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FanDuel and DraftKings are pouring tens of millions into lobbying and super PACs, including the $41 million sports betting Win for America super PAC. Both companies donated heavily to Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, with DraftKings giving $502,000 and FanDuel contributing $482,000. [1, 2]
An overview of their political contributions and lobbying efforts reveals:
- Win for America Super PAC: DraftKings and FanDuel are the primary funders of this super PAC, directing millions toward state legislative races to protect and expand online sports betting. [1]
- Bipartisan Congressional Influence: FanDuel gave $500,000 each to the Republican-aligned Senate Leadership Fund and Congressional Leadership Fund. On the same day, the company donated $500,000 each to their Democratic equivalents, the Senate Majority PAC and House Majority PAC. [1]
- Trump Inauguration Donations: Both platforms made six-figure in-kind donations to support President Donald Trump’s inaugural festivities, using the event to connect with state lawmakers. [1]
- Federal Lobbying Expenditures: Both companies have rapidly expanded their direct federal lobbying in Washington, with FanDuel and DraftKings spending nearly $2 million combined on lobbying disclosures through OpenSecrets. [1, 2]
Track official spending disclosures and recipient committees through the OpenSecrets Lobbying Profile and the Federal Election Commission. [1, 2, 3, 4]
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corporate Supremacist Super PACs
Cryptocurrency corporations drove the surge in 2024 corporate election spending, ultimately putting more than $170 million toward intervening in congressional races across the country and accounting for more than a third of the total sum of corporate money spent during that cycle.
Most of the 2026 surge also is attributable to the crypto sector, along with other sectors following crypto’s 2024 playbook of channeling millions into super PACs. These super PACs prioritize the interests of their business backers over either major political party or any candidate. Following the crypto playbook, they are set up to engage in both Democratic and Republican primaries and to support or attack candidates of either major party in the general election. This relatively new crop of corporate supremacist super PACs makes their prioritization of corporate self-interest explicit:
- Josh Vlasto, a leader of the crypto-prioritizing Fairshake super PAC – and a former chief of staff for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and top staffer for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) – said in 2025 “We are building an aggressive, targeted strategy for next year to ensure that pro-crypto voices are heard in key races across the country.”
- Similarly, a statement on the website for the AI-prioritizing Leading the Future PAC – which Vlasto co-leads with Zac Moffatt, a former digital director for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign – states the political entity’s intention is “identifying, maintaining, and growing pro-AI candidates in order to support an AI innovation policy agenda at the state and federal level.”
- Similarly, an unnamed Win for America spokesperson told Axios the super PAC’s corporate backers “seek candidates who will thoughtfully approach regulation and ensure legal sports betting can continue to support communities through billions in tax revenue and jobs across America.”
Together, the crypto, AI, Big Tech, and online betting corporations have spent $294 million – 57% of the total 2026 midterm spending by corporations so far. Most of their spending (60%) has backed these corporate supremacist super PACs (see Table 1).
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