“Professional or amateur athletes, sports agents, coaches, team owners, team employees, referees or league officials, and their immediate family members, are not eligible to participate in, and are strictly prohibited from entering, any DraftKings contests in the sport in which they are associated.”
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This prohibition directly bars a defined class of individuals from participating in contests tied to their sport, with no exception stated.
Interpretive note: The excerpt lists both ineligibility to participate and a strict prohibition on entering; the canonical claim captures the prohibition as the primary proposition and notes ineligibility in omitted_material.
If you fall within the listed categories, you are strictly prohibited from entering DraftKings contests in the sport with which you are associated.
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"Professional or amateur athletes, sports agents, coaches, team owners, team employees, referees or league officials, and their immediate family members, are not eligible to participate in, and are strictly prohibited from entering, any DraftKings contests in the sport in which they are associated.Excerpt from DraftKings's Terms of Use
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This prohibition directly bars a defined class of individuals from participating in contests tied to their sport, with no exception stated.
If you fall within the listed categories, you are strictly prohibited from entering DraftKings contests in the sport with which you are associated.
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