FanDuel Faceoff Reviews

First off, please do not fall for the 4.7 rating, it is a complete lie. There is absolutely no way real customers are giving FanDuelFaceoff that high of a rating. Any rating of four or five stars is without a doubt fabricated by AI or the people at FanDuel Faceoff. It’s really not that hard to tell lol.

Second, before you think about downloading FanDuelFaceoff, take a second and do your own research and look up to see how many real people have made posts on social media about how they’ve won money from playing on FanDuelFaceoff. A little hint: you won’t find anything, and that’s bc FanDuelFaceoff won’t let real customers actually win. All the money deposited into FanDuelFaceoff is kept by FanDuel. Anyone who is naive enough to think that people at FanDuel would play by the rules and be fair, are kidding themselves. People love to celebrate when winning, and you can’t find it anywhere on social media or online of folks saying “I won $20 from FanDuel Faceoff today!” Nothing. I find that very odd tbh.

And thirdly, there is absolutely no oversight for these apps, at least not yet. These apps are stealing millions on lies and false advertisement. Yes, I thought that was against the law as well. But when the people who are supposed to be enforcing the law are getting a piece of the pie, well it’s not that difficult to see why they’ve been getting away with it for so long.

I signed up under a new user promo that offered a 100% deposit bonus within 72 hours. It has been over a week, I never received a bonus. The promo promised that I could withdraw my deposit at any time with no penalty, but when I tried to do so, it said deposited money must be played before it can be withdrawn. I had to request a refund. Customer service promised that if I did, I would still receive the bonus. I’ve spent hours talking to customer service, both to get a refund on my deposit, and to check on the bonus, which they have promised me each day for the last week, assuring me I am still 100% eligible per the terms and that it “should arrive later today.” The last person I spoke to said they will be reaching out via email.

Avoid FanDuelFaceoff like the plague. They are trying to steal your money. They also willfully break the terms of their own agreements.

FanDuelFaceoff is such a scam it shouldn’t even be legal. It’s impossible to consistently win because the higher you score in a game, your opponents scores keep increasing (and who knows if your opponent is even real).

They say they match you with people of a similar skill level to “make it fair” but all that means is if you’re good you’ll win most games at first then your opponents scores keep increasing and you’ll end up winning about 50% of the time while these scam artists take 10-15% of the pot for every game. The whole thing is designed so nobody can consistently win no matter how good you are and they can keep stealing money for every game played.

If they just randomly matched you with whoever was playing at the time it would probably be worth using and the better you are the more money you’d make, but they’re too greedy and want to keep everyone playing longer so they make more money. Don’t give these scam artists your money, if anything they should be getting served with a class action lawsuit.

99% of players will never profit anything in the long run playing these games. You can win 10 games in a row and then immediately miraculously lose 11 games in a row, win 4 out of 5 and then lose 7 in row. Typical intermittent reinforcement scam that has been used by slot machines in casinos forever but unfortunately there is no chance of hitting a jackpot on FanDuelFaceoff and they take a 33% rake for your participation in their highly profitable con job. Overall I have won 1200 games total and I have lost 1350. I know several people with skill levels higher and lower than me that have this exact same win loss ratio. FanDuelFaceoff Skillz offers cash games with multiple gaming apps as well with this same type of intermittent reinforcement matchmaking algorithm but AT LEAST THE GAMES ON SKILLZ OFFER REPLAY VIDEOS OF YOUR OPPONENTS MATCHES!! FANDUEL HAS 100x MORE MONEY THAN SKILLZ THEY COULD EASILY PROVIDE A REPLAY VIDEO OF YOUR OPPENENTS MATCH, THE FACT THAT THEY DONT IS UNBELIEVABLE! It’s impossible to determine whether fanduel is using bots but im sure there’s a widely unknown reason why FanDuelFaceoff is illegal in over 20 states.

You do not play another player. You play a cpu, you will win 2 out of like 10. Then when you win they compare your score to another player but they will find they highest score so they can take your money.
My biggest issue is with the game plays as it begins to glitch and cause they game to give you a lower score rather the free version. Game wont performance doesn’t match play. (Perfectly time throws coming out overthrown or hits being way harder than the game determined you did. I noticed when I began to win. They make it where it is impossible to win. If you out play the computer they just line you up with the highest scored player no matter how long it takes to set you up with a match like it’s delayed until a score can beat you. I had some where I’m waiting 30 mins for a matched player. Then just to see you barley lost . Again. Insanity

You can score almost a perfect score and then what they do is wait until someone has a higher score (this has happened multiple times) but that opponent is not playing the same game as you or I my case with free cell the same cards. I’ve asked customer service about if my opponent is playing the same exact games with same exact cards because in my opinion Some games are harder than others. And they couldn’t answer my question. I’ll go from having many different opponents online to all of a sudden waiting for hours then act like your opponent either played the same game as you or beat you. Which is not the case they’re just waiting for someone to have a higher score on an easier game(level of difficulty) My guess is the hav some sort of algorithm where it’s slowly drains you not to mention the win amount compared to bet is very small. For anyone who reads save your money or just make bets that are honest for you.

