Still Time to Play and Win Big as Triple Bonus Points for the Championship Keeps $1,000,000 Grand Prize in Reach for All - Enter at fantasyfishing.com - Deadline Aug. 13 MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 6
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Throngs of fishing fans and fantasy
sports players from around the world will turn their attention to Atlanta on
Aug. 21 when the first million dollar prize will be awarded in fantasy sports
history. But don't assume it's for fantasy football. Because the biggest game
in town is FLW Fantasy Fishing -- which will crown its first champion and
award a guaranteed $1 million grand prize to a player who has accumulated the
most points over a seven-tournament fantasy fishing season.
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In its first season, FLW Fantasy Fishing has rocketed to the top of the
fantasy sports world, gaining fans from all over the globe attracted to the
game's $7.3 million in cash and prizes, representing the highest payout of any
fantasy sports game in the world. FLW Fantasy Fishing, which is free, fun and
easy to play, asks players to select 10 pro bass anglers from among the 200
anglers fishing the Wal-Mart FLW Tour, the nation's premier professional bass
tournament circuit, a series of seven tournaments that kicked-off in February
2008 and will climax with the Forrest Wood Cup, the crown jewel of
professional bass fishing, during the weekend of Aug. 14-17, in Columbia, S.C.
"The response to FLW Fantasy Fishing has been phenomenal. It's only our
first year but we've already attracted players from all over the world and
have awarded prizes to players in Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, South
Africa, and believe it or not, Estonia," said Irwin Jacobs, chairman of FLW
Outdoors(R) and creator of FLW Fantasy Fishing. He added, "Atlanta is the
perfect place to crown our first FLW Fantasy Fishing champion. It's a world
city located in the heart of bass country. I can't wait to personally present
a $1 million check to our grand prize winner."
FLW Fantasy Fishing will invite the top 15 overall points leaders to a
suspense-filled event that will take place at Centennial Olympic Park in
downtown Atlanta, Ga., starting at 11:30 a.m. EDT. The $1 million bass pro
champion of the Forrest Wood Cup will unveil the first $1 million champion of
FLW Fantasy Fishing -- the player who has accumulated the most points over
seven tournaments. In addition to the $1 million champion, the top 15
finalists will walk away with prizes such as a new Chevy Silverado (a $40,000
value), a $25,000 Wal-Mart gift card, a $20,000 BP gas card and a Ranger Z19
bass fishing boat (a $52,000 value). Also, the winner of the last tournament
of the season will receive a check for $100,000.
The $1 Million FLW Fantasy Fishing event will begin at 11:30 a.m. EDT and
conclude with a free concert sponsored by Centennial Olympic Park. The event
is free and open to the public and will include free Berkley fishing rod and
reel combos for the first 1,000 attendees and free FLW Fantasy Fishing
t-shirts. A convoy of 15 Wal-Mart FLW Tour bass fishing rigs will bring each
of the 15 FLW Fantasy Fishing finalists to the event.
FLW Fantasy Fishing has attracted a wide array of players such as a
suburban mom from Little Rock, Ark., and an 18-year-old high school senior
from San Francisco, both of whom won $100,000 for coming in first place during
their respective FLW Fantasy Fishing tournaments conducted earlier this year.
So far, after six FLW Fantasy Fishing tournaments, nearly 4,000 players around
the globe have won prizes, including six players who each won $100,000 for
coming in first place for each FLW Fantasy Fishing tournament.
"It's just like fantasy football, but with fish," said Shellee Kuykendall,
winner of FLW Fantasy Fishing's sixth tournament. "But, unlike fantasy
football, which my husband played all the time, the prizes are incredible and
even someone like me, who doesn't know anything about fantasy sports or
fishing, can play and win."
And, there's still a chance for anyone to grab some of those prizes --
even if you haven't entered any of FLW Fantasy Fishing's previous tournaments.
With a deadline of Aug. 13 fast approaching, anyone (18 years or older) can
enter the seventh and final tournament in the FLW Fantasy Fishing season.
