10 Total
2 High severity
7 Medium severity
1 Low severity
Summary

This document establishes FanDuel's Terms of Use governing account registration, contest participation, prize distribution, and dispute resolution on its fantasy sports platform. The agreement requires users to submit disputes to binding arbitration and waives the right to participate in class action litigation. Users may opt out of the arbitration requirement by submitting written notice to FanDuel within 30 days of account creation.

Technical / Legal Breakdown

This document governs access to and use of FanDuel's fantasy sports platform, including its website, mobile apps, contests, and related services, establishing a contractual relationship between users and FanDuel, Inc. (for US residents) or FanDuel Limited (for Canadian residents). The agreement states that users must meet strict eligibility criteria including age, geographic, and affiliation requirements, and the terms authorize FanDuel to suspend, terminate, or withhold prizes at its sole discretion for broadly defined conduct violations, including conduct it deems 'improper' or 'detrimental.' Section 15 imposes mandatory binding arbitration and a class action waiver with a 30-day opt-out window from account creation, a provision that is front-page-noticed but operationally significant given FanDuel's large consumer base; the agreement also asserts a broad limitation of liability clause and grants FanDuel an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable worldwide license over all user-submitted content. The document engages state-level gaming and fantasy sports regulations across more than 40 US jurisdictions, federal tax reporting obligations (IRS Form 1099 and W-2G), and consumer protection frameworks administered by the FTC and state attorneys general; the arbitration and class waiver provisions interact with consumer protection statutes in several states, and applicable law or regulatory guidance may limit how these terms apply in practice. Compliance teams should note the document's broad indemnification clause, the one-account-per-user rule with associated enforcement discretion, and the publicity rights grant, which together create meaningful operational and legal exposure for users in dispute scenarios.

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3 important changes detected

4 versions captured · Last updated: June 2026

June 17, 2026

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What changed FanDuel updated their FanDuel Terms of Use on June 17, 2026. Change detected: 1 sentence(s) added, 1 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 277 sentences after update.
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May 29, 2026

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What changed FanDuel updated their FanDuel Terms of Use on May 29, 2026. Change detected: 2 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 276 sentences after update.
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April 25, 2026 low

FanDuel removed references to its Picks contest product from its terms of use, eliminating language describing how Picks contests work and deleting the list of states where Picks are available. …

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Recent Provision Changes Jun 17, 2026

10 provisions unchanged.

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Medium — 7 provisions
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Mapped Governance Frameworks

EFTA / Reg E
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FTC Act Section 5
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Archival ProvenanceSource & Archival Record
Last Captured June 17, 2026 00:48 UTC
Capture Method Automated scheduled archival capture
Document ID CA-D-000350
Version ID CA-V-003937
SHA-256 805aa157e791eab6de71bed2b4c2634dd71ca8343df8d3ddf7419bbcc81c49b2
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