r/nba • u/GGTae Spurs • 1h ago

[Finger] Victor Wembanyama about considering promoting a sports betting company ; "Absolutely not. I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it..."

https://bsky.app/profile/mikefinger.bsky.social/post/3mwteasurdc2j

Just asked Victor Wembanyama if he’d ever consider promoting a sports betting company.

“Absolutely not. I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it. .. Everybody does whatever they want, but without me.”

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u/Troll_U_Softly Thunder 1h ago edited 1h ago

Shots fired at LeDraftKing

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u/StephenWith_A_Ph 76ers 1h ago edited 1h ago

he’s LePolyMarket PoLeMarket now

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u/CMYGQZ Grizzlies 1h ago

he’s both actually

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u/StephenWith_A_Ph 76ers 1h ago

LeBron’s deal with draft kings expired this summer. That’s why he’s a brand ambassador for PolyMarket now

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u/ryan__fm Cavaliers 1h ago

Why can't he do both? I thought Polymarket was, like, a totally different "prediction market" that's not at all the same as sports gambling

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u/BRDPerson Knicks 1h ago

DraftKings has a prediction market too lol

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 53m ago

It's how all the sports betting sites get around states that still have it illegal to bet on sports but predictions markets are fair game. Like Texas. Can't "bet" on the NFL game tonight on DraftKings, but don't worry, with DraftKings Predictions that's totally a completely different thing and not at all sports betting, you can instead predict which team will win tonight and you can earn money if you predicted correctly!

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u/king_lloyd11 Raptors 1h ago

It’s not gambling! At least not for the people actually making money on it. It’s an insider trading platform where ignorant, poor people with gambling addictions just transfer their money to rich people.

Don’t make it sound icky it’s not icky.

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u/nicklovin508 Celtics 1h ago

And specifically the football betting ambassador… load of shit man lol

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Bulls 1h ago

Why, would that be a conflict of interest or something?

You telling me that prediction markets are basically gambling?

Well I never!

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u/Oakland_Warrior Warriors 44m ago

either way he's taken money from both companies

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u/Troll_U_Softly Thunder 1h ago

It’s word play. His nickname is the king.

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u/BlacqanSilverSun Kings 1h ago

But it doesn't apply anymore because he isn't associated with the company. So the wordplay doesn't work.

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u/Troll_U_Softly Thunder 42m ago

If you’re low IQ. Most of us can see the combination of his nickname plus a gambling company.

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u/BlacqanSilverSun Kings 39m ago

A gambling company he has nothing to do with. You call me low I Q for pointing out a fact. That's fine. I call you low effort for picking low hanging fruit.