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The clause establishes DraftKings' contractual right to exploit winner identities across multiple channels and formats without separate compensation or consent mechanisms. It also creates an affirmative obligation for winners to participate in promotional activities during the specified period, which extends beyond the contest itself.
The updated terms establish that daily fantasy terms apply only to fantasy sports contests and explicitly exclude other DraftKings services like sportsbook, igaming, and horse racing. Illinois residents now face a minimum age requirement of 21 to open accounts and participate in contests, while the prior exception allowing 18-year-olds in Virginia who opened accounts before July 1, 2025 no longer applies. The terms now prohibit use of VPNs or attempts to disguise physical location while using the platform, treating such use as a terms violation. Additionally, DraftKings has reserved authority to transfer account funds across its affiliated platforms to meet regulatory or operational requirements without requiring advance notice for each transfer.
View change record →By entering or winning, participants grant DraftKings broad rights to use their identifying information and likeness in perpetuity for contest-related purposes. Winners specifically assume an obligation to remain available for promotional participation activities as directed by DraftKings during the post-notification period, with the duration determined unilaterally by DraftKings.
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"Where legal, both entrants and winner consent to the use of their name, voice, and likeness/photograph in and in connection with the development, production, distribution and/or exploitation of any Contest or the Website. Winners agree that from the date of notification by DraftKings of their status as a potential winner and continuing until such time when DraftKings informs them that they no longer need to do so that they will make themselves available to DraftKings for publicity, advertising, and promotion activities.— Excerpt from DraftKings's DraftKings Terms of Use
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The clause establishes DraftKings' contractual right to exploit winner identities across multiple channels and formats without separate compensation or consent mechanisms. It also creates an affirmative obligation for winners to participate in promotional activities during the specified period, which extends beyond the contest itself.
By entering or winning, participants grant DraftKings broad rights to use their identifying information and likeness in perpetuity for contest-related purposes. Winners specifically assume an obligation to remain available for promotional participation activities as directed by DraftKings during the post-notification period, with the duration determined unilaterally by DraftKings.
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