DraftKings Launches Group Parlays and Golf Same-Game Parlays — and the Masters Is the First Test

DraftKings has made a significant product move heading into the 2026 Masters, introducing two new parlay features that change how bettors can engage with golf wagering. Group Parlays, a brand-new social betting experience, and Golf Same-Game Parlays, an industry first for the sport, both went live this week at Augusta National. If you have been waiting for sportsbooks to make betting feel more like a shared experience rather than a solo activity, this is the moment you have been waiting for.

The timing is no accident. The Masters is the most-bet golf tournament of the year at DraftKings, and the company chose it as the debut stage for both features. That says a lot about how confident DraftKings is in what they have built.

How Group Parlays Work: Betting with Your Crew in Real Time

Group Parlays turn what has traditionally been a solo activity — building a parlay ticket — into something collaborative. The feature lives inside the Feed section of the DraftKings app, and the experience is closer to a group chat with shared bets than anything a sportsbook has offered before.

Here is how it plays out in practice. One bettor starts a multi-leg parlay, then shares it with friends, family, or anyone in their betting circle. From there, other participants can add legs to the parlay, react to picks, and chat within the platform. Everyone involved can watch the parlay play out together in real time. Each person ultimately places their own individual wager — you can either build your own version of the shared ticket or copy the group parlay outright. DraftKings Sportsbook director Johnny Avello put it simply: “People are betting parlays, and you can also be engaged with that same parlay. People are offering what their wagers are, and you can make a similar wager yourself.”

The social layer here is what makes it genuinely new. Bettors have always shared picks through group chats and social media, but that conversation has always happened outside the sportsbook. Group Parlays brings it inside the app, keeping the discussion, the action, and the tracking all in one place.

Golf Same-Game Parlays: An Industry First That Changes How You Bet on Golfers

The second major launch is Golf Same-Game Parlays, which DraftKings is calling the industry’s first true SGP offering for golf. Same-game parlays have been available in football and basketball for years, but translating that format to golf has always been a challenge. DraftKings has cracked it, and the results open up a new world of golf betting combinations that were simply not possible before.

The core idea is that bettors can now combine multiple markets on the same tournament — and even on the same golfer — into a single parlay ticket. Previously, markets like 3-ball round winners and outright tournament winners were blocked from being parlayed together. Under Golf SGP, those restrictions are lifted. A bettor can now combine Scottie Scheffler to win the Masters outright with Scheffler to lead after the first round, stacking correlated outcomes into one ticket that pays out if both legs hit. You can also parlay a player’s round score props — birdies, pars, bogeys, greens in regulation — with their tournament finishing position. The combinations are deep, and the odds pricing reflects the specific relationships between those markets.

Golf SGP is available before tournaments begin and between completed rounds. Live in-play parlays during active rounds are not currently supported, but the pre-tournament and between-rounds windows give bettors plenty of runway to build creative tickets throughout the week.

Why Casual Bettors Should Pay Attention

Both features lower the barrier to entry in different ways, and that matters for anyone who bets casually or is still learning how parlays work.

Group Parlays solve one of the most common friction points in sports betting: the disconnect between the banter in your friend group text and the actual betting experience. When someone in the group chat says “I am taking Rory to lead after round one and finish top five,” everyone can now act on that together inside the app without anyone having to screenshot their ticket and paste it elsewhere. The copy-the-group-parlay option is especially useful for less experienced bettors who want to follow along without having to build their own ticket from scratch.

Golf SGP, on the other hand, rewards bettors who watch the game closely. If you know a player’s tendencies — how they handle Augusta’s back nine, how they start tournaments — you can now translate that knowledge into multi-leg tickets that go beyond just picking a winner.

Why the Masters Makes Sense as the Launch Stage

Augusta National is not a random choice for a product debut. The Masters consistently generates the highest golf betting volume of any tournament at DraftKings, which means the platform gets a real stress test immediately. If Group Parlays and Golf SGP hold up under the traffic and engagement of the year’s biggest golf week, they are ready for anything the rest of the major season throws at them — the PGA Championship, the U.S. Open, and The Open Championship are all on the horizon.

There is also a cultural angle. The Masters is the golf event that casual fans tune into every year, even people who have not watched another tournament all season. Launching a social betting feature at the most-watched tournament in golf maximizes the chance that new users encounter Group Parlays during an event they already care about.

Final Take

DraftKings has been building toward a more social, integrated betting experience for a while, and these two features are the most tangible step yet. Group Parlays make the shared experience of wagering something that actually lives inside the sportsbook app. Golf Same-Game Parlays give bettors a level of flexibility and creativity on golf that has not existed at any sportsbook before. Whether you are following along with friends at Augusta or trying to build the sharpest golf ticket you can, the product is more capable this week than it was last week — and the Masters is the perfect proving ground.