{"id":347703,"date":"2025-09-03T17:51:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/fanduel-launches-bet-protect-program-to-spare-bettors-from-early-injury-impact\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:51:06","slug":"fanduel-launches-bet-protect-program-to-spare-bettors-from-early-injury-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/fanduel-launches-bet-protect-program-to-spare-bettors-from-early-injury-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"FanDuel launches Bet Protect program to spare bettors from early injury impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fand-300x148.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"FanDuel has launched its Bet Protect program, allowing users to stay in the NFL game in the event of an early injury to a player.\u00a0\" style=\"width:100%;height:49.48%;max-width:964px;margin-bottom: 15px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FanDuel has launched its <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bet Protect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> program, allowing users to stay in the NFL game in the event of an early injury to a player.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Customers are now in line to receive bonus bets in return for an NFL player prop if the player they wager on picks up an injury in the first quarter of the NFL game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ahead of the new NFL regular season, the leading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanduel.com\/research\/introducing-fanduel-s-betprotect-program?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">sportsbook and daily fantasy sports operator<\/a> has introduced the incentive to offset the risk of early injuries impacting bettors&#8217; activity, in line with similar provisions from rival companies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These include DraftKings\u2019 Early Exit program (which covers the first half) and Fanatics Sportsbook\u2019s Fair Play Policy, which is used for the NBA Playoff games.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#039;re putting the power of the sportsbook in your hands this NFL season with YourWay <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f525.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd25\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f535.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd35\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> Adjust lines <br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f535.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd35\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> Customize player props <br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f535.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd35\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> Instant odds on exclusive bets<br \/>\u271a &amp; More! <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/27a1.png\" alt=\"\u27a1\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mbH4oeQh1s\">https:\/\/t.co\/mbH4oeQh1s<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O6PsUuu0pR\">pic.twitter.com\/O6PsUuu0pR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FanDuel Sportsbook (@FDSportsbook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDSportsbook\/status\/1962878178009219107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span id=\"how_will_fanduel_bet_protect_work-2\">How will FanDuel Bet Protect work?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FanDuel Bet Protect will refund NFL player prop bets in the form of Bonus Bets in the following ways:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Straight Bets: If a player prop bet (e.g., yards, touchdowns) is placed and the player is injured in the first quarter, FanDuel refunds the bet as Bonus Bets within 24 hours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parlays\/Same Game Parlays (SGP): If the injured player\u2019s prop is the only losing leg, FanDuel re-prices the bet with new odds and pays out in Bonus Bets if the remaining legs win.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eligibility: The program automatically applies to eligible NFL player prop bets. No opt-in is required.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Settlement: Bets qualifying for Bet Protect are still marked as a loss in the &#8220;My Bets&#8221; section after the game, but Bonus Bets are issued for qualifying wagers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FanDuel has also launched a new fantasy sports app, FanDuel Picks, in time for the new NFL season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/fanduel-launches-peer-to-peer-fantasy-sports-app-fanduel-picks\/\">FanDuel Picks is a new peer-to-peer fantasy sports app<\/a>, bringing a new way for fans to pick their favorite athletes and form fantasy teams ahead of the 2025 NFL season. The service offers the chance to win up to 1,000 times the entry fee, with new users who deposit $5 to receive $60 in bonus funds as an incentive to try out the new fantasy sports offering.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: FanDuel<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/fanduel-bet-protect-launched\/\">FanDuel launches Bet Protect program to spare bettors from early injury impact<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\">ReadWrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/fanduel-bet-protect-launched\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] FanDuel has launched its Bet Protect program, allowing users to stay in the NFL game in the event of an early injury to a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":347704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}