1. What Are Cookies & Device Storage Tokens?
Cookies are compact text files placed onto your computer, smartphone, or tablet device whenever you visit a website. In addition to HTTP cookies, our infrastructure utilizes related web technologies, including HTML5 local storage, session storage, and cryptographic authentication tokens.
These small files allow the DraftKings Sportsbook platform to recognize your device across browsing sessions, maintain your active sports betting slip when navigating between markets, and confirm identity verification protocols upon accessing the member portal.
2. Core Purposes for Deploying Cookies
DraftKings Sportsbook leverages tracking technologies for critical functional, analytical, and security objectives:
- Authentication & Session Continuity: Confirming that you are securely signed into your wagering wallet without requiring re-authentication on every page change.
- Geolocation Verification: Cooperating with state-mandated location services to confirm physical presence within licensed states.
- Bet Slip Persistence: Preserving active selections, parlays, and odds boost configurations while you explore different casino and sportsbook lobbies.
- Fraud Prevention & Anomaly Detection: Identifying rapid IP switches, robotic scraper behavior, or unauthorized login attempts.
3. Categories of Cookies Deployed
We categorize cookies utilized across our sports betting ecosystem into four distinct tiers:
| Category |
Purpose |
Mandatory? |
| Strictly Necessary |
Enables user login, bet slip creation, deposit/withdrawal routing, and regulatory geofencing checks. |
Yes (Always Active) |
| Performance & Telemetry |
Monitors page loading speeds, crash instances, and server concurrency during major sports fixtures. |
Configurable |
| Functional & Personalization |
Remembers preferred sports categories, odds display formats (American vs Decimal), and audio settings. |
Configurable |
| Marketing & Attribution |
Measures promotional campaign performance when unlocking welcome bonuses through /go/. |
Configurable |
4. Session Cookies vs. Persistent Cookies
Session Cookies: These ephemeral cookies exist solely while your browser remains open. Once you close your browser or log out of your DraftKings Sportsbook account, session cookies are automatically expunged from memory.
Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device until a specified expiration date (typically between 30 and 365 days) or until manually erased through browser preferences. They are utilized to remember your device for 2FA fast-pass authentication and store interface preferences.
5. Managing & Revoking Cookie Preferences
You maintain total authority over non-essential cookies. You can manage, block, or delete cookies directly within your web browser settings:
Google Chrome
Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies → Manage exceptions.
Apple Safari
Preferences → Privacy → Prevent cross-site tracking / Block all cookies.
Mozilla Firefox
Settings → Privacy & Security → Enhanced Tracking Protection settings.
Microsoft Edge
Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies.
Note: Disabling Strictly Necessary cookies will prevent you from authenticating into your player profile, creating bet slips, or executing deposits.
6. Do Not Track (DNT) & Global Privacy Control (GPC)
DraftKings Sportsbook honors Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals broadcast by compatible browsers. Where required by state privacy statutes (including the California Consumer Privacy Act), our platform automatically disables non-essential advertising trackers upon detecting a valid GPC header.
For further inquiries regarding our data handling procedures, review our comprehensive DraftKings Sportsbook Privacy Policy.