DraftKings review: who runs it, and are the odds any good?
7.37%
median margin
5.4%
best price on board
12,269
markets · 7 days
46%
flagged prices held
#7,410
site rank · top 1M
4.8/5
apple app store (us)
Across 12,269 markets observed in the last 7 days (11 sports, 85 leagues), DraftKings's median bookmaker margin was 7.37% — rank #84 of 145 tracked books (lower is better for bettors). Where at least five independent operators priced the same market, DraftKings had the single best price 5.4% of the time.
Margin, last 35 days daily median across every DraftKings market we captured · +1.0 pts over 35 days (widening — worse for bettors)
Is DraftKings trustworthy?
7/8checks
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Operating company
DraftKings Inc. source
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Licence
No single licence: US sports betting is licensed state by state and the licences sit with per-state subsidiaries (Pennsylvania names "Crown PA Gaming, Inc. d/b/a DraftKings"). DraftKings Inc. is the Nasdaq-listed parent, incorporated in Nevada
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Licensed markets
CA, US — reported to us and not yet verified against a regulator, so treat as a lead rather than a fact.
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Fees
No commission — cost is in the prices, about $6.86 per $100 staked all in
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Independent user ratings
Apple App Store (US) 4.8/5 (1,181,446), Google Play (US) 4.8/5 (276,253)
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Does its posted price hold?
Of 1,358 DraftKings prices Omenizer flagged as market-beating in the last 90 days, 46% were still there or better when we looked again; 54% had moved against the bettor and 0% had the market pulled.
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How big is the site?
draftkings.com ranks #7,410 among the world's million most-visited domains (Tranco, 2026-08-24).
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What Omenizer has measured
12,269 markets across 11 sports and 85 leagues in the last 7 days, priced against the rest of the market.
How DraftKings's prices compare
| Market family | Median margin |
|---|---|
| Moneyline / match result | 6.44% |
| Handicaps / spreads | 8.03% |
| Totals | 4.75% |
DraftKings margin by sport
| Sport | Median margin | Best price | Markets (7d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | 8.67% | 6.8% | 4,260 |
| Soccer | 7.69% | 1.6% | 3,753 |
| Baseball | 6.52% | 6.2% | 2,690 |
| American Football | 4.75% | 17.8% | 824 |
| Basketball | 6.93% | 3.2% | 571 |
| Fighting | 5.24% | 6.3% | 113 |
Who runs DraftKings
Operator: DraftKings Inc.
Availability: licensed in CA, US.
What others say about DraftKings
| Source | Score | Reviews | Checked |
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| Apple App Store (US) | 4.8 / 5 | 1,181,446 | source |
| Google Play (US) | 4.8 / 5 | 276,253 | source |
In the last 90 days, DraftKings posted the board-leading price on 1,358 signals flagged by Omenizer's detection engine.
The margin is the bookmaker's built-in fee: the amount by which its implied probabilities exceed 100%. A 7.37% margin means that, on a typical DraftKings market, prices pay out 7.37% less than a fair-value book would. Omenizer's fair prices remove this margin using sharp reference sources — the methodology explains how.
FAQ
- Is DraftKings legit?
- DraftKings is operated by DraftKings Inc, licensed under No single licence: US sports betting is licensed state by state and the licences sit with per-state subsidiaries (Pennsylvania names "Crown PA Gaming, Inc. d/b/a DraftKings"). DraftKings Inc. is the Nasdaq-listed parent, incorporated in Nevada. Independently of that, Omenizer has measured 12,269 DraftKings markets in the last 7 days against the rest of the market, so its prices are observable rather than taken on trust. We publish the checks we can evidence and flag the ones we cannot — we do not certify bookmakers.
- Who owns DraftKings?
- DraftKings is operated by DraftKings Inc.
- Is DraftKings licensed?
- No single licence: US sports betting is licensed state by state and the licences sit with per-state subsidiaries (Pennsylvania names "Crown PA Gaming, Inc. d/b/a DraftKings"). DraftKings Inc. is the Nasdaq-listed parent, incorporated in Nevada.
- What is DraftKings's betting margin?
- Measured across 12,269 markets in the last 7 days, DraftKings's median margin (overround) was 7.37% — rank #84 of 145 bookmakers Omenizer tracks. Lower is better for bettors.
- How often does DraftKings have the best odds?
- Where at least five independent operators priced the same market (clone brands sharing one price feed count once), DraftKings posted the single best price 5.4% of the time over the last 7 days.
- How is DraftKings's margin measured?
- Omenizer records every price on every tracked market, converts them to implied probabilities, and sums each market's sides; the amount over 100% is the bookmaker's margin. The figure here is the median across all of the book's observed markets — measured, not quoted from marketing material.