This obviously just a way for Fanduel to make money without actually paying anything out. The winnings are smaller than the prize pool between 2 players, as Fanduel takes a cut of every game. The more you win, (especially on games like Scrabble Cubes) the harder it will get, giving you entire sides of the cube that have no vowels and make it pretty impossible to make words let alone high scoring ones. In these instances it will also put you against a newer player that the game generates easier puzzles for to get them hooked in. They will get 700 points on what has to be a completely different puzzle, unless they know words made up of all “T”s and “V”s, beat you every time, and then presumably get the mess of consenants that you were getting and lose whatever they made while Fanduel makes a couple bucks. Don’t install FanDuelFaceoff unless you want to play for free or make $3 one time. You’re better off setting up a lemonade stand in your front yard.

Fanduel faceoff uses Skill based matchmaking, and it is brutally discouraging. I don’t disagree with it as it would create obviously unfair matches, but the way they use it is very poor. Some friends and I started playing and we all came to the same conclusion. Once we start winning, we conveniently start losing to people that have topped our high score. This perfectly happens to where we’ve all been unable to do much more than lose a little or break even. Your next opponent after you win will always be quite a few steps ahead of you in skill. They should disclose your ‘rank’ and how they use it.
A personal benefit to me was their tournaments in basketball, golf, puzzle pyramid, etc., but they took those away. That was the only game modes worth playing, because everyone had a shot at the top prize money, and there was no SBMM. I hope they’ll bring those back, otherwise FanDuelFaceoff isn’t worth using.

They say it’s skill based and assure you that it’s fair - then why do I lose to people over and over by scores way higher than any score I ever got. I can’t even verify that it’s correct because you cannot see anything your opponent does. Most people will never win with FanDuelFaceoff it is fun to play the games though. Additionally the rake is crazy high. What stops them from reserving a score close to yours and then letting one win one Tim then the next win the second time. If you win half the games the rake just keeps dwindling both parties money until once again you are adding funds. Also with the skill match I’m guessing I’m never lowered in skill because I have had some tough boggle boards and gotten lower scores but opponents scores seem so high.
One final thing FanDuelFaceoff says it’s rated 4.8 out of five but when you scroll through the reviews there are way more one star reviews then five star reviews what’s up with that

Huge scam, you “play” the same person 20 times in a row, they always end up beating you by hundreds or thousands of points even though there is no other possible way to earn more points in the game you played so it doesn’t make sense. Don’t understand why skill match making is a thing when I play a game that may have harder letter cubes in boggle or crappy power ups in the basketball game. I can play a perfect game in the swish game and the computer beats me by 2,000 points. Unless they got better power ups than I did there is no possible way for them to win and they got an easier game than I did. Also hilarious the rating says 4.8/5 when there’s nothing but bad reviews? And even if they aren’t 1 stars they’re no better than a 3, I guess fudging your ratings is just as easy as scamming people into “skill based match making” to take their money

I played two games of golf, games 1 & 2. I completed game 1 and did well, then was waiting for opponent. I completed game 2 while waiting and did okay, but didn’t wait for opponent. Instead I lost immediately. Game 1 is still waiting for opponent. Seems like you matching scores, not people.

Response to dev: So, are you admitting that you’re matching people after they have completed a match and have a score so that you can try and manipulate an outcome based on both players recent performance? E.g., Ive done well in past couple of games, then l get another good score. So, you find someone with better score who’s “due” for a win, thereby forcing me back to a 1:1 and them up to a 1:1.

Response to dev 2: Honestly, sus answer. How about this, does the game just played factor into the opponent you select for that game? E.g., I play game A. Im waiting for opponent. Does my game A score factor into who you select as my opponent for game A?

Their match making algorithm isn’t explained I don’t even understand how it’s legal what they’re doing. Once you start winning a few games they change up their matching and it takes multiple hours before you’re matched to someone whose score is somehow always higher than yours even though you were consistently putting up winning scores days prior. They purposely try and keep you in the 50% win margin so they can take their 33% rake from a match. Players lose money by staying or just above a 50% win rate cause they match you with higher scores that aren’t real time heck they could even be bots. I’d recommend reporting fan duel to your local congress person because this is straight up fraud what they’re doing.

Also it’s glitchy and there customer service doesn’t work I have a great picture of there customer service just asking me 4 times what state I’m in

I’ve been playing Fan Duel Faceoff since its inception and I think it’s a wonderful app for making Fan Duel cash hand over fist. They try to make you believe it’s on the “up and up”, but the only “up” here is the pure profit theses guys steal from their customers.

