Community Guidelines

PERMITTED BEHAVIORS

Social behavior that is a natural part of the DraftKings experience and consistent with fair and competitive play, as determined by DraftKings in its sole discretion, includes the following:

All Contest Formats: Exchanging ideas regarding contest strategy, constructing lineups, or the quality of picks publicly or privately.

Example

Participating in a Discord chat with peers to discuss and debate which athletes or teams may perform well.

All Contest Formats: Competing in a contest against friends or other Fantasy Sports opponents that you know personally.

Example A

You and a friend compete in the same single-entry contest to see who can construct a better lineup.

Example B

You and a family member participate in the same multi-entry contest against the field, provided you are competing independently and against each other, as determined by DraftKings in its sole discretion.

All Contest Formats: Using reference materials from content creators, projections, lineup construction tools, coaching sites, or other media sources to help you skillfully build your lineups.

Example

Utilizing a fantasy content site's tools and baseline projections to construct a portfolio of entries across multiple contests, while independently applying your own judgment and skill.

Contests That Begin With A Live Draft: Applying strategy to compete effectively within a draft.

Example A

Slightly deviating from current average draft position (“ADP”) as part of a competitive strategy.

Example B

Drafting a quarterback or tight end earlier than current ADP to avoid limited options in the next round of the draft, or to prevent an opponent from completing their projected stack when it may benefit your lineup.

Contests That Begin With A Live Draft: Drafting athletes in later rounds that may be overlooked by the field (commonly referred to as “sleepers”).

Example

Incorporating a contrarian long-shot strategy by selecting an athlete late in the draft based on the potential for an expanded role or increased value.

All Contest Formats: Entering a variety of contests, up to the maximum permitted by the Player First Initiative's Enhanced Contest Eligibility and Single Entry Limits features.

Example

Entering a variety of guaranteed and non-guaranteed contests within the same game set during a Sunday afternoon slate of football games, up to the amount permitted.

All Contest Formats: Learning strategies from your peers to improve at Fantasy Sports.

Example A

Teaching friends or family members strategies to construct lineups for DraftKings Fantasy Sports contests, provided lineup decisions are based on each participant’s own independent judgment.

Example B

Following fantasy content creators to learn lineup construction strategies and independently apply those insights to your own entries.

UNPERMITTED BEHAVIORS

Group play behavior that, in DraftKings’ sole discretion, may create an unfair advantage over others in a contest, regardless of intent, is not permitted. Such behavior includes the following:

Multi-Entry Contests: Coordinating with others to build and submit complementary lineups that may create an unfair advantage over individual play (commonly referred to as "collusive behavior").

Example A

You and a friend coordinate the construction of your lineups that may minimize direct competition with each other in the same multi-entry contest.

Example B

A group of friends collaborates in football contests, each drafting different quarterbacks and wide receivers to minimize direct competition with each other.

Contests That Begin With A Live Draft: Disruptive conduct that may impact the integrity of a contest or tournament.

Example

Drafting in a manner that undermines competitive balance of the contest, as determined by DraftKings in its sole discretion.

All Contest Formats: Allowing someone else to use your account, or logging into another person’s account.

Example A

A friend borrows your account because that friend’s own account is restricted.

Example B

You give a friend access to your account to submit lineups for you while you are physically located in a jurisdiction where DraftKings does not offer Fantasy Sports contests.

All Contest Formats: Directing another person to use their account to submit entries on your behalf or using your own account to submit entries for someone else.

Example A

A Fantasy Sports contest's guaranteed prize pool contest has a maximum entry limit of 150. After reaching that limit, you ask a friend to enter additional lineups to the contest on your behalf.

Example B

After reaching the Pick6 pickable limit for an athlete, you direct a friend to submit additional entries using the same picks on your behalf to circumvent entry limits.

PERMITTED BEHAVIORS

Social behavior that is a natural part of the DraftKings experience and consistent with fair and competitive play, as determined by DraftKings in its sole discretion, includes the following:

All Contest Formats: Exchanging ideas regarding contest strategy, constructing lineups, or the quality of picks publicly or privately.

Example

Participating in a Discord chat with peers to discuss and debate which athletes or teams may perform well.

All Contest Formats: Competing in a contest against friends or other Fantasy Sports opponents that you know personally.

Example A

You and a friend compete in the same single-entry contest to see who can construct a better lineup.

Example B

You and a family member participate in the same multi-entry contest against the field, provided you are competing independently and against each other, as determined by DraftKings in its sole discretion.

All Contest Formats: Using reference materials from content creators, projections, lineup construction tools, coaching sites, or other media sources to help you skillfully build your lineups.

Example

Utilizing a fantasy content site's tools and baseline projections to construct a portfolio of entries across multiple contests, while independently applying your own judgment and skill.

Contests That Begin With A Live Draft: Applying strategy to compete effectively within a draft.

Example A

Slightly deviating from current average draft position (“ADP”) as part of a competitive strategy.

Example B

Drafting a quarterback or tight end earlier than current ADP to avoid limited options in the next round of the draft, or to prevent an opponent from completing their projected stack when it may benefit your lineup.

Contests That Begin With A Live Draft: Drafting athletes in later rounds that may be overlooked by the field (commonly referred to as “sleepers”).