Fantasy fishing players will select 10 bass pros from among the 77 bass pros
who will compete in the Forrest Wood Cup, the championship tournament in the
Wal-Mart FLW Tour. What's unique about this last tournament is that triple
bonus points will be offered to players whose fantasy bass pros make it into
the final round of the tournament, when the 10 best bass pros compete for $1
million.
For this seventh tournament, $100,000 will be awarded to the FLW Fantasy
Fishing player who accumulates the most points based on the performance of his
or her fantasy fishing team. About 580 other prizes will be awarded in
addition to the $100,000 tournament prize.
In another twist, the $5 Million Exacta Seven Bonus, which is awarded to
the first player to correctly rank the top seven anglers in a row, still
remains unclaimed for the season. The odds of a player hitting the bonus in
the Wal-Mart FLW Tour season finale are greatly improved as the Forrest Wood
Cup championship features a reduced field of only the top 77 anglers versus
the standard roster of 200 pro anglers.
How FLW Fantasy Fishing Works
FLW Fantasy Fishing is free to play and is open to adults, 18 and older,
throughout the world, wherever it is legal to play. Participants log onto
FantasyFishing.com and register to enter the game. Players can sign up any
time during the season, up until Aug. 13, 2008, the day before the Forrest
Wood Cup championship tournament.
Prior to each Wal-Mart FLW Tour tournament, FLW Fantasy Fishing
participants select a fantasy team of 10 FLW pro bass anglers. Participants
earn points for each tournament, based on the performance (placement in the
designated tournament) of their fantasy team pro anglers. Participants can win
prizes for an individual tournament as well as accumulate points over seven
designated tournaments to be eligible for a $1 million cash prize, which will
be awarded to the participant with the highest overall points for the season.
Seven $100,000 first-place prizes go to the participants who earn the most
points for each tournament. A $5 million bonus will be paid to the first
player to correctly rank the top seven finishers in a tournament. Participants
can subscribe to Player's Advantage to get the edge when selecting their team
by accessing expert advice, inside information and cutting-edge statistical
tools.
The Wal-Mart FLW Tour consists of seven tournaments, including:
-- Lake Toho (Kissimmee, Fla.): Feb. 28 - March 2, 2008
-- Lewis Smith Lake (Jasper, Ala.): April 3 - 6, 2008
-- National Guard Open - Lake Norman (Charlotte, N.C.): April 24 - 27,
2008
-- Wal-Mart Open - Beaver Lake (Rogers, Ark.): May 15 - 18, 2008
-- Fort Loudoun-Tellico Lakes (Knoxville, Tenn.): June 19 - 22, 2008
-- Chevy Open - Detroit River (Detroit, Mich.): July 10 - 13, 2008
-- Forrest Wood Cup at Lake Murray (Columbia, S.C.): Aug. 14 - 17, 2008
About FLW Outdoors
FLW Outdoors(R) is named after the legendary founder of Ranger(R) Boats,
Forrest L. Wood, and it conducts the following tournament circuits:
-- Wal-Mart(TM) FLW Tour(R)
-- Wal-Mart(TM) FLW(R) Series
-- Stren(TM) Series
-- Wal-Mart(TM) Bass Fishing League
-- Wal-Mart(TM) FLW(R) Walleye Tour
-- Wal-Mart(TM) FLW(R) Walleye League
-- Wal-Mart(TM) FLW(R) Kingfish Tour
-- Wal-Mart(TM) FLW(R) Kingfish Series
-- Wal-Mart(TM) FLW(R) Redfish Series
-- Wal-Mart(TM) FLW(R) Striper Series
These circuits offer combined purses of more than $40 million through 230
events in 2008.
Wal-Mart and many of America's largest and most respected companies
support FLW Outdoors and its tournament trails. Wal-Mart signed on as an FLW
Outdoors sponsor in 1997 and today is the world's leading supporter of
tournament fishing. For more information about Wal-Mart, visit Walmart.com .
For more information about FLW Outdoors and its tournaments, browse
FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000.
FLW(R) is a registered trademark of FLW Outdoors, Inc. Note: For a
complete list of rules for the FLW Fantasy Fishing, visit
http://www.fantasyfishing.com .
SOURCE FLW Outdoors