We’ve pretty much nailed down the algorithm they use to draw people in and get them to believe they have a chance to win something, but in the end the playing field is tilted towards the house.

I HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend FanDuelFaceoff to those bored rich people who have nothing better to do than waste their money away or for Parent company stock holders that just want to buoy their stock price by artificially inflating the reported gross revenues, but for the casual player or those that value their money, STAY FAR AWAY FROM FanDuelFaceoff … unless you have the fortitude to just play the free games and want to pass the time.

There should be transparency showing who you are playing against, BOTH players should start at the same time and you should be able to see how the other player scored. Imagine playing blackjack or poker and never being able to see the other players cards after the game. Dealer says you lose…trust us. Waaaaaay to high rake for FanDuel. Should be 5% max. No more deposits from me. And now it doesn’t let you see the stats of who you played against and it also removed the easy to see win/loss history of your past games. Getting even more suspicious. Statically it seems very odd (impossible?) I could win 8 games in a row and then immediately lose 8 games in a row. That is a clear sign the outcomes are alogrymically controlled and not a game of chance.

I absolutely love being able to wager a little over a fun mini phone game. My issues with this rely heavily on the matchmaking. There are far too many times where it feels like no matter how well I do, I’m going to lose to a pre determined matchup. I play the same 4 people day in day out as my average is amongst the higher tiers. Namely, “tyschmidt” who I pray is not the real Ty Schmidt cuz why would he want my 60 cents?

Anyways, the performance of FanDuelFaceoff will randomly go down the drain as well in the middle of a paid game. If I’m lining up a shot and activate a power up like 2x, the game will drop frame rates TERRIBLY and make the game impossible to play as it’s entirely timing based. So this needs a performance fix desperately and a rework to the SBMM (skill based matchmaking).

The games are fun and you CAN make money. But once I get on a roll with a particular game, I get matched against the same mysterious person and they put up impossible numbers. I can match make incredibly fast and rifle off 4-5 games and they’re all against the exact same person who is getting a perfect score everytime. This happens over the course of a day or two. I put the game down for a day, come back, win a bunch and then again - that same mysterious person that always gets a perfect score or near perfect somehow right when I start winning again.

I have made a little money. Nothing really crazy and hardly worth mentioning. Download for some fun and STOP when they start cheating.

If you like going up head to head with people live this could be fun. Not really my cup of tea, but the games are fun and seamless if you don’t mind live competition. Stresses me out a little too much but nothing against FanDuelFaceoff ’s design or layout. I tried all the games for free and they were fun, I just know I’d likely lose against people playing this stuff all the time.

Side note, I do enjoy the reviews of people saying they lose more than they win. Hello people, that’s nearly any game that involves betting. If you want professional odds, go to an actual casino and play blackjack, but even there if you win too much you’ll get noticed. It’s hilarious that people come into these apps thinking they will walk away with more than they put in. It happens of course, but rarely. The whole point is to make money for these companies or they wouldn’t even exist let alone develop more apps. Stop fantasizing.

I’ve had a great time on FanDuelFaceoff ! I’ve been using it a few months now. The best advice? Cash out once in a while. Don’t just keep betting your winnings because you might lose them. It’s gambling! I do agree that the matchup with unknown players of unknown skill levels is a bit sketchy. The fix: invite your friends! You both will get some free money when you challenge them and you’ll know exactly who you’re playing with. I also hate when my wager is lost bc FanDuelFaceoff glitches. When that happened, I contacted customer service and got a response within 30 minutes that my wager would be credited back to my account. No problems there. They don’t offer a cash out option to your debit card, but you can login to FanDuel Sportsbook and withdraw instantly from there.

this is a great game and concept where I can bet my money against a random player, however the skill based matchmaking NEEDS to go. I get skill based matchmaking in most online games, but when we are betting money the matchmaking needs to be random. If i am better than 90% of online players in a certain game I should win 90% of the time and have money to show for it. I should not be matched up with the top 10% of the competition where all the best players trade money with each other. Chumps shouldn’t be given free wins. If I wanted to play for fun I wouldn’t be betting money. The point of FanDuelFaceoff is to bet and win real money meaning we should be able to do that against random opponents to increase the incentive to actually be good at the game!

Every contest where the margin of victory is slim, I’m on the losing side about 95% of the time. It really should be a coin flip. But the thing is, my opponents never have a bad game or even an average game. They’re either great or absolutely ridiculous. I scored over 1000 in Boggle maybe twice. My opponents score over 1000 with alarming regularity. And there’s no transparency with this. Trust us, they did better than you wink wink. Yeah right, like every time?