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Isle has first perfect football picker of the year

A Pompano Beach man is $2,000 richer after picking all 14 NFL game this weekend correctly -- against the spread -- in the Isle Casino & Racing's $1 Million Pro Football Challenge.

The man, who the casino identified as "Richard L," played two tickets, according to the casino. (You get one ticket per day when you visit the casino.) He usually plays only one ticket per week, but this week got a second ticket, and changed the games he wasn't sure about.

The casino's football contest awards $1,000 a week cash to whoever picks the most games correctly. It throws in a $1,000 free play bonus if you have a perfect week, like Richard did. There's also a $2,500 bonus for winning and nailing the Monday night game -- pretty long odds, although my quick pick ticket this week had Vikings 42, Packers 14. The final was 30-23, but emotionally it felt like a 42-14.

The game is called the $1 million challenge because if you hit two-thirds of the games against the spread for the season -- odds of that happening are pretty remote -- you get $1 million. We're only into week four, so I'm not checking yet to see if anyone's sniffing at the big money.

I'm not much of an NFL predictor, especially against the spread, but I'm curious: Was this a particularly easy week for picking, with seven games carrying lines of more than 7 points?

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