{"id":114093,"date":"2019-09-04T15:40:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T22:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=114093"},"modified":"2019-09-04T16:04:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T23:04:48","slug":"nbc-is-launching-a-free-pick-contest-for-sunday-night-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nbc-is-launching-a-free-pick-contest-for-sunday-night-football\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Sports Rolls Out Free Pick ‘Em Contest Just in Time For Sunday Night Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBC Sports is looking to give fans another reason to tune-in to Sunday Night Football (SNF) with the debut of a free pick contest with real cash prizes.<\/p>\n

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Sunday Night Football could be a bit more interesting this year with a pick contest for real money. (Image: Parade)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The SNF team is calling Thursday’s Green Bay Packers\/Chicago Bears tilt, the first game of the 2019 NFL regular season. But the pick competition will be made available to fans prior to the start of Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers\/New England Patriots contest.<\/p>\n

\u201cSunday Night 7,\u201d as the game is called, is similar to other predictive gaming efforts that were tested around the NFL during the preseason. Such contests pose questions to fans pertaining to in-game outcomes, such as what team will score first, what quarterback will throw for the most yards, and what receiver will have the most receptions.<\/p>\n

\u201cSunday Night 7\u201d will be free to play, but features $100,000 in guaranteed weekly prizes and $2 million in rewards over the course of the season.<\/p>\n

The NFL free-to-play prediction game, Sunday Night 7, is a weekly game that features seven-question contests focused on the upcoming NBC game, providing viewers with a new way to engage, and additional rooting interests every Sunday evening,\u201d said NBC Sports in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SNF is NBC’s marquee program and serves as a major driver of advertising dollars<\/a> for the broadcaster. The network says the Sunday night NFL program has been the top-rated primetime show in the US for eight straight years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Broadcast Gamification<\/h2>\n

Although predictive gaming isn’t wagering because participants don’t risk any of their own capital, leagues, networks, and teams view these offerings as ways to boost audience engagement. Data confirm that fans that are financially committed to a game are more likely<\/a> to watch that competition on television than those without a stake in the outcome.<\/p>\n

NBC’s \u201cSunday Night 7\u201d isn’t the network’s first effort at broadcast \u201cgamification.\u201d The broadcaster offers similar predicting gaming contests when it’s airing the English Premier League (EPL), NASCAR, and PGA Golf.<\/p>\n

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NBC Sports Washington, the network’s affiliate in the nation’s capitol, ran a free predictive contest<\/a> with cash prizes during the Washington Redskins recently completed NFL exhibition season. Top performers in that game earned cash rewards of up to $1,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Los Angeles Rams also tinkered<\/a> with a similar competition, known as \u201cRams Pick ‘Em,\u201d during the preseason, but cash wasn’t on the line in that game.<\/p>\n

What’s Next<\/h2>\n

There are sure to be plenty of competitors in SNF’s \u201cSunday Night 7.\u201d Last year, the program averaged total audience delivery of 19.6 million viewers per broadcast, and was the dominant program in the 18-49 age range, which includes prized demographics such as millennials and Gen Z. In 2018, SNF’s viewership was 52 percent above the most-viewed scripted show, CBS’s \u201cThe Big Bang Theory.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

After this Sunday’s game, six of SNF’s 2019 broadcasts involve teams from Los Angeles and Chicago, the second- and third-largest US media markets, respectively. Another three feature the Dallas Cowboys, one of the most watched teams in the league. The defending Super Bowl champions, the New England Patriots, also appear on SNF three times this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NBC Sports is looking to give fans another reason to tune-in to Sunday Night Football (SNF) with the debut of a free pick contest with real cash prizes. The SNF team is calling Thursday’s Green Bay Packers\/Chicago Bears tilt, the first game of the 2019 NFL regular season. 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