Overview
- Delta launched SkyPicks on Wednesday as a live, free-to-play sports prediction contest available to SkyMiles members aged 21 and older through Delta Sync Wi‑Fi.
- Passengers must sign in with or create a DraftKings account on a personal device to make picks, and top performers win Delta gift cards rather than cash.
- SkyPicks begins with Major League Baseball contests and will add NFL matchups later this year, with contests running twice weekly and monthly leaderboards for prizes.
- The program is presented by Delta and DraftKings as entertainment with no wagering or financial risk, but the launch sits against the 1962 Johnson Act that bans gambling on U.S. commercial aircraft.
- Commentators note a commercial angle because SkyPicks creates DraftKings sign-ups onboard that could feed real‑money activity off aircraft, and no regulatory enforcement or legal change has occurred so far.