FanDuel Racing Review

FanDuel bonuses and promotions

FanDuel is always adding lucrative bonuses and promotions, which are not stagnant and always changing. One of the nice things about the bonuses is FanDuel has a lot of them when it comes to the bigger races.

This is especially the case for the Triple Crown races of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes.

A couple of the bonuses it is offering at the time of writing are:

• $5 free bet: In this promo, you get a free bet of $5 when you make a deposit of at least $50 on Tuesday or Wednesday.
• Win bet insurance: In this promo, you will be able to receive insurance on your win bets. You will get $5 back if the horse you bet on finishes second Thursday at Gulfstream Park, Friday at Santa Anita or Saturday at Aqueduct.

How to navigate the racebook

Navigation of FanDuel Racing is very easy and straightforward. There is pertinent information on the landing page, but not too much, so it is far from jumbled. There is a Log In/Sign Up green button at the top right-hand side of the screen

The main links to scroll over are at the bottom of the page in tracks, my bets (a bet slip), promos and more. Clicking on “more” will take you to the page where you can find a lot of important information.

It is here you will find the other links to tutorials, results, FanDuel FAQ, privacy policy, terms and conditions, and wagering responsibly.

FanDuel Racing features

There are many features at the FanDuel racebook, and some of them can really help out the bettor. To this point, it has links on the landing page to help with understanding the odds and understanding bet types.

There is a lot of great information in these links, which can really help bettors know the horse race game inside and out.

Besides the links on the landing page to help bettors, FanDuel goes even further by offering tutorials. It offers a tutorial about the races it streams live, showing you exactly what you need to do to watch the races it has odds posted on in real time.

On top of that, it has a “Learning the Basics” tutorial, which shows you all you need to know when it comes to horse racing and, more specifically, betting on horse racing.

One of the best features of FanDuel Racing is the many races it streams live. However, as of March 2020, live streaming is not available for desktop users.

At the time of this writing, the live streaming is only available on tablets and mobile devices.

If you are looking for stats and results, then FanDuel Racing has you covered. When you click on the “more” link at the bottom of the page, you will see several other links that have been mentioned, with one being results.

Clicking on that will show you all the tracks, and then by clicking on a certain track, you can see all of the races that have posted results.

The tutorials section is where you will find not only all the information about live streaming races but the tutorial to help learn the basics. This is not only a great tool for learning the horse racing game but also shows you how to find the statistics for horses.

The “Learning the Basics” tutorial takes you through a five-step process:

1. Learn how to select a horse: Here you can look at racing stats and data in helping you to make a winning selection.
2. Tap on a horse to see its stats: When you are on the program page for a specific race, you can simply tap on the name of the horse in the race, and its stats will be shown.
3. Opening odds and odds trend: The opening odds are the initial odds the horse had on the day it was in a race. The trend will show a horse’s previous three odds.
4. Power rating and high speed: The power rating will show you a horse and how it has fared in terms of its speed, class and pace. This is a solid tool to use to compare horses. The high speed will tell you how fast a certain horse has been in previous races.
5. Win% and Top 3%: The Win% is a great tool letting you know how often a certain horse has won in its previous races. The Top 3% lets you know how often a certain horse has finished in the top three positions in previous races.

Is it legal to play at FanDuel racebook?

If you would like to open a FanDuel Racing account, you can do so in the following states:

• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Illinois
• Kentucky
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• North Dakota
• New Hampshire
• New Mexico
• New York
• Ohio
• Oregon
• Rhode Island
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Vermont
• West Virginia
• Wyoming

If you do not reside in one of the above states, you cannot open an account at the racebook, but FanDuel is working on operating in more states.

In most states, you have to be at least 18 years old to open an account, but you will have to be 21 years old to open an account in North Dakota.

FanDuel Racing mobile application

FanDuel does offer a mobile application for its racebook, but not only do you have to be a resident of a state that it offers its product in, you have to be physically within state lines to place wagers. The app is available at the Apple Store for iOS users.

While Google does not allow for betting applications in its store, you can access the racebook on an Android device by visiting the main site.

