FanDuel Group’s sportsbooks have advised their affiliates that they will not continue partnerships with sites that actively promote offshore and unlicensed online betting sites accepting bets from the U.S.
FanDuel said it could terminate sites participation in its affiliate program if they carry such promotions on their sites.
“Please be advised that FanDuel considers the promotion of offshore gambling websites as promotion of illegal activities,” the email said. “As such, FanDuel will take steps to monitor your site to ensure it complies with FanDuel’s terms and conditions, and will take appropriate actions including, but not limited to, terminating your participation in the FanDuel Affiliate Program if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions.
“By continuing to participate in the FanDuel Affiliate Program, you represent and warrant that your site does not currently promote any illegal activities, including, but not limited to, offshore gambling,” the email said.
The email comes amid several reports that many offshore gambling sites have increased promotions aimed at U.S. gamblers since a Supreme Court decision that struck down a federal ban on sports gambling.
FanDuel now runs sports books in New Jersey and Mississippi. New Jersey regulators in particular have been aggressive in trying to combat the effect of offshore sites accepting bets from within the state. The state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement has in the past sent cease and desist letters to state licensed affiliate sites that have carried promotions for offshore sites.
“We believe this may either taint legitimate sites by associating them with the illegal ones, and conversely may lend the appearance that these illegal sites are affiliated with authorized sites,” division spokeswomen Kerry Langan recently told Online Poker Report.
