May 7, 2026
We are confident in Predictions because we increasingly view the capabilities we have built in Sportsbook as a key advantage; they serve the same customers in the same live moments and leverage shared underlying infrastructure
4
Predictions, especially in Sports, is our focus; with our Super App, market making capabilities, and proprietary exchange coming together, we intend to establish a leadership position in Sports Predictions before year-end
3
Sportsbook revenue increased 24% YoY to t1.1B as handle grew and net revenue margin increased 140bps; Parlay handle mix increased nearly 300bps YoY
2
We are off to a fantastic start to the year; Q1 revenue increased 17% YoY and surpassed t1.6B while Adjusted EBITDA(1) increased 64% YoY to t168M
1
We continue to expect FY 2026 revenue of t6.5B to t6.9B and Adjusted EBITDA of t700M to t900M
5
Millions of Dollars
Q1 h0h5 Q1 h0h6Adjusted EBITDA Margin(1)
+17%
+64%
t168
t103
7%
10%
t1,646
t1,409
Revenue Adjusted EBITDA
We are making significant progress on our Predictions roadmapQ3 2026
DRAFTKINGS PREDICTIONS LAUNCH
SUPER APP PREDICTIONS EMBED
COMBOS
Q2 2026
IN-HOUSE FCM
2026 PREDICTIONS ROADMAPQ2 2026
Q3 2026
MARKET MAKING
CRYPTO.COM INTEGRATION
PROPRIETARY EXCHANGE
SUPER APP UPGRADE
The opportunity ahead in Sports(1) is massiveDraftKings Sports Net Revenue (Millions of Dollars)
Percent of the
U.t. Population Live with tports(h)
49%
5h%
t3,8h7
>95%
46%
th,903
39%
th,106
h9%
t1,033
t43h
h0h1 h0hh h0h3 h0h4 h0h5 h0h6E h030E
Sports is inclusive of Sportsbook and Sports Predictions.
Represents percentage of the U.S. population where DraftKings is live with Sportsbook or Sports Predictions as of year-end. | 6
We continue to believe Predictions is an incremental opportunity
Almost All Sports Consumer Volume(1) is on Sportsbook in Competitive Sportsbook States(2)
Nearly 70% of Predictions Sports Consumer Volume(3) Comes from States Without Sportsbook
2%
98%
31%
69%
Leading Predictions Operator Regulated tportsbook Operators Non-tportsbook ttates tportsbook ttatesReflects estimated Predictions Handle-Analog plus Sportsbook Industry Handle in fully competitive states across both mature and developing states in Q1 2026 per Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, Prediction Markets Monitor, Published 4/28/2026. Notably, share of total is not akin to cannibalization due to the potential for "Regulated Sportsbook Operators" and/or "Leading Predictions Operator" to grow customer wallets through improving customer experiences.
Competitive sportsbook states refers to the 17 states where more than 8 regulated sportsbook operators are live, representing 41% of the U.S. population.
Millions of Dollars
tportsbook Handle tportsbook Revenue
tportsbook Net Revenue Margin
t1h,943
t1h,001
t10,793
t10,365
t14,90h
t13,880
t11,475
t11,40h
t16,796
t14,083
t8,190
t8,84h
t7,359
t8,h9h
t6,1hh
t4,509
t4,553
t15h
th00 th14
t467
t40h
t516
t4h7
t761
t734
t687
t657
t8h5
t88h
t998
t596
t1,351
t1,095
Q1 h0hh Qh h0hh Q3 h0hh Q4 h0hh Q1 h0h3 Qh h0h3 Q3 h0h3 Q4 h0h3 Q1 h0h4 Qh h0h4
Q3 h0h4
Q4 h0h4 Q1 h0h5 Qh h0h5 Q3 h0h5 Q4 h0h5 Q1 h0h6
h.5%
4.4%
4.7%
5.7%
4.5%
7.0%
5.h%
5.9%
6.1%
6.4%
6.3%
5.5%
6.4%
8.7%
5.h%
8.0%
7.8%
Our iGaming revenue is continuing to grow on a YoY basisMillions of Dollars
t500
t4h6 t4h3 t430
t451
t461
t35h
t370
t351
t361
th81
th88
th96
th57
th09
t174
t18h
Q1 h0hh Qh h0hh Q3 h0hh Q4 h0hh Q1 h0h3 Qh h0h3 Q3 h0h3 Q4 h0h3 Q1 h0h4 Qh h0h4 Q3 h0h4 Q4 h0h4 Q1 h0h5 Qh h0h5 Q3 h0h5 Q4 h0h5 Q1 h0h6
Our unique customers continue to grow on a YoY basisUnique Customers in the Prior Twelve Months(1) (Millions)
10.1
10.4 10.4
10.8 10.9
10.5
9.3
8.4
6.0 6.h
6.6
7.1
7.5
0.8 0.9
1.7 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
1.4
h.4 h.6
3.4
3.8 4.0
4.4 4.5
4.9
5.h
Q1 h017
Q1 h018
Q1 h019
Q1
h0h0
Q1
h0h1
Q1
h0hh
Q1
h0h3
Q1
h0h4
Q1
h0h5
Q1
h0h6
