Football fans in Florida have a shot at a massive cash prize this NFL season through the new Hard Rock Bet $2 Million NFL Survivor Contest, a free-to-enter survivor pool running from NFL Week 4 through Week 17.
The concept is simple: pick winners, stay alive and outlast the competition to earn a piece of $2 million in cash.
How Hard Rock Bet’s Survivor Pool works
If you’re unfamiliar with NFL Survivor contests, let’s break this one down in detail:
Each week, entrants select one NFL team they believe will win its game. These are moneyline picks — winners, so the point spread won’t factor in at all. If the team you pick wins, you survive to the next week. If your team loses or ties, you’re eliminated.
However, there’s one important caveat: you can’t pick the same NFL team twice. Participants will need to decide when to use each team as the season progresses.
Players who fail to submit a pick are also eliminated, and there are no mulligans or second chances.
Oh, and this one is a Florida exclusive. Only players in the state of Florida will be able to make picks.
Submit Your Picks in the Hard Rock Bet App
All picks will be submitted directly through the Survivor tab within the Hard Rock Bet App. Picks can be made for each week of the season in advance, and players can change their pick at any time until the game they’ve selected kicks off.
Survivor Starts in Week 4
Perhaps the biggest quirk of the Hard Rock Bet Survivor contest is that it doesn’t begin until Week 4. Entrants can begin making picks for the Thursday night game on October 1st through the Monday night game on October 5th. The Week 4 start allows players to study the early, turbulent weeks of the season and start this $2 Million contest armed with a host of valuable insights and opinions.
Double Weeks
Notably, both Week 12 (Thanksgiving) and Week 16 (Christmas) will be double weeks, requiring participants to make two separate selections… so plan accordingly.
$2 Million Up For Grabs
Florida’s biggest free survivor contest comes with a $2 million prize pool. Anyone who is still alive after Week 17 of the NFL season will take home an equal share. If there’s one sole Survivor? They’ve got a $2 million payout headed their way. Two remaining players? We’re minting two millionaires. Twenty Survivors? That’s $100K each, and so on.
As the contest progresses we’ll update the Hard Rock Bet Survivor homepage with the remaining entrants and their current share of the $2 million pot.
How to Enter
The Hard Rock Bet Survivor Contest is completely free to enter – no bet is required to participate.
To be eligible, players must be at least 21 years old, have a verified Hard Rock Bet account and be physically located in Florida when making their picks. Entrants must also have made at least one eligible cash deposit with Hard Rock Bet before the entry deadline on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
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