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FanDuel laid bare the predatory reality of the commercialized sports betting industry when they took $1.5 million from a Philadelphia fan, then reeled him back in with a personal video from @bryceharper3.
Using the face of the @Phillies to help incentivize a man to lose his family’s life savings is criminal.
Lawmakers must act now and enact a total ban on all gambling VIP and loyalty programs before more lives are ruined.
@PhillyInquirer
Nicole Noren spent 24 years at ESPN as a decorated producer, earning Emmy, Murrow, and Peabody awards.
But when the network integrated predatory gambling apps into its network, she walked away, boldly declaring, 'I’m not going to have blood on my hands.'"
This is what living by the values we say we believe in looks like.
@dannyfunt @CJR
Just like Big Tobacco, Big Tech and Big Pharma before them, predatory gambling operators are profiting off human ruin. From targeting addicted gamblers who are $1.5 million in debt to driving up bankruptcies and suicides, the gambling industry has gone unchecked for far too long.
It’s time for our leaders to take action against predatory gambling companies for the harm they're causing Americans, just as we did with other predatory industries. Former FTC senior policy adviser @JonSchweppe put it best:
“They’re isolating customers and psychologically manipulating them to part with as much money as possible… It is time to put the online sportsbooks in the hot seat.”
This morning we sent a letter to the @StateFairOfTX to immediately end its partnership with DraftKings which offered free parking for fairgoers on Oct. 9.
The State Fair is lending its trusted name and family-friendly reputation to a predatory gambling operator who is inflicting life-changing harm upon the American people, especially young adults and teens.
You can read the letter we sent w/some of our TX allies here: stoppredatorygambling.org/wp…
Wall Street firms have filed for hundreds of single-team ETFs (Exchange-Traded Funds) that track individual NHL and MLB team season statistics through futures contracts.
Unlike traditional ETFs that invest in productive, revenue-generating business assets, these funds hold zero underlying assets and function as sports wagers disguised behind a ticker symbol.
Because they lack asset backing and reset every season, a team's poor performance directly translates into lost wealth that can break an investor's retirement fund and leave them in ruins. Evan Mills, a financial advisor at Scholar Advising, sums it up best:
“For avid sports gamblers and sports fanatics, their team can already break their heart with a loss. Now there’s a way it can break your heart and break your retirement fund at the same time.”
@CNBC
This week, Stop Predatory Gambling submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in a major case dealing with the spread of so-called "prediction markets.”
In addition to making the case why prediction markets need to be shut down as currently structured, our brief argues the Supreme Court went too far in its Murphy vs. NCAA decision by striking down a provision that directly prohibited private commercialized sports wagering.
We contend, as did the dissenting Court justices, the provision was never itself properly challenged and should have remained in force.
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Today is a national day of giving that celebrates the incredible power of donor-advised funds (DAFs) to change lives.
If you have a DAF, consider recommending a grant from your fund today- and join our movement to restrict the harmful impact of commercialized gambling on communities by educating, advocating, and mobilizing to stop the manipulative and predatory practices of gambling operators!
You can give give through your donor-advised fund on our website here: stoppredatorygambling.org/ma…
#DAFDay!
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Advocacy Groups Ask SCOTUS To Revisit PASPA Betting Ruling
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Unlike standard sponsorships where customers receive actual goods, content creators, celebrities, and media figures who accept predatory gambling sponsorships profit directly from their fans' financial losses.
It’s an inherently predatory business model that no one should ever accept, making @LinusTech's stance the standard everyone else needs to follow:
“With taking a gambling sponsorship you are literally banking on your most hard core engaged users and customers to get dunked on.”
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This needs to be part of Pennsylvania’s conversation on gambling policy.
Why is the state using a children’s game to advertise gambling?
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg with the many gambling problems Pennsylvania has created.
broadandliberty.com/2026/10/… @BroadAndLiberty
Who benefits from allowing predatory gambling operators to target college students?
@DailyCollegian
#pennstate #pennsylvania #casino
"Its structure requires that any gain comes at another's expense... The question is not merely whether a purchase is legal, but whether it builds anything in us, in our families, or in those around us..."
"I pray that you will not treat gambling lightly."
— President D. Todd Christofferson (@ChristoffDTodd) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on the institution of predatory gambling
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Victor Wembanyama was asked if he would ever sign a deal with a sports betting company: “Absolutely not. Honestly, I think it’s very sad to see some players promote it.”
In a newly released article published in @business, well respected columnist and Ivy League professor Gautam Mukunda @gmukunda made a powerful argument that our path forward as a country should begin with cracking down on industries where "ruining lives is the easiest way to make a buck."
In a recent interview Mukunda rightly declared: “allowing online sports gambling nationwide was a catastrophically bad decision and should be reversed.”
In Massachusetts, over 83,000 residents suffer from gambling addiction, while another 390,000 are at high risk.
Despite these alarming numbers, the Massachusetts Gambling Commission downplayed DraftKings' predatory AI model designed to target addicted gamblers.
The MGC continues to be complicit in the manipulative and predatory practices of the gambling industry.
