's Daily Racing Form that mentions some of our extensive betting options.