PokerStars on FanDuel Launches Weekly Leaderboard Awarding $2,500 in Tournament Tickets
TL;DR — PokerStars on FanDuel rolled out a weekly leaderboard awarding $2,500 in tickets for Nightly Stars cashes. Top prize is $500, with awards to 74th place; points equal dollars earned. The promotion covers MI, NJ, PA and Ontario and builds on this year’s FanDuel partnership.
SCCG Take — The fixed $2,500 weekly pool creates predictable operator cost while rewarding consistent play. This targets retention in a competitive poker vertical without variable bonus exposure.
PokerStars on FanDuel has introduced a weekly leaderboard for its Nightly Stars tournament series. The promotion awards $2,500 in tournament tickets each week to top point earners among players in the regulated US market.
The top weekly performer receives $500 in tickets. Awards extend to 74th place, which earns a $10 2nd Chance All In Shootout ticket. One leaderboard point accrues for each dollar cashed in Nightly Stars events, which run Monday through Saturday at 6:40 p.m. local time.
The first leaderboard covers August 24-29 and resets for August 31-September 5. Awarded tickets expire after 14 days, except Nightly Stars tickets, which remain valid for 21 days.
Leaderboard Mechanics
Points derive solely from cashes in designated Nightly Stars tournaments. The fixed $2,500 weekly prize pool creates a closed incentive system that scales from $500 at the top to smaller ticket values at the bottom. All prizes take the form of tournament tickets rather than cash.
Partnership Context and Reach
PokerStars North America partnered with FanDuel earlier this year to launch the multi-state platform. The leaderboard applies to Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with the site also operating in Ontario. The partnership has received positive reports, and the new leaderboard is the latest positive development for the site, according to PokerNews.
Participation Incentives Ahead
The fixed weekly prize fund ties rewards directly to in-tournament results. Operators will track whether this structure lifts regular Nightly Stars entries in the covered jurisdictions over the initial weeks.
Reporting: PokerNews
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Fixed-cost loyalty play that rewards grinders without variable bonus risk — smart retention math in a tight poker market.
We've watched poker operators burn cash on open-ended promos that kill margin. This flips it: capped weekly spend, tournament ticket rewards that drive re-entry, and a structure that rewards consistency over whale chasing. It's retention engineering, not marketing theater, and it shows how the FanDuel-PokerStars partnership is maturing beyond launch mode.
- $2,500 weekly pool, $500 top prize, awards to 74th place — predictable cost, broad reach
- Points = dollars cashed in Nightly Stars tourneys; tickets expire in 14-21 days, forcing action
- Live in MI, NJ, PA, Ontario — multi-state coordination through FanDuel partnership infrastructure
SCCG angle: We've placed loyalty architects and tournament product leads with poker rooms across regulated markets. If you're building leaderboard or tournament-driven retention, we connect you to the operators and tech providers who've scaled these systems profitably — from prize structure modeling to ticket redemption flow.
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