# NFL Wild Card Race Odds - Live Simulation

**Use case:** 

Simulate the NFL wild card race 30,000 times on the real remaining schedule. Returns the wild card probability for every team alongside division and overall playoff odds, so you can see who is genuinely alive and who is being carried by an easy closing stretch.

## Input

```json
{
  "iterations": 30000,
  "regressionGames": 6,
  "pythagoreanWeight": 0.65,
  "homeFieldAdvantage": 0.2,
  "strengthUncertainty": 0.16,
  "tieProbability": 0.004,
  "edgeThreshold": 0.05,
  "bankroll": 1000,
  "maxPerPositionPct": 0.02,
  "maxTotalExposurePct": 0.06,
  "marketProbabilities": []
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "division": {
    "label": "Division"
  },
  "team": {
    "label": "Team"
  },
  "projectedWins": {
    "label": "Projected wins"
  },
  "fairDivisionProbability": {
    "label": "Division %"
  },
  "fairWildCardProbability": {
    "label": "Wild card %"
  },
  "fairPlayoffProbability": {
    "label": "Playoff %"
  },
  "fairTopSeedProbability": {
    "label": "Top seed %"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [NFL Playoff Odds API - Monte Carlo Simulator](https://apify.com/commodus67/nfl-playoff-odds-api-monte-carlo-simulator.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/commodus67/nfl-playoff-odds-api-monte-carlo-simulator.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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