Example

Incorporating a contrarian long-shot strategy by selecting an athlete late in the draft based on the potential for an expanded role or increased value.

All Contest Formats: Entering a variety of contests, up to the maximum permitted by the Player First Initiative's Enhanced Contest Eligibility and Single Entry Limits features.

Example

Entering a variety of guaranteed and non-guaranteed contests within the same game set during a Sunday afternoon slate of football games, up to the amount permitted.

All Contest Formats: Learning strategies from your peers to improve at Fantasy Sports.

Example A

Teaching friends or family members strategies to construct lineups for DraftKings Fantasy Sports contests, provided lineup decisions are based on each participant’s own independent judgment.

Example B

Following fantasy content creators to learn lineup construction strategies and independently apply those insights to your own entries.

UNPERMITTED BEHAVIORS

Group play behavior that, in DraftKings’ sole discretion, may create an unfair advantage over others in a contest, regardless of intent, is not permitted. Such behavior includes the following:

Multi-Entry Contests: Coordinating with others to build and submit complementary lineups that may create an unfair advantage over individual play (commonly referred to as "collusive behavior").

Example A

You and a friend coordinate the construction of your lineups that may minimize direct competition with each other in the same multi-entry contest.

Example B

A group of friends collaborates in football contests, each drafting different quarterbacks and wide receivers to minimize direct competition with each other.

Contests That Begin With A Live Draft: Disruptive conduct that may impact the integrity of a contest or tournament.

Example

Drafting in a manner that undermines competitive balance of the contest, as determined by DraftKings in its sole discretion.

All Contest Formats: Allowing someone else to use your account, or logging into another person’s account.

Example A

A friend borrows your account because that friend’s own account is restricted.

Example B

You give a friend access to your account to submit lineups for you while you are physically located in a jurisdiction where DraftKings does not offer Fantasy Sports contests.

All Contest Formats: Directing another person to use their account to submit entries on your behalf or using your own account to submit entries for someone else.

Example A

A Fantasy Sports contest's guaranteed prize pool contest has a maximum entry limit of 150. After reaching that limit, you ask a friend to enter additional lineups to the contest on your behalf.

Example B

After reaching the Pick6 pickable limit for an athlete, you direct a friend to submit additional entries using the same picks on your behalf to circumvent entry limits.

FANTASY SPORTS COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

DraftKings is committed to ensuring a fair and competitive experience for all

FANTASY SPORTS COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

DraftKings is committed to ensuring a fair and competitive experience for all

PERMITTED BEHAVIORS

All Contest Formats: Exchanging ideas regarding contest strategy, constructing lineups, or the quality of picks publicly or privately.

All Contest Formats: Competing in a contest against friends or other Fantasy Sports opponents that you know personally.

All Contest Formats: Using reference materials from content creators, projections, lineup construction tools, coaching sites, or other media sources to help you skillfully build your lineups.

Contests That Begin With A Live Draft: Applying strategy to compete effectively within a draft.

Contests That Begin With A Live Draft: Drafting athletes in later rounds that may be overlooked by the field (commonly referred to as “sleepers”).

All Contest Formats: Entering a variety of contests, up to the maximum permitted by the Player First Initiative's Enhanced Contest Eligibility and Single Entry Limits features.

All Contest Formats: Learning strategies from your peers to improve at Fantasy Sports.

UNPERMITTED BEHAVIORS

Multi-Entry Contests: Coordinating with others to build and submit complementary lineups that may create an unfair advantage over individual play (commonly referred to as "collusive behavior").

Contests That Begin With A Live Draft: Disruptive conduct that may impact the integrity of a contest or tournament.

All Contest Formats: Allowing someone else to use your account, or logging into another person’s account.

All Contest Formats: Directing another person to use their account to submit entries on your behalf or using your own account to submit entries for someone else.

PERMITTED BEHAVIORS

All Contest Formats: Exchanging ideas regarding contest strategy, constructing lineups, or the quality of picks publicly or privately.

All Contest Formats: Competing in a contest against friends or other Fantasy Sports opponents that you know personally.

All Contest Formats: Using reference materials from content creators, projections, lineup construction tools, coaching sites, or other media sources to help you skillfully build your lineups.

Contests That Begin With A Live Draft: Applying strategy to compete effectively within a draft.

Contests That Begin With A Live Draft: Drafting athletes in later rounds that may be overlooked by the field (commonly referred to as “sleepers”).

All Contest Formats: Entering a variety of contests, up to the maximum permitted by the Player First Initiative's Enhanced Contest Eligibility and Single Entry Limits features.

All Contest Formats: Learning strategies from your peers to improve at Fantasy Sports.

UNPERMITTED BEHAVIORS

Multi-Entry Contests: Coordinating with others to build and submit complementary lineups that may create an unfair advantage over individual play (commonly referred to as "collusive behavior").

Contests That Begin With A Live Draft: Disruptive conduct that may impact the integrity of a contest or tournament.

All Contest Formats: Allowing someone else to use your account, or logging into another person’s account.

All Contest Formats: Directing another person to use their account to submit entries on your behalf or using your own account to submit entries for someone else.