Conversation expands to financial vulnerability and systemic issues
5 Today 9:46 AM · 13h ago · 59 comments · 1 source · development 5 of 5
Commenters connect gambling promotion to broader economic hardship, citing unaffordable housing, healthcare, and food costs alongside sports betting platforms encouraging risky financial behavior.
“How 'bout the whole sports-entertainment complex pushing people to gamble? How 'bout Kalshi encouraging us to gamble with borrowed money? We can't afford groceries & gas, can't pay the rent or afford healthcare. We're in a financial hole. And we're not going to climb out of that hole by gambling.”
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Like all the actors who took the Bitcoin money. FFS! FOMO and greed are real even when you have more money than what you will probably need in a lifetime.
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Crypto, sports betting, day trading, prediction markets. It’s almost like someone wants us to fail
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Making sports figures into heroes was probably a big mistake.
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The wealthier a person is, the greedier they become!
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How ‘bout the whole sports-entertainment complex pushing people to gamble? How ‘bout Kalshi encouraging us to gamble with borrowed money? We can’t afford groceries & gas, can’t pay the rent or afford healthcare. We’re in a financial hole. And we’re not going to climb out of that hole by gambling.
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in a world of LeBrons, Jeters, and Tom Bradys, be an Mbappé:
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all athletes should be banned from promoting all the gambling platforms. Period.
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We need to make sure there's no such thing as a billionaire.
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If states’ attorney generals stopped gambling these companies call trading instead of turning a blind eye to it, maybe the companies wouldn’t have the money to bribe some of our wealthiest actors and athletes.
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Felt the same disappointment when MMA champion and all-around gentleman Georges St-Pierre made Bet 99 ads in Canada. I get that he's not as rich as LeBron, but gambling is a dirty business, period.
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Circuses steal your money while supposedly entertaining you...sports are the circus and we don't have to watch.
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We certainly don't. I would like to stop financing stadiums and sports venues too.
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Organized sports has consistently been revealing its greed and corruption (on all levels) and now these betting platforms legitimize it. What’s next, allowing gambling addicted people to put up their homes and these sports betting whores will start foreclosing on them?
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He should’ve never been! Stop making athletes and entertainers heroes or role models. They play a sport that they happen to be good at, nothing more! What they promote shouldn’t affect your life at all!
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The NBA/NFL/MLB are hard at work trying to kill the goose that lays all those golden eggs. One high profile gambling scandal is all it'll take to turn them all into pro wrestling.
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Not to mention gambling is a serious issue that should be addressed through mental health and addiction programs. I know a lot of older men that have problems with it.
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My dad was pretty sure that putting Jimmy the Greek on TV represented the downfall of civilization. A long downward spiral since then.
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No matter how humble their beginnings, once they get rich they can only think about more. Greed is the root of all evil.
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Yes didn't Pete Rose do time for this or was it just not being able to play again. Seems to me to be some what similar.
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For a man who has done so many other things that are good. This ruins it all, for me. He's doing this for what? Money?
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Zero respect for any athlete or celebrity that takes money to promote gambling sites. They are disgusting.
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That already happens, sadly. People put a HELOC on their home and lose it. Often the spouse has no idea
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The whole thing is 21st century criminal mob.
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I hope the NBA goes bankrupt now. I’m definitely not supporting this season and going forward until something changes. First the Lakers sold out to fascism and now Lebron doing this shit. Honestly, fuck the NBA now. We have to destroy everything we love in order to fix it. So bye NBA.
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