That was my take also, I dont know for sure if the appreciation in BTC price since contest started has helped the viability of the contest prize vs takings but either way I think we can call this a big success and its done the job of be eyecatching and immediate 'sell' in terms of getting people involved.
   It might even help BTC overall because of the deposit thing, whats the downside to speculating on a small 0.05 BTC deposit, getting interest on that after deposit and receiving a chance of a dream supercar.    I like thats a thing, maybe next time we could go with the current meta and have like Tesla or 10x of them if they are becoming more affordable.   Sell the green side to it all, I forget which country it is I read about, maybe Norway that only allows parking for electric cars and free pass through towns and so on.   Its very biased but I can understand from the air quality point of view, I know London gives no congestion charge for zero emission vehicles (also 9 seater old Land Rovers btw).   Obviously the capital issue matters but the running costs of an electric car is potentially great vs the Lambo running cost for me I dont know if I could afford it though it'd be a nice dilemena to have for sure.

Jumped the gun slightly there, some delay is the practise on most gambling sites as they schedule all withdrawal requests together to save fees I imagine.