The Circa Survivor contest is still on track to shatter last year’s record prize pool of $14.2 million and Circa Million VII is on pace for a record number of contestants as well.

But less than two weeks before the Sept. 6 entry deadline, Circa Sports is on the hook for a $7.5 million overlay, or the amount of money the sportsbook must add to the prize pool in addition to the entry fees, which are $1,000 each.

There were 10,223 entries Monday morning in Survivor, which needs 15,000 entries to meet its $15 million in guaranteed prize money.

Sign-ups were recently 40 percent ahead of last year’s pace for a projected prize pool of $20 million. But the pool is now expected to fall just shy of that mark, according to Mike Palm, vice president of operations for Circa, D Las Vegas and Golden G

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