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- As the NFL regular season looms, FanDuel and Caesars are launching new products linked to casinos.
- The gaming companies are looking for ways to increase engagement by customers.
FanDuel and Caesars are rolling out new casino-linked products and app features around the 2026 NFL season, as major US sportsbooks try to turn football traffic into longer engagement across sports betting, online casinos, and daily fantasy sports products.
The product push matters because football season is the industry’s busiest stretch of the year, and operators are increasingly using that demand to keep customers inside broader digital ecosystems instead of only taking sportsbook wagers on game days.
FanDuel and Caesars add more crossover
According to The Ritz Herald, FanDuel is launching a unified app ahead of kickoff that combines sports betting, casino games, and fantasy sports under one login. Company leadership described engagement across sports and fantasy products as unusually high even before the regular season begins.
Caesars Sportsbook is taking a similar approach, but with football-specific casino products. The operator is launching NFL Jackpots for the 2026 season, a progressive jackpot feature inside its Caesars Online Casino product tied to real game events rather than random spins.
Caesars is also pairing that product with NFL Flips, a game that gives users a share of a weekly bonus bet prize pool.
The company has also introduced a universal digital wallet that combines sportsbook, casino, and rewards funds into one balance. That kind of single-wallet setup can reduce friction for users moving between products.
Caesars expands wagering and streaming as football returns
Beyond its casino additions, Caesars said it has expanded its live wagering markets by two to three times compared with prior seasons. The operator will carry nearly 200,000 additional matches in its app across the year through a broader livestreaming push.
Another notable change for Caesars is that the 2026 NFL season will be the first one in which its sportsbook operates entirely on its own proprietary technology rather than a licensed platform.
BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt said wagering growth seen during the World Cup offered a preview of what football season can generate.
What remains unclear is how broadly these product changes will be available. The report did not specify state-by-state rollout details, exact launch dates beyond the start of the 2026 NFL season, or the full terms for NFL Jackpots and NFL Flips. It also did not say whether FanDuel’s unified app will launch in every jurisdiction at the same time.
Based on reporting by The Ritz Herald.
