Malik Smith wrote that fanduel launched a new-user welcome offer tied to Monday’s Michigan-UConn national championship, promising $300 in bonus bets every day for 10 straight days for qualifying sign-ups.
Michigan-UConn National Championship Details
WTOP reported the game was scheduled for 8:50 PM ET, and the promotion began with that tipoff; that detail is confirmed. WTOP described Michigan at 31-3 and UConn at 29-5 entering the game, listed Michigan as a -300 moneyline favorite and UConn as a +240 longshot, and gave tournament-run statistics: Michigan averaged 94.4 points per game and a +21.6 average point differential over its last five games while UConn held opponents to 65.0 points per game. These figures are confirmed.
New York Post Eligibility Requirements
Malik Smith’s New York Post piece said the offer gives new users up to $3,000 in bonus bets over 10 days—$300 each day for 10 days—and framed it as a welcome promotion that starts with the Michigan-UConn game; that description is claimed by Malik Smith. The New York Post said new users must be physically present in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Washington DC, West Virginia, or Wyoming when signing up to qualify for the welcome promotion; that eligibility list is claimed by the New York Post.
WTOP Game Time and Terms
WTOP also reported that no promo code was necessary to get started; that detail is confirmed. The promotion applies beyond Monday: WTOP noted the bonus-bet credits could be used on MLB and NBA games after the championship, which is confirmed. Together, those details mean a new user who registers while present in one of the listed states can receive $300 in bonus bets on each of the first 10 days after opening an account, amounting to the $3,000 cap claimed by the New York Post.
The tension in the offer is geographic and temporal. The daily $300 schedule is generous in raw value, but Malik Smith’s reporting shows that eligibility depends on physical presence in a long, specific roster of states and districts at the time of sign-up; that limitation is claimed. At the same time, WTOP’s confirmed game-time and team statistics frame the promotion around a single national championship moment while extending the betting window across the following 10 days to MLB and NBA contests.
For new users covered in Malik Smith’s report, the immediate practical step is explicit: sign up while physically present in one of the listed states and the account will begin the 10-day, $300-per-day sequence starting with the 8:50 PM ET Michigan-UConn game, with credits available for MLB and NBA games afterward; these mechanics are as reported. The single urgent unresolved question in this package is whether any additional state or account-level restrictions apply beyond the New York Post’s claimed eligibility list.
