Devils LLC made a late Halloween arrival, landing atop the Las Vegas Hilton SuperContest in Week 9 with a 4-0-1 mark.
The inning is at 33 1/2 points and leads Eaglesfans4 Stan; Foolish, Tormented and Blessed; ANC and Maximillion for two complete games.
Maximillion went 5-0 to move into a top 5 money spot.
The champion wins $303,000 and the top 20 finishers will receive cash.
Foolish, Tormented and Blessed went 3-1-1, Eaglesfans4 Stan went 2-2-1, and ANC went 1-3-1.
Feral Child is three games behind the leader and BDJTW and Class Sports Service are another half game behind.
The season, which ends on New Year’s Day, is more than halfway over and Indianapolis, an easy winner over defending champion New England on Monday night, is the NFL’s only unbeaten club with an 8-0 record.
Hilton players paid $1,500 per buy-in and make five pro picks weekly against a point spread that is filed Tuesday.
They get one point for a win and a half point for a push.
The NFL got its second push of the season Sunday when Chicago (minus 3) and New Orleans tied.
Consensus top pick Green Bay, which got 6 from the visit to Pittsburgh, lost to reduce the best bets to 5-4-1, including a week in which there were two main plays.
The favorites dominated, winning nine games, losing three and pushing one.
The consensus line was 9-4-1 to go to 70-62-2 on the year.
Among the members of the Professional Handicappers League, Brian Gabrielle and Lynda Collins lead the way, going 4-1 last week and moving into the top 12% of the field with a total of 26 points.
Big Al McMordie and Bryan Leonard both struggled from 0-5 weeks to stay where they were after Week 8. McMordie has 25 points and Leonard has 19.
Big Al’s second inning went 3-2 and he has 23 points, as does Vegas Vic (David Rice), who went 4-0-1.
Mike Lineback was 2-3 with 21 1/2 points and Tursini Sports was also 2-3 with 18.
Players posted a dozen 5-0s, nine 0-5s and nine no-cards.
The prestigious SuperContest, Las Vegas’ most coveted soccer championship, drew a record 505 entries.
