The Drone Racing League (DRL) has announced its latest partnership with sports betting company DraftKings to bring betting to the world of drone racing. The partnership will see DraftKings become the official sports betting partner of DRL.

While the traditional season-long fantasy leagues are still rampantly popular, daily fantasy leagues are slowly taking over the scene thanks to two major players – DraftKings.com and FanDuel.com. View NFL odds and bet online legally, securely, and easily on NFL games all season. And 11 days after DraftKings rolled out its friend leagues, Yahoo, on August 23, announced the “Yahoo Cup,” a season-long contest where users can compete for weekly cash prizes all season.

The partnership will see fans now getting the chance to place bets on their favorite pilots in hopes of getting a little cash in return if they win.

If you live in Colorado, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Tennessee, or West Virginia, you can bet on the Drone Racing League. Work is being done to legalize drone racing betting in other states around the country.

Leading up to the 2020 DRL championship season’s final races, which kicks off January 9, the two companies will host pre-flight shows, where expert sports bettors and elite drone pilots will educate fans on how to participate. This also includes a show beginning tonight at 7 p.m. ET.

DRL president Rachel Jacobson said:

The sky is now the limit for DRL fans to get skin in the game, and we’re thrilled to partner with DraftKings to transform our high-speed race competition into the ultimate sport to bet on. The opportunity for us to elevate our engagement through all forms of gaming and gambling will only increase as mobile betting becomes more adopted across the country.

As a part of the partnership, DraftKings will get exclusive rights to marketing materials. This means its logo can be displayed on race gates, drone stands, and other branded areas you can see during a race. Pre-race wagers and in-race bets will be available for fans wanting to bet on the fast-paced sport.

If you use DraftKings, you might have already seen drone racing introduced onto the platform. This was a free-to-play version to see how fans would react. The 2020 DRL season saw an average of 30% more entries compared to other new sports, totaling 150,000 entries to date.

Ezra Kucharz, chief business officer of DraftKings, followed up with:

DRL is scaling their business as fast as their drone races, and we’re excited to be flying with them given DRL’s thrilling, innovative racing events are perfect for the customized wagering offerings we can create. Our expertise in sports betting combined with DRL’s stats-packed competition will make this a fun and seamless opportunity to engage their avid audience along with tech-savvy, adrenaline-loving sports fans.

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DraftKings Kicks Off Largest Fantasy Football Contest Ever with $10 Million Prize Pool

ESPN Fantasy Football League Manager Player with Highest Finish in the DraftKings Millionaire Maker to be Awarded an Additional $1 Million for ESPN League Manager Leagues

DraftKings Inc., a leading destination for daily fantasy sports, today announced the start of the $10 Million Guaranteed Millionaire Maker Fantasy Football Contest that will take place during Week One of the pro football season when the grand prize winner will walk away with $2 Million and the second place winner will take home $1 Million. ESPN, the leader in fantasy sports games and content for more than 20 years, is teaming up with DraftKings to award the ESPN Fantasy Football League Manager player who secures the highest number of fantasy points in the DraftKings Week One Millionaire Maker an additional $1 Million to split between all members of his or her season-long 2015 ESPN Fantasy Football League Manager league(s).

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ESPN and DraftKings will bridge the season-long and daily contests for the first time through this event.

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Fantasy football players can now enter the DraftKings $10 Million Guaranteed Millionaire Maker at www.draftkings.com/espn for the opportunity to turn the $20 entry fee into $2 Million and to win a piece of the $10 Million purse. The contest on DraftKings.com will include all of the pro football games on Sunday, September 13^th, plus the two Monday night games on September 14^th, which will be televised on ESPN – Philadelphia at Atlanta (7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT) and Minnesota at San Francisco (10:20 p.m. ET / 7:20 p.m. PT). The Millionaire Maker grand prize winner and final leaderboard will be determined after the completion of Monday’s games. Additionally, the ESPN Fantasy Football League Manager player who finishes with the highest-scoring entry will be awarded a bonus $1 Million to be shared with their ESPN League Manager league member(s). To create an ESPN League Manager league, players should go to www.espn.com/draftkings.

ESPN has been a leader in fantasy sports for over two decades, having launched the first online fantasy drafts and published fantasy sports content shortly after the launch of ESPN.com. Today, more than 12 million sports fans play ESPN Fantasy games across its four top games alone and ESPN Fantasy Football is the number one fantasy football game in the industry, with over 25 million transactions and 47 million alerts per week.

About DraftKings, Inc.
DraftKings, Inc. is a leading skill-based Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) gaming destination for fans in North America to compete in single-day online games for cash and prizes across the largest variety of professional and collegiate sports. DraftKings is the exclusive DFS partner of Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, NASCAR, Major League Soccer, and Ultimate Fighting Championship. Founded in 2012 by CEO Jason Robins, CRO Matt Kalish and COO Paul Liberman, DraftKings is headquartered in Boston, Mass.

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