Play NBA Beat the Score for a chance to win a trip to a Playoff Game.

Daily Qualifiers
March 15th–22nd
Featured NBA Contest
$3 Entry Fee
Top 2 Daily Scores
Advance to Bracket
$10,000 in prizes
All 16 Finalists Get Paid

Qualify for the Bracket

It’s March, and we’ve got bracket fever! So we’re bringing brackets to the NBA with our March to the Playoffs promo. Earn a spot in our Playoff Bracket, and you’ll get a share of $10,000 in prizes. Win it all, and you’ll receive a trip for four to an NBA Playoff game.

Qualify for the Playoff Bracket in our daily March to the Playoffs Beat the Score NBA contest from March 15th–22nd. You’ll win cash prizes each night by simply hitting the target score. But finish with one of the top two highest scores to advance to the Playoff Bracket.

Win it All

It’s one-and-done in the Playoff Bracket, so you’ll need to win in all four rounds to take home the grand prize. But everyone who qualifies is guaranteed a share of $10,000 in prizes, so no one goes home empty-handed.

Round 1
March 26th
Round 2
March 28th
Round 3
March 30th
Final
April 2nd
Round 3
March 30th
Round 2
March 28th
Round 1
March 26th

The Championship Purse

Make it to the Playoff Bracket and you’re guaranteed to win a share of $10,000 in prizes. The longer you last, the bigger your prize. Win it all, and you’ll get a trip for four to an NBA playoff game.

CHAMPION Trip for 4 to an NBA Playoff game
Runner Up $2,000
3rd Round Knockout $1,000
2nd Round Knockout $250
1st Round Knockout $125

Important info

  • Only lineups in the featured Beat the Score contests from Thursday, March 15, 2018 to Thursday, March 22, 2018, will count towards the promotion.
  • Ties for a spot in the Playoff Bracket will be decided in a tie-breaking Free Play to take place on the next day.
  • Users can only win a max of one spot in the Playoff Bracket. If a user wins more than one spot, they will have their finishing position switched with the eligible user with the next highest score in that featured Beat the Score contest.

What’s Beat the Score?

It’s simple: beat the target score to win the prize. Everyone who wins gets an equal share of the cash. And if no one hits the target score, we’ll refund everyone’s entry fees. Plus different contests have different target scores, so you can choose your level of difficulty.

Terms and conditions

Welcome to the “March to the Playoffs” promotion (“Promotion”) by FanDuel. Here are the detailed rules for the Promotion:

Contest Structure

The Promotion will commence with a “Qualifying Period” starting on Thursday, March 15, 2018 and ending on Thursday, March 22, 2018, followed by a Playoff Bracket Tournament (“Playoffs”) that runs from Monday, March 26, 2018 through Monday, April 2, 2018.

The Promotion will feature March to the Playoffs contests (“Featured Contests”) each day during the Qualifying Period. There will be a total of eight (8) Featured Contests. All Featured Contests will be Beat the Score contests with a $3 entry fee, and will be displayed in the lobby each day during the Qualifying Period. Users can have a maximum of five (5) entries in each of the Featured Contests. Any instance of registering multiple accounts on FanDuel in order to gain more than five entries into a Featured Contest will result in automatic disqualification from the Featured Contest and the Promotion as well as potential suspension from FanDuel.

At the end of each Featured Contest, the two players with the highest score in that Featured Contest will win an entry into the Playoffs (“Finalists”). Players are only eligible to win one entry into the Playoffs. If a user wins more than one spot in the Playoffs, their additional entry into the Playoffs will be awarded to the eligible user with the next highest score in that Featured Beat the Score contest.

