Sports available at FanDuel Illinois
An A-Z list of all sports available on the site can is on the left-hand panel. FanDuel has a huge selection available, meaning you’ll be kept entertained throughout the sporting year. Here are your choices at FanDuel Illinois:
Bet types available at FanDuel Sportsbook
FanDuel has a robust menu of betting options for players to enjoy. There are all the basics you’d expect, with a few flourishes of creativity in there, too.
The first two you’re likely to come across are point spread and moneyline bets. There’s also a good number of prop bets and outright/total options available, giving the chance to bet on your favorite games in a slightly more interesting fashion.
Find all futures by clicking on a sport, and toggling to the futures page at the top of the screen.
You can also cash out early with FanDuel if you don’t think your bet will come through.
Live betting is available through both the desktop site and the FanDuel app. Select the "Live" tab to see all ongoing games and available odds, which will constantly change. Place your bets fast to take advantage of the best odds, and watch the gameplay live via the site.
A betting guide is available through a link at the bottom of the left-side panel. It includes explanations of common betting terms as well as individual sports betting guides and betting rules.
Illinois teams you can bet on
While legal sports betting means you can bet on any and all teams at FanDuel in Illinois, let’s be honest, betting on the local teams is the most exciting. With that said, let’s dive into all the Chicago professional teams from Illinois that you can bet on at FanDuel.
Starting things off with the team that’s been around the longest in Chicago, we have the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs are one of the most storied franchises in Major League Baseball, and famously ended their epic 108-year World Series drought when they won the title in 2016. The Cubs also play their home games at historic Wrigley Field.
While the Cubs are in the National League, their neighbors to the south, the Chicago White Sox, are in MLB’s American League. While not as old as the Cubs, the White Sox are still one of baseball’s oldest franchises, dating back to 1901. The White Sox last won the World Series in 2005. You can bet on all Cubs and White Sox games, including live betting at FanDuel Sportsbook.
In the NBA, Chicago is home to another iconic sports team, the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls are most known for winning six NBA titles in the 1990s thanks in large part to one of the greatest players of all time, Michael Jordan. Since Jordan left the Bulls following their second three-peat, Chicago has won only five playoff series, but that won’t stop you from being able to bet on them on FanDuel’s online sportsbook and app in Illinois.
The Chicago Blackhawks are yet another famous team that calls the Prairie State home. The Blackhawks are members of the NHL’s Original Six and have won the Stanley Cup a total of six times, with their most recent title coming in the 2014-15 season. That marked Chicago’s third Stanley Cup win during a six-season stretch. At FanDuel, you can wager on all Blackhawks games, as well as all other NHL contests.
The Chicago Bears have been playing in the NFL since 1922. Since then, Da Bears have won seven NFL Championships (during the pre-Super Bowl era) and one Super Bowl (Super Bowl XX vs. the Patriots). Chicago plays in one of the NFL’s most iconic divisions, the NFC North, which includes three of the Bears most bitter rivals, the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions. FanDuel Sportsbook has tons of bets available for all Bears and NFL games.
The Chicago Sky play in the WNBA, and they’re different from many other teams in the league in that they’re not affiliated with their NBA counterpart. The Sky began play in 2006 and have reached the WNBA Finals once, back in 2014 when they were swept by the Phoenix Mercury. There are not as many betting options available for WNBA games as you’ll see for NBA games, but you still are able to wager on the action at FanDuel.
The Chicago Fire FC entered Major League Soccer as an expansion franchise back in 1998 and got off to about the best start possible. The Fire won the MLS Cup and US Open Cup during their first season of play. Unfortunately, it remains the club’s only MLS title to date. FanDuel online sportsbook Illinois has plenty of options for betting on the Fire, including same-game parlays, which are unique to the sportsbook.
FanDuel futures bets
The sports betting futures market at FanDuel Sportsbook is stocked with wagers for Illinoisans. In this section, we’ll go through what you can expect to have the option of betting on at the sportsbook when it comes to local teams.
Starting with the one sport that Illinois has two pro teams in and that’s MLB. At FanDuel online sportsbook in Illinois, you can place futures bets on the White Sox and bets on the Cubs to win the World Series, but that’s far from all. There are also futures for winning the AL or NL pennant, winning the division and for how many games each team will win during the regular season. You can wager on player futures, too, such as betting on who will win the NL and AL MVP awards or the Cy Young Award in both leagues.
In the NHL, you can place futures bets on the Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup, Western Conference or Central Division title. FanDuel also has markets for individual team’s regular-season performances. And on the player side, you can bet whether you think a Blackhawks player will win the Hart Trophy or the Conn Smythe Trophy.
The NFL futures market is even bigger at FanDuel. All the bets you would expect to be there are, such as betting on the Bears or any other NFL team to win the Super Bowl, make the playoffs, win their division or win a set number of games during the regular season. But on the player side, you also can bet on the regular-season MVP, Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year, and Rookie of the Year.
There’s still more, though: FanDuel Sportsbook has futures for which quarterback will have the most passing yards for the year and which player will finish with the most catches.
The NBA futures market at FanDuel is pretty similar to all the leagues mentioned above. You can select the Bulls to win the title, their conference or their division. Before the season, you can bet on how many games Chicago will win that year. Or you can bet on who will be the eventual winner of the NBA MVP Award.
In both MLS and the WNBA, it still is to be determined whether FanDuel will have futures markets. If it does, it is likely they’ll be for whether the Chicago Sky or Fire will win the title in their respective leagues.