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A chargeback on any deposit causes users to lose not only that deposit but all associated contest winnings, resulting in significant financial consequences.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains two independent propositions: (1) winnings are invalidated upon chargeback, and (2) the initial deposit amount is also invalidated. The canonical claim states the primary proposition; the second is recorded in omitted_material.
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View change record →If you initiate a chargeback on any deposit, you will lose all contest winnings, which will be invalidated, forfeited, and deducted from your account balance.
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"If any deposit is charged back any winnings generated from DraftKings contests shall be invalidated, forfeited and deducted from your Account balance. In addition, the amount of the initial deposit will be invalidated, forfeited and deducted from the Account balance.— Excerpt from DraftKings's DraftKings Terms of Use
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A chargeback on any deposit causes users to lose not only that deposit but all associated contest winnings, resulting in significant financial consequences.
If you initiate a chargeback on any deposit, you will lose all contest winnings, which will be invalidated, forfeited, and deducted from your account balance.
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