What is the Player First Initiative? (US)

Enhanced Contest Eligibility: The highest-volume DraftKings players across all sports are ineligible to enter certain contest formats when the entry fee is less than $3. The highest-volume DraftKings players are also ineligible to enter certain contest formats when the entry fee is less than $5 if the prize pool is less than $25,000 guaranteed.

Enhanced Contest Eligibility applies to the following game formats:

• Salary Cap
• Tiers
• Best Ball Sit & Go
• Snake Drafts

Multi-Entry Limits: Fantasy contests with an entry fee less than $5 allow up to a maximum of 20 entries per player.

Multi-Entry Limit Special Exception

• mini-MAX: A contest format offered for both Salary Cap and Tiers that is an exception to multi-entry limit rules, allowing entrants to experience the excitement of entering a maximum of 150 lineup entries in the same contest, at entry fees below $5.
• Pick6: A fantasy contest format that is an exception to multi-entry limit rules, allowing a maximum of 150 entries or 3% of the total contest entries, whichever is less.

Multi-Entry Limits apply to the following game formats:

• Salary Cap
• Tiers
• Best Ball Tournaments

Single Entry Limits in Non-Guaranteed Contests: Players may enter no more than 50 single entry fantasy contests that have non-guaranteed contest prize pools in the same sport, entry fee, and start/end time at $1, $2, $3, $5, or $10 amounts.

Non-guaranteed Single Entry Limits apply to the following game formats:

• Salary Cap
• Tiers
• Best Ball Sit & Go
• Snake Drafts

Experience Badges signify fantasy contest entry milestones for accomplished players, making it easy to identify veteran opponents. Anyone with an Experience Badge is ineligible to enter contests designated for Beginner or Casual players. If a player earns an Experience Badge after entering a Beginner or Casual contest, the player will remain in the contest.

Make progress towards earning Experience Badges in the following game formats:

• Salary Cap
• Tiers
• Flash Draft
• Pick6
• Best Ball Sit & Go
• Best Ball Tournament
• Snake Drafts 

Learn About Experience Badges.

New players can hone their skills in Beginner Contests. This special contest category is reserved for players who have played under 50 contests, and have not yet earned an Experience Badge. Casual Contests are for players that have not yet earned an Experience Badge, regardless of the number of contests played.

Beginner and Casual Contests are offered in the following game formats:

• Salary Cap
• Tiers 

You have the power to stop opponents from sending you notifications to join a contest or enter a league. When an opponent is added to this list in your preferences, you will stop receiving notifications from that user. 

Add opponents to your Limit Notifications from Users preferences.

Players have the ability to block up to 10 DraftKings opponents from Head-to-Head challenges in all Head-to-Head contests with entry fees below $1,000. Once you add a block, that player can no longer join your public or private Head-to-Head contests, send you Head-to-Head Challenge requests, or be auto-matched with you in Head-to-Head contests. This feature applies to Head-to-Head contests only and does not impact other contest formats. 

Add opponents to your Head-To-Head Settings preferences.