The controversy surrounding ‘The Bachelor’ contestant winning $1 million on DraftKings, explained

Jade Ropert Tolbert won $1 million, but there are accusations of collusion.

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You may have seen some news floating around about a former The Bachelor contestant winning $1 million over the weekend from DraftKings thanks to her daily fantasy lineup. But you may have also seen some news that there’s possibly controversy surrounding that win, especially because it may involve her husband (who’s also an alumnus of The Bachelor). And you may be very confused by all that.

Luckily, that’s what we’re here for and hopefully we can clear up the confusion. Let’s break down what we know so far.

Who is involved?

Jade Roper Tolbert was a contestant on The Bachelor during its 19th season. She later appeared on Bachelor in Paradise in 2015 and ended up marrying Tanner Tolbert.

And how did she win $1 million?

Tolbert finished in first place in a DraftKings’ contest, in which players put together a fantasy lineup and accrue the most possible points to defeat fellow owners:

What’s the problem here?

Tolbert was accused on Twitter of cheating because she and her husband both submitted the maximum 150 entries (with different lineups) that each user is allowed to put into a given contest. And that has lead to people thinking they colluded, submitting diverse lineups to get to 300 unique entries instead of the allotted 150.

Is that really against the rules?

According to DraftKings, yep. This is listed under “unacceptable behaviors”:

Team-building complementary lineups which serve to work together AND executing a strategy that may create any unfair advantage over individual play.

Example A: You and 2 of your friends coordinate the makeup of the lineups you build AND coordinate which contests you enter using them.

What has DraftKings said about this?

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