FanDuel offers just one regular promotion, the FanDuel Players Club VIP program, which is explained below.

On top of that, FanDuel also frequently gives out tickets and vouchers that enable you to enter contests for free. These can either be for specific contests or any of the player’s choosing, depending on the terms of the ticket.

Free entry tickets and vouchers can be earned from entering specific contests where the prize is an entry to another contest or occasionally via a reload promotion as a bonus when you deposit.

Welcome Bonus

FanDuel doesn’t have a welcome bonus, which is always a shame to see as it doesn’t allow new customers to test out the site with free entries or bonus funds.

In comparison, DraftKings Fantasy offers a $3 free ticket to new customers who sign up and make a $5 first deposit.

The FanDuel VIP program is called FanDuel Players Club and allows customers to earn points every time they pay to enter a contest.

Every $1 spent on entry fees earns five FanDuel Points (FDP), and the points you accrue in a calendar month determine your tier for the next month.

The FanDuel Players Club has 11 different tiers, ranging from Free Agent to GOAT, with each level granting players different rewards and free plays. Each tier gets access to a monthly free play contest and a handful of weekly free play contests.

Levels 8-11, MVP, Hall of Famer, Legend, and GOAT, are where the VIP status kicks in, with access to special promotions and premium customer support amongst the top features.

Full details of the FanDuel Players Club tiers are listed below, with details on how many points are required for each tier and the features available.

FanDuel offers customers a range of game types and contests, each of which is unique and provides a different way to play each sport.

The main idea of each game type and contest type remains the same, as you’d expect, but different strategies are required to impact how you build your lineup.

Football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, NASCAR, and MMA are all available to play at FanDuel Fantasy, although not all contest types are available for every sport.

Game Types

Full Roster

Full roster involves selecting players from games within the slate, fulfilling positional requirements as you go.

This is the most popular type of contest and has the most entries, with some full roster contests seeing over 100,000 people trying to claim the top prize.

NFL Sundays are particularly busy, and FanDuel offers contests for both early games and late games.

Single Game

Single game contests are only for individual events, whether a game, a race, or a fight.

Some sports require you to pick an MVP who scores 1.5x points but costs 1.5x the regular price, which can significantly eat into your salary cap.

There are no positional requirements in FanDuel single game for sports with explicit positions, so you have free rein to choose whichever players you like.

SoloStat

SoloStat is unique in that there is no salary cap and you’re instead choosing a trio of players who you think will combine to score the most of a particular stat.

That could be touchdowns in football or points in basketball, and it’s made clear in the contest title which stat you need to consider.

FanDuel SoloStat contests typically only pay out to the winner. Still, there’s a high chance that this will be shared between multiple entrants due to only having to pick three players and not being accountable for a salary cap.

Snake Draft

A FanDuel snake draft is normal fantasy sports, except it’s only for that day’s games. Once the number of entries has been reached, usually 10, each entrant takes it in turns to draft a player.

Once a player is drafted, no other team can take them, and they score points as usual for their game on that day or that weekend (depending on the sport).

Most snake drafts pay out on the top two places, with the winner taking the bulk of the prize fund and second place usually taking around 30%.

SuperFlex

SuperFlex is a FanDuel NFL-only contest and is almost identical to full roster, except you get to draft an extra skill position player instead of a defense.

You also have to draft one fewer wide receiver, giving you two in total compared to three in full roster, as this frees up salary to choose your SuperFlex.

While the flex position can only be a running back, wide receiver, or tight end, the SuperFlex position also includes quarterbacks.

Contest Types

Tournament

A tournament is the primary contest type, offering the most significant prizes relative to your entry fee. Entry fees range from as little as $0.25 up to thousands of dollars.

Each tournament has hundreds of entrants, with some having over 130,000 teams, so it’s no mean feat to win one, but the top 25-30% all get paid, and it’s always more than your entry fee.

Tournaments can be single-entry, allowing you to enter just one team or up to 150 teams to diversify your teams.

