DraftKings Says Daily Fantasy Sports Product To Go Live In Arizona - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Digital sports and gaming company DraftKings Inc. (DKNG) announced Friday its daily fantasy sports product is set to go live in Arizona on Saturday, August 28, pending regulatory approval, which would make Arizona the 44th state to offer DraftKings Daily Fantasy Sports.

DraftKings offers several contests for professional, collegiate and international leagues and supports the broadest selection of sports categories in the industry including popular NFL, NBA and MLB contests and other fan favorites that Arizona customers, 21 and over, will be able to experience for the first time ever.

Daily Fantasy Sports require contest participants to draft a team across multiple games by selecting players by position listed in the available Player Pool while remaining under the designated salary cap.

Additionally, as part of DraftKings' ongoing commitment to environmental initiatives and in collaboration with the Arbor Day Foundation, this weekend DraftKings is hosting an earth-themed $500 free-to-play pool open to all Arizona customers, to support DraftKings' goal of planting 1 million trees by Earth Day 2022.

DraftKings offers customers multiple different fantasy game variants such as Showdown Contests, Classic Contests, DraftKings Leagues and Best Ball with snake drafts.