Miscellaneous

Overview

Pick6 is a peer-to-peer Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) contest variant offered by DraftKings. Build a lineup, also known as your “Pick Set”, by choosing 2 or more players (3 or more in CO) and selecting whether you believe they will outperform their stat projections. Compete in contests against other users’ Pick Sets and win prizes by making the required number of correct picks.

The entries you compete against are determined by the number of picks you decide to make in your Pick Set (your “Pick Level”). Your Pick Set will only compete against entries of the same Pick Level. The pool of available players and their associated stat projections is called a “Pick Group”.

Minimum Play Requirements

Baseball
The minimum play requirements are different depending on the stat category type:

Batting Stat Category: The player must have at least 1 plate appearance. The following stat categories are considered batting stats:
- Hits
- Strikeouts
- Home Runs
- Hits + Runs + RBIs

Basketball
The player must log at least one (1) second of official play time on the floor to meet the minimum play requirements.

Boxing
The boxer must log at least one (1) second of official fight time in the scheduled fight associated with the pick to meet the minimum play requirements.

Knockdown: when a fighter delivers a punch that results in any part of their opponent’s body — other than the soles of their feet — making contact with the canvas. A slip, trip, or loss of footing not caused by a punch will NOT count as a knockdown.

Home Run Derby
The batter must take at least one (1) official swing to meet the minimum play requirements.

If a player does not meet the minimum play requirements in their event, all picks associated with that player will be scored as void, regardless of selecting more or less for the pick.

If a Pick Set has one or more void picks and the outcomes of the remaining non-void picks results in the lineup finishing in an existing payout tier at the lower pick level, the lineup will receive the minimum guaranteed payout in the sport, pick level, and payout tier of the non-void picks, in cash, less any other cash winnings.

If a Pick Set has all but one void pick the player will get back their entry fee in cash.

If a Pick Set has all void picks, the player will get back their entry fee back in cash.

Scoring and Payouts

DraftKings’ official scoring validation process begins once all events within the Pick Group are final. This process ensures that DraftKings scoring matches official stat providers when contest results are finalized and paid out.

Once contests are finalized, a Pick Set status will change to “Completed”, and the Pick Set will move from the Live tab to the Recent tab on the My Picks page.

On occasion, official scorers may issue a stat-correction after events have ended and the official scoring validation process has completed. These corrections are rare, but can occur days after an event is completed. Therefore, any changes to official scoring that occur after contests have been finalized will not impact those finalized contests. Conversely, if a correction needs to be made after contests are finalized due to a bug with the data feed or the finalization process, while extremely rare, the finalization process (including payment) may be reversed and redone correctly.

Pick stats and their more/less outcomes are intended to align with official results at the time of Pick6 payouts, independent of contest payout timing for other DFS formats in the same sport and involving the same events. While rare, it is possible for a final stat amount on Pick6 to differ with other DFS formats based on when contests from each format were finalized and paid out.

Note: The official scoring validation process is solely to ensure that DraftKings contest results are determined based on official scoring. Delays during this process may occur as a result of data collection or other technical difficulties.

Special Payouts Cases

A Prize Tier is defined as the amount of picks correct and the resulting award for an entry finishing with that number of correct picks. For example, a Prize Tier in a contest could award $500 split among all entries that got 6/6 picks correct and $200 split among all entries that got 5/6 picks correct.

What Happens if No One Finishes in a Prize Tier?

If no entry meets the requirements for an individual Prize Tier posted within a contest, DraftKings will award that tier's prizes to the highest (most picks correct) Prizing Tier. If no entries finish in any posted Prize Tiers,entries with the highest number of correct picks in that contest will be declared the winners and awarded an equal share of the contest’s guaranteed prize pool. In the event no entry has a single correct selection, no winner can be declared and DraftKings will refund all entry fees.

Example Scenarios for When No Entries Qualify for a Prize Tier

The table below explains what course of action DraftKings will take in the event that 0 entries qualify for a posted Prize Tier. The example contest is a 6-Pick Level contest with the following prize structure:

$500 split among all entries with 6/6 picks correct.
$200 split among all entries with 5/6 picks correct.
$100 split among all entries with 4/6 picks correct.
Entries with 0/6, 1/6, 2/6, or 3/6 picks do not win a prize.

