FanDuel Agrees with Buffalo Sabres as Official Sports Betting Partner

The Buffalo Sabres of the NHL and FanDuel Group announced Wednesday that they have agreed to terms that will now make FanDuel Sportsbook the official sports betting partner of the team.

What’s in the FanDuel Deal with Buffalo

The deal is set to be a “multi-year partnership” and gives FanDuel, which was amongst the first online sportsbooks in New York, exclusive rights to include branding, sports betting odds, promotions during Sabres broadcasts.

It also gives the sportsbook the ability to use Sabres “marks and logos” for in-arena marketing materials at Sabres home games.

This pact comes shortly after New York as a state, which is home to the Sabres, had the best sports betting month in history.

New York sports betting had a total handle of $1.686 billion from Jan. 8-31. The sportsbooks in New York also brought in a combined $123.810 million in revenue.

As for FanDuel, it totaled the second-highest handle amongst online sportsbooks in New York in January, bringing in $517,492,498.

FanDuel Deal Will Provide Real-Time Odds for Sabres Fans

In addition to the exclusive rights portion of the deal, FanDuel will also receive “end-to-end broadcast integration exclusivity in all phases of Sabres broadcasts, including pregame, in-game, intermissions, and postgame,” with sports betting segments during the pregame show and after both the first and second-period intermissions.

Sabres viewers can also expect to see real-time betting odds from FanDuel Sportsbook throughout the broadcast.

“On the heels of bringing America’s No. 1 Sportsbook to the great state of New York, we’re excited to partner with the Sabres to infuse sports betting content into the hockey viewing experience,” Mike Raffensperger, CMO of FanDuel Group, said in a news release. “This is just the beginning for New York sports fans, and partnering with a fellow leader in the sports and entertainment industry lets us collaborate to take things to the next level.”

“We’re proud to expand our relationship with FanDuel and extend its engaging content to Sabres fans,” Dan Misko, Pegula Sports & Entertainment Sr., Vice President of Business Development, said in the release. “FanDuel has built a strong reputation as a premier sports betting destination for sports fans, and we’re very excited for all that this partnership will offer our valued fans throughout the state of New York. We look forward to working with FanDuel for many years to come.”

FanDuel Promo Offers for Sabres Fans

With this partnership announcement, players at FanDuel Sportsbook will be able to take part in an NHL betting promotion, “Sabres Correct Score Bonus”, which will be available on Feb. 23 and 25, during Sabres home games.

This offer will allow players to wager $25 or more on a pre-live, straight “correct score” wager to receive $5 in bonuses for each goal the winning team has, regardless of whether your wager wins or loses.

In addition to that offer, new players at FanDuel Sportsbook will also receive a welcome bonus which includes a bonus bet of up to $1,000, meaning you will receive your first wager back in site credit up to $1,000 if your first wager loses.