Playoff Bracket Tournament

The Playoffs will be a 4 round, 16-person, single elimination bracket style contest that will begin on March 26, 2018 and end on April 2, 2018. Each round of the Playoffs will consist of a Head-to-Head contest (each a “Playoff Contest”) between the eligible Finalists. The bracket seeding for the Playoffs will be determined based on the order in which Finalists qualified for the Playoffs during the Qualifying Period. The dates for each round of the Playoffs can be found in the table below:

Round

Date

1

Monday, March 26, 2018

2

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

3

Friday, March 30, 2018

Final Round

Monday, April 2, 2018

All Finalists will earn a prize based on the round of the playoffs in which they are eliminated, as per the table below.

Place

Reward

Champion

Trip for 4 to an NBA Playoff game (ARV $4,000)

Final Round Knockout

$2,000

3rd Rd Knockout

$1,000

2nd Rd Knockout

$250

1st Rd Knockout

$125

The Finalist that wins all 4 rounds (“Grand Prize Winner”) will be awarded with four tickets to an NBA playoff game, plus a $2,000 credit to cover travel expenses for them and their guests (“Grand Prize”). Approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the Grand Prize is $4,000. Travel credit for Grand Prize Winner will be deposited in winner’s account within 48 hours. Grand Prize Winner is responsible for booking and paying for his or her flight and hotel with the travel credit. FanDuel will not provide more cash than initially deposited; winner will be responsible for any excess travel costs. Grand Prize Winner also has the option to take the cash value of the prize ($4,000) in lieu of accepting the trip package. Grand Prize Winner must submit this request in writing within 72 hours of being awarded the prize.

Teams and Scoring

Standard FanDuel NBA scoring rules apply to all Featured Contests and all Playoff Contests. You can find all scoring rules at https://www.fanduel.com/rules.

In the event of a tie for a Finalist position during the Qualifying Period, or during a Head to Head contest in the Playoffs, the tied players will play a one-day 'playoff' contest to determine finishing position. The playoff will be a Head-to-Head or private league contest using standard FanDuel NBA rosters and scoring rules.

Eligibility

All US and Canadian residents who comply with our eligibility rules for paid entry games in our Terms of Use are eligible to win a prize as part of this Tournament. Users physically located in Alabama, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, Texas and Washington are not eligible to participate in this Tournament. FanDuel employees may enter the competition for testing purposes but are not eligible to win any prizes. Employees and operators of other daily fantasy sports sites are not eligible for this Tournament.

All US resident prize winners will be required to provide address and social security details prior to receiving their prize if their prize exceeds $600 in value. Winners are responsible for paying all taxes, fees, registration and insurance, for any prizes won in connection with this contest, including non-cash prizes.

Additional Terms and Conditions

The decisions made by FanDuel management regarding, but not limited to, eligibility, winners, scoring, rules, prizes and compliance is in accordance with FanDuel’s Terms of Use. No correspondence will be entered into. FanDuel reserves the right to make reasonable changes to these terms, (a) to ensure the fairness of competition, and (b) in response to unanticipated developments (such as technical failures, errors, acts of God, natural disasters, terrorism, changes in applicable law, interruption in the NBA season, failure of stats provider, and failure to obtain a minimum number of entrants).

Affidavit of Eligibility

FanDuel may require prize winners to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility to confirm their identity and eligibility for the Promotion.

In consideration for the opportunity to participate in the Promotion, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, I agree as follows:

  • I represent that I am over 18 years of age. I agree hereby to provide government-issued photo identification to FanDuel to verify my identity and date of birth.
  • I represent that I am not an employee or operator of another daily fantasy site that charges entrance fees or offers cash prizes. Further, I represent that I do not, by virtue of affiliation with another daily fantasy site, have access to the site’s pre-release non-public confidential data about contest-related information.
  • I reaffirm my agreement to:
    • The FanDuel Terms of Use, provided at (https://www.fanduel.com/terms); and
    • The March to the Playoffs contest rules, provided at FanDuel.com/march-playoffs
  • I agree to refrain from any behavior or communication during the March to the Playoffs promotion that would harm the image or reputation of FanDuel, or the FanDuel user community.