DraftKings Reports Continued Revenue Growth and Sustained Profitability in FY2024
DraftKings reported its FY2024 annual results in February 2025, showing continued strong revenue growth and sustained adjusted EBITDA profitability following the company's first profitable full year in 2023, confirming the US online sports betting market's most significant stories of operator-level maturation.
Key Takeaways
- DraftKings reported FY2024 annual results in February 2025 showing continued strong growth
- The company sustained adjusted EBITDA profitability in 2024, building on its first profitable year in 2023
- DraftKings continued to operate in more than 25 US states for online sports betting
- DraftKings Casino (iGaming) contributed alongside sportsbook revenue growth
- New state market entries, including Missouri (anticipated), were expected to contribute future revenue
- DraftKings is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and is listed on Nasdaq
Why It Matters — Players
Why It Matters — Operators
DraftKings reported its FY2024 annual results in February 2025, confirming that the company sustained the adjusted EBITDA profitability it first achieved on a full-year basis in 2023. The results demonstrated that DraftKings' transition from a growth-at-all-costs sportsbook operator to a sustainably profitable business had been successfully consolidated, validating the trajectory the company had set out in its public market communications.
Continuing the Profitability Milestone
DraftKings' achievement of full-year adjusted EBITDA profitability in 2023 had been a landmark moment for the company and the US online gambling industry. The 2024 results showed that this profitability was not a one-year achievement but a sustained operating reality, with the company generating earnings even as it continued to invest in new market launches, product development, and marketing. The transition from the aggressive customer acquisition spend of the early US sports betting market (2018-2022) to a more profitable operating model reflected both market maturation and DraftKings' own operational discipline.
Product Portfolio Growth
DraftKings' 2024 performance was driven by both its sportsbook and iGaming (DraftKings Casino) products. The company continued to expand its casino product library, its live in-play betting features, and its same-game parlay offerings — areas where product investment was consistently cited as important drivers of customer engagement and repeat wagering.
Market Coverage
By end of 2024, DraftKings operated in more than 25 licensed US states for online sports betting and in all licensed iGaming states. Missouri's ballot measure approval in November 2024 created an anticipated new market for DraftKings, which had been a day-one operator in Ohio (January 2023), Massachusetts (March 2023), and Kentucky (September 2023).
Competitive Context
DraftKings and FanDuel remain the two dominant US online sportsbook operators by market share, with BetMGM and Caesars Sportsbook competing for the third and fourth positions nationally. DraftKings' continued strong performance across multiple years confirmed the structural advantage of scale in a market where technology investment, licensing costs, and marketing spending all benefit from being spread across a large customer base.
- Source:
- Reuters
- Published:
- February 15, 2025
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