The company initially operated out of Liberman's house. History ĭraftKings was established in 2012 by Jason Robins, Matthew Kalish, and Paul Liberman, former Vistaprint employees. ĭraftKings became a publicly traded company through a reverse merger with SBTech, a Bulgarian technology company, and special-purpose acquisition company Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp in April 2020. As of July 2017, DraftKings had eight million users. However, the merger was terminated in July 2017- blocked by the Federal Trade Commission to prevent potential monopoly, as the combined company would have controlled 90 percent of the market for daily fantasy sports. In November 2016, FanDuel and DraftKings, the two largest companies in the daily fantasy sports industry, reached an agreement to merge. states consider fantasy sports (including daily fantasy sports) a game of skill, rather than gambling. Since launching in New Jersey, DraftKings has opened mobile sports betting operations in Connecticut, Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New Hampshire on Decemafter reaching agreement with the New Hampshire Lottery. The company allows users to enter daily and weekly fantasy sports–related contests and win money based on individual player performances in five major American sports (the MLB, the NHL, the NFL, the NBA and the PGA), Premier League and UEFA Champions League football, NASCAR auto racing, Canadian Football League, the XFL, mixed martial arts (MMA), Boxing, Tennis, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and WWE.ĭraftKings launched DraftKings Sportsbook in New Jersey. (21+ only.DraftKings is an American daily fantasy sports contest and sports betting company. * Gambler's Anonymous Contact Information. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER and visit /r/problemgambling /r/sportscontests - Paid and free sports contests.Ģ1+ only./r/sportsbookreview - Review the books you use.Up to $250 or $500 in Bonus Bets Click for Promoĭevigger Tool | Devigger Explanation | Devigger Update Up to $1500 Back in Bonus Bets Click for Promo Up to $1000 Back in Bonus Bets Click for Promoīet $5 Get $200 in Bonus Bets Click for Promoīet $5 Get $250 in Bonus Bets Click for PromoĢnd Chance Free Bet Up to $500 Click for Promo Selling of picks is not allowed here and will be removed by the moderators.Ĭlick here to join our Discord chat Desktop, iOS, and Android apps available! Sportsbook Please try to keep all discussions under the daily threads. If you want to discuss your individual parlay/bet, individual games or props then /r/sportsbookextra is what you are looking for.

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