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| DraftKings Sportsbook is making sports betting more accessible and available than ever before. |
DraftKings Sportsbook, which launched in New Jersey following the state's decision to legalize sports betting, is revolutionizing the sports gambling landscape. Users have a plethora of options at their fingertips on their mobile device and personal computer. With real-time updated lines for virtually any type of bet in any sport you can imagine, DraftKings is broadening their appeal from the hardcore to recreational sports gambler. On the mobile interface, you have a selection of leagues and games to choose from. You can then select a specific game/match and be presented with an endless amount of bets related to the event. This is available pre-game, and then continues with the live-betting options. On other platforms, you typically have to wait until a commercial, quarter or halftime break in order to place a live wager. With DraftKings, you can bet on the action as it's unfolding. If you think Tom Brady is going to throw a touchdown pass on the current drive, that's available. If you believe Jacob DeGrom is going to throw a strike on the next pitch, you'll be able to take a stake. Serena Williams fan? You can bet on if she's going to win or lose the next point in her match. DraftKings is giving users the ability to have skin in the game in every potential way possible. The mobile interface is set up so that users can see everything right in front of them. You have your popular events with all of their available lines on the home page, the ability to search for any other game/match you may want to take action on and your bet-slip and profile all right in front of you. In addition to the live-betting interface, there are a ton of futures and parlay options as well. The main difference to traditional sports betting that DraftKings has implemented is the ability to cash out your bet at any point in time while the action is live. This option has made this form of sports gambling feel more like stock trading. For example, say last night you took the Seattle Seahawks +4.5 vs. the Chicago Bears before the start of the game (yes, I did), and realized throughout the game that your bet wasn't looking promising. You now have the option to cash out, at a lower rate if the action is not going well, prior to the end of your wager. If you laid $50 on Seattle to cover the points and you saw that they were fighting up hill and a cover wasn't likely, DraftKings will give you the option to settle your bet at say, $28? So, you retain $28 as opposed to losing the entire $50. This is very similar to stock trading, as you can get out of a position if you don't like where the game (or company in stocks) is trending. In addition, this option is not only available with traditional money line action, but also parlays. If, for example, you have a three-team NBA parlay in play, and you've hit on the first two legs of the bet, you have the option to cash out at a lower pay out if you choose. So, it would become a two-team parlay payout versus three, but if for whatever reason you don't want the third game in play, you can get out beforehand. This is a new feature to the sports betting world. Another feature DraftKings is using to entice users is they will match your first bet after registering up to $200. So, they are looking to attract users by offering free matching first-time bets. There have been some reviews and complaints about the lines on DraftKings, but I have not found them to be that different than other interfaces thus far. The only downside to widespread accessibility is that if you aren't in New Jersey you cannot use the book. You need to live in or be in N.J. in order to bet with DraftKings, since the legislation was only passed in the Garden State. So, head on over to Jersey and experience all that DraftKings Sportsbook has to offer.
