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| September 2024 | DraftKings was fined $200,000 by the SEC for violating Regulation Fair Disclosure by sharing material, non-public information on personal social media accounts. |
| February 2024 | DraftKings acquired lottery courier app Jackpocket for $750 million, continuing its strategy of strategic acquisitions. |
| February 2024 | DraftKings acquired lottery courier app Jackpocket for $750 million. |
| May 2022 | DraftKings acquired Golden Nugget Online Gaming. |
| March 2021 | DraftKings acquired the Vegas Stats & Information Network (VSiN), a sports betting news and analysis platform. |
| September 2020 | Retired NBA player Michael Jordan became an investor and board advisor at DraftKings. |
| April 2020 | DraftKings became a publicly traded company through a reverse merger with SBTech and Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp, marking a significant milestone in the company's corporate development. |
| April 24 2020 | DraftKings became a publicly traded company, with shares starting to trade on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol 'DKNG'. |
| August 2018 | DraftKings launched its first legal online sportsbook in New Jersey following the Supreme Court's decision to allow states to legalize sports betting. |
| May 2018 | DraftKings began expanding into online and retail sportsbooks, taking advantage of the growing legalization of sports betting in the United States. |
| November 18 2016 | DraftKings and FanDuel announced their intent to merge, planning to serve over five million users. |
| February 5 2016 | DraftKings officially launched in the United Kingdom with daily fantasy soccer. |
| August 2015 | DraftKings was granted a gambling license in the United Kingdom and hired Jeffrey Haas as Chief International Officer to lead international expansion. |
| July 2015 | DraftKings entered into a three-year $250 million advertising deal with ESPN Inc. and secured $300 million in funding led by Fox Sports. |
| April 2015 | DraftKings reached a deal with Major League Baseball to offer co-branded MLB daily fantasy games and in-stadium fantasy-related experiences. |
| November 2014 | DraftKings reached a two-year deal to become the official daily fantasy sports service of the National Hockey League. |
| August 2014 | The company announced $41 million in funding from investors including The Raine Group, Redpoint Ventures, GGV Capital, and Accomplice. They also acquired the assets of competitor StarStreet. |
| July 2014 | DraftKings acquired rival DraftStreet, increasing their user base by 50%. |
| April 2013 | Major League Baseball invested in DraftKings, becoming the first US professional sports league to invest in daily fantasy sports. |
| 2012 | DraftKings was originally launched as a daily fantasy sports (DFS) provider, competing primarily with FanDuel in the online fantasy sports market. |
| 2012 | DraftKings was established by Jason Robins, Matthew Kalish, and Paul Liberman, former Vistaprint employees, with their first product being a one-on-one baseball competition launched on Major League Baseball's opening day. |
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