All scenarios assume the non-mentioned payout tiers have at least one qualifying entry. For example, “No entries with 6/6 correct” assumes there are entries that got 5/6 and 4/6 correct.

Scenario	Outcome
No entries with 6/6 correct	The $500 for 6/6 correct is awarded to the entries with 5/6 correct ($700 new total prize value for 5/6).
No entries with 5/6 correct	The $200 for 5/6 correct is awarded to the entries with 6/6 correct ($700 new total prize value for 6/6).
No entries with 4/6 correct	The $100 for 4/6 correct is awarded to the entries with 6/6 correct ($600 new total prize value for 6/6).
No entries with 6/6 correct and no entries with 5/6 correct	The combined $700 for 6/6 and 5/6 correct is awarded to the entries with 4/6 correct ($800 new total prize value for 4/6).
No entries with 6/6 correct and no entries with 4/6 correct	The combined $600 for 6/6 and 4/6 correct is awarded to the entries with 5 ⁄ 6 correct ($800 new total prize value for 5/6).
No entries with 5/6 correct and no entries with 4/6 correct	The combined $300 for 5/6 and 4/6 correct is awarded to the entries with 6/6 correct ($800 new total prize value for 6/6).
All entries have 3/6 or fewer correct	The combined $800 for 6/6, 5/6, and 4/6 correct is awarded to the entries with the highest number of correct entries. (e.g., 3/6 correct;if no entries with 3/6 correct , then 2/6 correct, etc.).

In the case of a contest in which all entries get 0 picks correct, regardless of Pick Level, all entry fees are returned back to players.

Is It Possible for an Entry with Fewer Correct Picks to Win More than an Entry with More Correct Picks?

On occasion, more entries could finish in a higher Prize Tier compared to the one below it. For example, many more entries getting 6/6 picks correct than 5/6 picks correct. This can lead to the per-entry prizing amount for getting 5/6 correct being higher than the per-entry prizing amount for 6/6 entries because entries within a Prize Tier split the prize.

If an entry in a lower Prize Tier is awarded a higher per-entry prizing amount than an entry from a higher Prize Tier, DraftKings will manually credit entries in the higher Prize Tier the difference between the higher prize awarded to winners in the lower Prize Tier and the prize awarded to winners in the higher Prize Tier. This credit may occur after contest payouts.

Example for Credits When a Lower Tier Makes More Per Entry Than a Higher One

In this example, assume a 6-pick Pick6 contest awards $500 in prizes split among all entries that got 6/6 picks correct. The Prize Tier below it awards $200 in prizes split among all entries that got 5/6 picks correct.

If 100 entries in the contest got 6/6 correct, that $500 payout would award $5 for each of those entries ($500 / 100 entries = $5 per entry). If only 25 entries got 5/6 correct in the same contest, that Prize Tier’s $200 payout would award $8 for each of those entries ($200 / 25 entries = $8 per entry).

Because entries in the 5/6 Prize Tier earned more than the entries in the 6/6 Prize Tier, DraftKings will manually credit each player with entries that got 6/6 picks correct $3 per entry (the actual per entry difference between the 6/6 and 5/6 Prize Tiers). There is no change to the prizing for entries that finished in the 5/6 Prize Tier.

Pick Set Requirements

Once a player is selected, they cannot be selected again for a different pick in the same Pick Set.

Player Pool

Stat projections can change after they have been posted. The projections at the time you submit your Pick Set are the projections your picks will be scored against.

DraftKings reserves the right to add or remove picks to a Pick Group at its discretion after the initial group of picks has been published.

Unlike other Pick6 categories, Miscellaneous Pick Groups may include picks from multiple sports. For example, you may include a Boxing pick, a Baseball pick, and a Basketball pick in the same Pick Set—provided they are all part of the same active Miscellaneous Pick Group.

Pick Set Edits

Pick Sets may not be edited after they’ve been submitted.

If the scheduled start time for an event changes after contests for a Pick Group become available, DraftKings will take measures to ensure the change is reflected on the pick experience. In the rare case that an event within a Pick Group starts before the scheduled start time, all players will become locked as soon as our feed reflects that the event has begun.

Canceled, Postponed, and Rescheduled Games

If an event is canceled, all associated picks for that event will be scored as void. If the Pick Group contains only one event, the entire Pick Set will be canceled and refunded.