(1) Includes customers who engaged only with the Jackpocket brand (and not the DraftKings or Golden Nugget Online Gaming brands) after DraftKings closed the acquisition of Jackpocket. Includes customers who engaged with Predictions.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This presentation includes Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share, and Adjusted Operating Expenses, which are non-GAAP financial measures that DraftKings uses to supplement its results presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company believes Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share, and Adjusted Operating Expenses are useful in evaluating its operating performance, similar to measures reported by its publicly-listed U.S. competitors, and regularly used by security analysts, institutional investors, and other interested parties in analyzing operating performance and prospects. Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share, and Adjusted Operating Expenses are not intended to be substitutes for any GAAP financial measures, and, as calculated, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of performance of other companies in other industries or within the same industry.
We define and calculate Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) before the impact of interest income or expense (net), income tax provision or benefit, and depreciation and amortization, and further adjusted for the following items: stock-based compensation; transaction-related costs; litigation, settlement and related costs; advocacy and other related legal expenses; gain or loss on remeasurement of warrant liabilities; and other non-recurring and non-operating costs or income. We define and calculate Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by net revenue. We define and calculate Adjusted Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share as basic or diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders adjusted for the impact of amortization of acquired intangible assets; discrete tax benefits attributed to acquisitions; stock-based compensation; transaction-related costs; litigation, settlement and related costs; advocacy and other related legal expenses; gain or loss on remeasurement of warrant liabilities; and other non-recurring and non-operating costs or income. We define and calculate Adjusted Operating Expenses as the sum of sales and marketing expense, product and technology expense, and general and administrative expense before the impact of depreciation and amortization and further adjusted for the following items: stock-based compensation; transaction-related costs; litigation, settlement, and related costs; advocacy and other related legal expenses; and other non-recurring and non-operating costs or income.
DraftKings includes these non-GAAP financial measures because they are used by management to evaluate the Company's core operating performance and trends and to make decisions regarding the allocation of capital and new investments. Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share and Adjusted Operating Expenses exclude certain expenses that are required in accordance with GAAP because they are non-recurring items (for example, in the case of transaction-related costs and advocacy and other related legal expenses), non-cash expenditures (for example, in the case of depreciation and amortization, remeasurement of warrant liabilities and stock-based compensation), or non-operating items which are not related to the Company's underlying business performance (for example, in the case of interest income and expense and litigation, settlement and related costs).
Information reconciling forward-looking fiscal year 2026 Adjusted EBITDA guidance to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, net income (loss), is unavailable to DraftKings without unreasonable effort due to, among other things, certain items required for such reconciliation being outside of DraftKings' control and/or not being able to be reasonably predicted. Preparation of such reconciliation would require a forward-looking balance sheet, statement of income and statement of cash flow, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and such forward-looking financial statements are unavailable to the Company without unreasonable effort. DraftKings provides a range for its Adjusted EBITDA forecast that it believes will be achieved; however, the Company cannot provide any assurance that it can predict all of the components of the Adjusted EBITDA calculation. DraftKings provides a forecast for Adjusted EBITDA because it believes that Adjusted EBITDA, when viewed with DraftKings' results calculated in accordance with GAAP, provides useful information for the reasons noted above. However, Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance or liquidity under GAAP and, accordingly, should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) or as an indicator of operating performance or liquidity.