Multiplier

Multiplier contests simply multiply your money by a set amount if you win. The most popular type is ‘double up,’ which doubles your entry fee if you finish in the prize places.

Around the top 45% of entries are paid out, and the amount of money you win is the same regardless of where you finish the contest.

With that in mind, there’s no need to create the best team like you would in a tournament contest. Instead, you should focus on selecting consistent players.

Head to Head

A FanDuel head-to-head (H2H) contest pits you against one other person, with the winner taking the entire prize fund.

The entry cost of an H2H can be anywhere between $1 and $10,600, with FanDuel taking a fee of 10% to run the contest. For example, if you enter a $1 H2H contest, the winner gets $1.80.

50/50

FanDuel 50/50 contests are very similar to multipliers in that you get paid out the same amount regardless of where you finish within the prize places.

The main difference with a 50/50 is that the top 50% of players get paid out, and the amount you win is slightly under double your entry fee.

For example, in a $2 50/50 contest of 20 people, the top 10 entries win $3.60.

FanDuel Salary Cap

The FanDuel salary cap for regular Full Roster and Single Games varies by sport, and your total lineup value must come in below or equal to that.

Each player is assigned a particular value relative to the salary cap and number of slots available in the team, so the price of each player can change in different contest types.

The table below shows the salary cap for each sport.

FanDuel offers six different payment methods when depositing and withdrawing, giving customers plenty of choice.

Each payment method – online banking, debit card, Apple Pay, Venmo, PayPal, credit card – carries just a $10 minimum deposit, making it accessible for everyone.

FanDuel advises that withdrawals can take up to 48 hours to be approved, but once approved, it can take as little as one hour to be processed.

The FanDuel mobile app is a top-tier experience that makes it easy to play fantasy sports on iOS and Android, with fast loading times and an interface that puts the user first.

It’s straightforward to build lineups, see stats that can help you put your team together, and see where your lineup is on the leaderboard.

Don’t just take our word for it. The FanDuel app has a 4.8/5 rating on the App Store and a 4.7/5 on Google Play, each from thousands of reviews, so you can be sure it’s a high-quality fantasy app.

How to Download the FanDuel App

1. Go to FanDuel to claim your welcome bonus.
2. Verify your new FanDuel account by clicking the confirmation link in your emails.
3. Head to the App Store (iOS) or Google Play (Android) on your mobile device and search for the FanDuel app.
4. Install the FanDuel app on your phone and log in to start playing.

As FanDuel fantasy can’t be played in every state, you must allow the app to access your location to ensure you can play daily fantasy.

FanDuel offers an excellent user experience thanks to its simple navigation, which makes it easy to find and enter contests.

The list of sports is right in the middle of the main lobby page, and then on that sport’s landing page, it’s a simple case of choosing your preferred game type and contest type within that.

Selecting your FanDuel lineup is incredibly simple, too. Players are split by position (where appropriate), and your constructed lineup is shown on the right-hand side of the page, allowing you to see which positions you still need to fill quickly.

The FanDuel website also has tabs at the top of the page that offer fast navigation to your upcoming contests, live contests you’re entered in, finished contests you had entries in, the rewards center for the FanDuel Players Club, and your friends list.

FanDuel is a trustworthy daily fantasy sports site allowed to operate in almost every US state. Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Washington are the only exceptions.

There’s also 256-bit SSL encryption on the FanDuel website, which is standard-level security used by sites all over the world and protects your data as it transmits over the internet so that online attackers can’t access it.

FanDuel merged with Ireland-based betting company Paddy Power Betfair in 2018, and the company rebranded to Flutter Entertainment a year later. Flutter currently owns over 77% of FanDuel.

FanDuel offers customer support in various ways, including live chat, email, Facebook, and X (Twitter), so you have a wide choice of how to get in touch if needed.

Live chat is available between 8 am and midnight ET every day, which is a little frustrating as it’s not 24-hour, but that’s the only issue with FanDuel customer support.

Support agents are helpful and knowledgeable, plus they generally respond to queries quickly, so you’re not waiting around for an answer.