I hate the weekly winner thing. It's a complete waste of effort. It's like trying to hit the golf ball in the ring for a million dollars and having an unlimited amount of balls.
If you miss just hit another one. I personally am trying to get in the top 10. I was up to number 26 but had two off days and am now at number 169. I think the weekly winners will not have a chance for the million since they really didn't make a great deal of good picks, they just got luck once or twice.