Reconciliation of GAAP Expenses to Non-GAAP ExpensesMillions of Dollars
GAAP Expenses
Cost of Revenue
GAAP Operating Expenses:
Sales and Marketing Product and Technology General and Administrative Total
Non-GAAP Expense Adjustments
Cost of Revenue (a)
(b)
(d)
(f)
Non-GAAP Operating Expense Adjustments:
Sales and Marketing (a)
(d)
Product and Technology (a)
(d)
General and Administrative (a) (c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(a)
31-Mar-26
31-Dec-25
30-Sep-25
30-Jun-25
31-Mar-25
31-Dec-24
30-Sep-24
30-Jun-24
31-Mar-24
$949
$1,075
$784
$855
$844
$835
$742
$663
$710
$402
$123
$166
$443
$134
$187
$360
$115
$157
$233
$108
$166
$344
$103
$164
$369
$112
$217
$340
$104
$208
$216
$93
$165
$341
$89
$174
$1,640
$1,837
$1,416
$1,362
$1,455
$1,532
$1,394
$1,137
$1,314
$0 ($38)
($29)
$0
$0 ($36)
($33)
$0
$0 ($34)
($27)
$0
$0 ($36)
($25)
$0
$0 ($43)
($23)
$0
$0 ($39)
($23)
$0
$0 ($56)
($29)
$0
$0 ($36)
($20)
$21
($1)
($29)
($18)
$0
($9)
($10)
($9)
($9)
($10)
($14)
($10)
($8)
($5)
($1)
($1)
($1)
($1)
($1)
($1)
($1)
($1)
($1)
($23)
($29)
($21)
($19)
($14)
($32)
($23)
($24)
($18)
($2)
($2)
($2)
($2)
($2)
($2)
($2)
($2)
($2)
($33)
($65)
($43)
($56)
($55)
($64)
($54)
($59)
($70)
$0
($6)
($7)
$0
$0
($2)
($1)
($19)
($5)
($2)
($2)
($3)
($2)
($2)
($2)
($2)
($2)
($3)
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
($41)
($20)
($11)
($9)
($25)
($8)
$0
$0
$0
($10)
($41)
$0
$0
($162)
($191)
($145)
($150)
($149)
($229)
($240)
($160)
($161)
$883
$1,005
$724
$794
$778
$773
$657
$628
$662
$391
$98
$106
$432
$103
$106
$351
$92
$104
$223
$88
$108
$333
$87
$108
$354
$78
$98
$329
$79
$89
$207
$67
$75
$335
$69
$87
$1,478
$1,646
$1,271
$1,212
$1,306
$1,303
$1,154
$976
$1,153
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Stock-based compensation expense
Amortization of acquired intangible assets
Transaction expenses Depreciation & amortization Litigation
Other
Total
Adjusted Expenses
Cost of Revenue
Adjusted Operating Expenses:
Sales and Marketing Product and Technology General and Administrative Total
Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDAThousands of Dollars
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 2025
Revenue
$
1,646,076 $
1,408,806
Cost of revenue 949,385 843,803
Sales and marketing
401,734
343,680
Adjusted EBITDA
We define and calculate Adjusted EBITDA as Net Income (Loss) before the impact of interest income and expense (net), income tax provision or benefit, and depreciation and amortization, and further adjusted for the following items: stock-based compensation; transaction-related costs; litigation, settlement and related costs; advocacy and other related legal expenses; gain or loss on remeasurement of warrant liabilities; and other non-recurring and non-operating costs or income; as described in the reconciliation.
Adjusted EBITDA Margin
We define Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by net revenue.
Product and technology 123,176 103,260
General and administrative
165,934
164,394
Income (loss) from operations 5,847 (46,331)
Other income (expense):
Gain (loss) on remeasurement of warrant liabilities
-
2,495
Interest income (expense), net (5,739) 4,395
Other gain (loss), net 22,814 22
Income (loss) before income tax and equity method investments
22,922
(39,419)
Income tax provision (benefit) 6,369 (5,600)
(Gain) loss from equity method investments
(4,517)
45
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders $ 21,070 $ (33,864)
Adjusted for:
Depreciation and amortization (1)
71,661
70,116
Interest (income) expense, net 5,739 (4,395)
Income tax (benefit) provision
6,369
(5,600)
Stock-based compensation (2) 65,215 78,846
Transaction-related costs (3)
-
-
Litigation, settlement, and related costs (4) - -
Advocacy and other related legal expenses (5)
26,363
-
Loss (gain) on remeasurement of warrant liabilities - (2,495)
Other non-recurring costs and non-operating costs (income) (6)
(28,565)
22
Adjusted EBITDA $ 167,852 $ 102,630
Adjusted EBITDA Margin 10.2% 7.3%
The amounts include the amortization of acquired intangible assets of $37.6 million and $42.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Reflects stock-based compensation expenses resulting from the issuance of awards under incentive plans.
