Introducing the Novig Blue Blazer Jackpot - 500k Up for Grabs

This week, as the world’s best golfers descend on the First Major of 2026 for one of the most anticipated tournaments of the year, Novig is giving our users a chance to win big alongside them. The Blue Blazer Jackpot is coming, here is everything you need to know about it. 

What Is the Novig Blue Blazer Jackpot?

The Blue Blazer Jackpot is a 500,000 Novig Cash giveaway running across all four days of the First Major Tournament, from April 9 through April 12, 2026. It is open to all eligible Novig users and gives you the chance to win a share of the prize pool simply by trading on the outright winner of the tournament.

The concept is straightforward. Each day of the tournament, you opt in through the Novig app or website, claim your daily token, and apply that token to a Yes position on a golfer to win in the outright market. If your golfer wins the tournament, you receive an equal share of the 500,000 Novig Cash prize pool for every winning token you hold. The more days you enter and the more tokens you accumulate on the right golfer, the larger your potential payout.

Why the Blue Blazer?

One participant in the Blue Blazer Jackpot will receive the first-ever Novig Blue Blazer, delivered in person by a LIV Golf player at a future date, along with a set of additional perks that we will be sharing more details on soon. It is a prize that has never existed before and will never be replicated in quite the same way. There will only ever be one first Novig Blue Blazer recipient.

How to Enter: A Step by Step Guide

Entering the Blue Blazer Jackpot is designed to be simple, but there are a few important mechanics to understand before you get started.

Step 1: Opt In Daily

The promotion runs on a daily opt-in basis. Each day of the tournament has its own token window, and you need to actively opt in through the Novig app or website during that window to claim your token for the day. Tokens that are not claimed within the daily window are forfeited and cannot be carried over to the next day.

The daily windows are as follows:

• Day 1: Wednesday April 8 at 12:00 p.m. ET to Thursday April 9 at 12:00 p.m. ET
• Day 2: Thursday April 9 at 7:00 p.m. ET to Friday April 10 at 12:00 p.m. ET
• Day 3: Friday April 10 at 7:00 p.m. ET to Saturday April 11 at 12:00 p.m. ET
• Day 4: Saturday April 11 at 7:00 p.m. ET to Sunday April 12 at 2:00 p.m. ET

Step 2: Claim Your Token

Once you have opted in, you receive one token for that day. Over the course of the full tournament, you can accumulate a maximum of four tokens, one for each day.

Step 3: Apply Your Token to a Qualifying Trade

Each token must be applied to a qualifying trade at the time of purchase. A qualifying trade is a Yes position on a specific golfer to win in the outright winner market for the First Major Tournament. The minimum trade size is 5 Novig Cash. Tokens cannot be applied retroactively to trades you have already placed, and each token can only be applied to one trade.

Step 4: Repeat Each Day

You can opt in and claim a new token each day of the tournament. Your tokens do not all have to go on the same golfer. You can put all four on the player you believe will win, or you can spread them across multiple golfers as the leaderboard develops and your read on the tournament evolves. Every token carries equal weight regardless of which day it was claimed, so there is no strategic advantage to saving your tokens for later in the week.

How the Prize Pool Works

The total prize pool is 500,000 Novig Cash, and it is split equally among all tokens that were applied to the winning golfer. The math is simple: divide 500,000 by the total number of winning tokens, and that is your payout per token. 

For instance, if 1,000 tokens in total are applied to the winning golfer, each token pays out 500 Novig Cash. If you held three tokens on that golfer, you would receive 1,500 Novig Cash. The fewer tokens that land on the winner, the larger each individual payout becomes, which means that backing a less favored player carries real upside if they go on to win the tournament.

There is one important rule to keep in mind. If you sell or cash out of a position that has a token applied to it, that token is forfeited and you are no longer eligible for a payout on it. Once you commit a token to a trade, the best way to protect your entry is to hold your position through to the end of the tournament.

Prize payouts will be credited to winning accounts as Novig Cash bonuses within 24 hours of the tournament concluding. In the event of a playoff, the playoff winner is treated as the official tournament winner for the purposes of this promotion.

Who Should You Back?

That is the question that makes this interesting. Novig is proud to be partnered with LIV Golf this week, and seven of the world’s best LIV golfers will be competing at Augusta, Georgia with Novig on their sleeves: Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson, Cameron Smith, Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell Hatton, Charl Schwartzel, and Tom McKibbin.

Between them, these seven players have four First Major victories and a combined depth of major championship experience that puts them among the most credible contenders in the field. Jon Rahm won at Augusta, Georgia in 2023 and has been one of the most consistent players in the world since joining LIV. Dustin Johnson is a past champion with 15 appearances at Augusta, Georgia and an intimate knowledge of how to win there. Cameron Smith, Sergio Garcia, and Charl Schwartzel each know what it feels like to come out on the other side of a Sunday at Augusta, Georgia as the champion. 

For a fuller breakdown of each player, their First Major history, and what to watch for this week, head to our player guide here.

A Note on Eligibility

To participate in the Blue Blazer Jackpot, you need an active Novig account in good standing and must be located in a jurisdiction where Novig is available and legally permitted to operate. Full terms and conditions are available on the promotion landing page, and all standard Novig Terms of Use apply.

If you do not have a Novig account yet, now is a good time to sign up. The Day 1 token window opens on Wednesday, April 8 at 12:00 p.m. ET, which means you have time to get set up before the first entries go live.

This Is Only the Beginning

The Blue Blazer Jackpot is Novig’s first major sports partnership activation, and we are approaching it by building something that actually rewards our users for engaging with the markets they care about. A 500,000 prize pool, a once-in-a-lifetime physical prize, and a full week of live golf markets to trade across. We think that combination is pretty hard to beat. 

Opt in from April 8, back your pick, and let’s see who takes home the Blue Blazer.