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FanDuel Says It Wiped The Floor With Users On NFL Bets

March 2, 2026

FanDuel crushed its American users on NFL parlays and other bets to end the 2025/26 season, paradoxically contributing to its parent company’s sharp stock decline. Users lost too much too quickly on the NFL wagers, dragging down FanDuel Sportsbook’s business. The online betting platform lost market share to rivals due to its users’ extraordinarily poor…

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Player Prop Bets: Why Sportsbooks Love Them

Brian Pempus

January 19, 2026

Prop bets, which include sports wagers on an individual player’s performance, are an engagement and revenue driver for online sportsbooks. In 2025, a player prop user: Placed 3.6x as many bets Generated 3.2x as much gross gaming revenue Wagered on 2.9x as many games Source: Kambi Group, a leading B2B supplier of odds and risk…

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FanDuel Launches ‘Pass The Leg’ Thanksgiving NFL Parlays

Brian Pempus

November 24, 2025

Despite a growing online gambling addiction crisis in the U.S., FanDuel Sportsbook will soon debut a new feature called “Pass The Leg” for Thanksgiving NFL games. The new in-app offering seeks to make parlay gambling “into a shared, social experience,” FanDuel said in a press release on Nov. 24, 2025. The gimmick effectively encourages families…

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‘Home Run Parlays Print Money’ — FanDuel Sets Record Hold

Brian Pempus

August 8, 2025

FanDuel Sportsbook announced that it had its highest-ever monthly hold percentage in June. In its Q2 earnings report, the largest legal online gambling platform in the U.S. said that it had a gross revenue margin of 16.3% from sports bets during the month. It was the best ever month in terms of the sportsbook’s hold.…