Includes capital markets advisory, consulting, accounting and legal expenses related to the evaluation, negotiation, and consummation of transactions and offerings that are under consideration, pending, or completed, as well as integration costs related to acquisitions.
Primarily includes external legal costs related to litigation and litigation settlement costs deemed unrelated to our ordinary-course business operations.
Reflects non-recurring and non-ordinary course costs relating to advocacy efforts primarily in pursuit of legalization of DraftKings offerings. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, this spend primarily relates to legislative efforts for legalizing iGaming, supporting a ballot measure for legalizing Sportsbook, and other advocacy activities related to certain states. Advocacy and legal expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business have not been adjusted in this measure.
Primarily includes the change in fair value of certain assets and liabilities, including contingent consideration, as well as our equity method share of investee's gains and losses and other costs relating to non-recurring and non-operating items.
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Reconciliation of Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per ShareDollars
t0.03
t0.13
t0.07
(t0.05)
t0.01
t0.h0
GAAP Diluted EPt ttock-based Compensation Amort. of Acquired
Intangible Assets
Other Non-GAAP Adj.(1)
Tax Impact of Adjusting Items
Adjusted Diluted EPt(h)
Note: Weighted average number of shares used to calculate Adjusted Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share for Q1 2026 was 511 million; totals may not add due to rounding.
Includes adjustments for transaction-related costs, litigation, settlement, and related costs, advocacy and other related legal expenses, (gain) loss on remeasurement of warrant liabilities, and other non-recurring and non-operating costs (income).
Adjusted Diluted Earnings (Loss) per share is a non-GAAP financial measure.
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DraftKings Share Count DetailThousands
Common Shares Outstanding (31-Mar-26) | 495,764 |
Vested Stock Options @ TSM(1) | 11,222 |
Memo: Vested Stock Options | 15,843 |
Diluted Shares Outstanding (With Vested Stock Options @ TSM) 506,986 |
Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding 506,986 |
Table is not reflective of GAAP diluted share count given GAAP diluted share count includes unvested restricted stock units and out-of-the-money shares underlying DraftKings' convertible notes. Table does not include shares of Class B common stock, which have no economic or participating rights.
(1) Based on Treasury Stock Method ("TSM"); assumes DraftKings Class A share price as of May 6th 2026 and a weighted average strike price of $10.13 per stock option.
Comparison of Monthly Unique Payers and Average Revenue per MUPThree months ended March 31, | ||
2026(1) | 2025 | |
Monthly Unique Payers ("MUPs") (in millions) | 4.2 | 4.3 |
Average Revenue per MUP ("ARPMUP") (in whole dollars) | $131 | $108 |
Monthly Unique Payers ("MUPs")
We define MUPs as the number of unique paid users per month who had one or more real-money, paid engagements across one or more of our Sportsbook, iGaming, Fantasy, Lottery, Prediction Markets, or other consumer offerings via our technology. For reported periods longer than one month, we average the MUPs for the months in the reported period.
MUPs is a key indicator of the scale of our online gaming user base and awareness of our brand.
We believe that year-over-year growth in MUPs is generally indicative of the long-term revenue growth potential of our online gaming product offerings, although MUPs in individual periods may be less indicative of our longer-term expectations.
Average Revenue per MUP ("ARPMUP")
We define and calculate ARPMUP as the average monthly revenue for a reporting period, divided by the average number of MUPs for the same period.
ARPMUP represents our ability to drive usage and monetization of our product offerings.
We use ARPMUP to analyze comparative revenue growth and measure customer monetization and engagement trends.
(1) Excluding DraftKings' lottery vertical, monthly unique payers ("MUPs") increased 2% year-over-year to 3.9 million and average revenue per MUP ("ARPMUP") increased 15% year-over-year to $141 in the first quarter of 2026.
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