Types of bets available at FanDuel

FanDuel offers no lack of bets to make. Here are some of the common wager types at the racebook and their abbreviations that you will see on the site:

• Win (WN): Your horse must win the race.
• Place (PL): Your horse must finish first or second.
• Show (SH): Your horse must finish in first, second or third.
• Exacta (EX): Picking two horses to finish in first and second in that order.
• Quinella (QN): Picking two horses to finish in first and second in any order.
• Trifecta (TR): Picking three horses to finish in first, second and third in that order.
• Superfecta (SU): Picking three horses to finish in first, second and third in any order.
• Daily Double (DD): Picking the winners of two races.
• Pick 3 (P3): Picking the winners of three consecutive races.
• Pick 4 (P4): Picking the winners of four consecutive races.
• Pick 5 (P5): Picking the winners of five consecutive races.
• Pick 6 (P6): Picking the winners of six consecutive races.

The exacta, trifecta, and superfecta bets have other options:

• Box: Horses you pick can finish in any order. An exacta box is just like a quinella wager, but there may be a separate pool. For example, in a superfecta box 2, 4, 5 and 7, you will win the bet if the horses you pick finish in the top four of a race, and the position does not matter.
• Key: You pick one horse to win the race with all the others picked finishing in any order. For example, in a Superfecta Key 2 with 4, 5 and 7, you win the bet if 2 wins the race and the other horses chosen finish the race in second, third and fourth, and the position does not matter.
• Wheel: One or more horses are picked to finish in any certain place. In this bet, the possible combinations will change, and it will depend on the number of horses in that race. For example, a superfecta wheel 1, 4 with 1, 4, 7 with 1, 4, 6, 7 with 1, 4, 6, 7, 10 to win, horse 1 or 4 has to win the race, 1, 4, or 7 has to finish second, 1, 4, 6, or 7 has to finish third, and 1, 4, 6, 7 or 10 has to finish fourth.

Major races at FanDuel

As stated before, FanDuel offers races from all around the world at over 150 tracks. All of the major tracks are covered, and you know this is the case with all the pertinent betting info it has on the big races, especially for the ones in the Triple Crown.

At the bottom of the landing page, you will see a link to tracks, and by clicking on that link, you will see all the tracks that have upcoming races that have odds posted. On the top of that page, it has two links for region — US and international — and right next to that, the links for race type: thoroughbred, harness and quarter horse.

What is also nice about the tracks link is that it not only shows all of the upcoming racing at those tracks but also the results of races recently finished.

Banking options

FanDuel racing offers a wide array of banking methods for deposits and withdrawals. One of the nice things is that most of the deposit options have instant processing times, which means right after you make a real money deposit, you can start to bet on the races.

The ones that do not have instant processing times are wire transfers and money orders.

The deposit options at FanDuel racing are:

• Visa
• Mastercard
• E-check
• PayPal
• Wire transfer — $15 fee for wire deposits less than $1,000.
• Green Dot MoneyPak — A type of a gift card that can be purchased at stores such as CVS and Walgreens. With the Green Dot MoneyPak, deposits must be made online and cannot be done over the phone.
• PayNearMe — You can fund your account through PayNearMe, which is available at most 7-Eleven, CVS and Family Dollar stores.
• FanDuel Racing prepaid card — This card is also accepted to make purchases anywhere the Discover Card is accepted.
• Money orders/checks

Here are the withdrawal options at FanDuel racing and the fee and processing times:

• Visa debit card — Free, 25 hours. The website also states, “Card withdrawals are subject to the same banking restrictions as card deposits — if your card does not work for funding online wagering, you will not be able to use that card for withdrawals.”
• Check withdrawal request — Free, 7-10 business days.
• E-check (ACH) transfer — Free, 2-5 days.
• FanDuel Racing prepaid card — Possible fees, 24-30 hours.
• PayPal — Free, 24-30 hours.
• Wire transfer — $15, same day or next business day.
• Overnight check — $40, 2-4 days.

Customer service

While FanDuel racing has good customer support, it is not great. The reasons for that being that there is no live chat customer service, and phone support is not available 24/7.

There is no customer service email, but on the main site, it has a “more” link at the bottom of the page. By clicking on that and then clicking “support,” you can then fill in a “message us” box where you can write your issue and email, and someone will get back to you.

While not for customer service, specifically, there is a general email for FanDuel Racing at [email protected]. Its customer service phone number is 1-888-752-9884, and the hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. EST.

One of the best aspects of the customer service department at FanDuel racing has to be its FAQ section. Not only does it have a list of commonly asked questions with links, but it also has a search box where, if you input any word dealing with any inquiry, you have a list of links that will show up correlating to what you are looking for.