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“The day after I lost $1,800 on basketball in one night … an email popped into my inbox. ‘Welcome to the DraftKings VIP Showcase,’ the subject line read. I couldn’t believe it. My night of loss chasing was being rewarded.”

propublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and…

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We're continuing to report on sports betting apps, and we need your help. ProPublica is looking for at least 250 people who use DraftKings and FanDuel to share their data with us and help us understand how the apps respond to user behavior. ➡️ How to help: projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...

5/10/26, 2:00 am206 reposts409 likes

luq73.bsky.social

@luq73.bsky.social

All the advertising during sports events are for sports betting, big pharm, insurance companies or blue chew.

Funkybat - Kevin W.

@funkybat.bsky.social

When we have a legitimate President and Congress again, all this online gambling shit needs to be completely outlawed once and for all!

NMG

@uncompnmg.bsky.social

Only those two? or other sites/apps as well?

exVAdoc

@bdwoot.bsky.social

I can't imagine betting on sports. Just now how I am made. Why would I throw money at things where somebody know more about it than I do? Especially when someone could have inside information.

Disorderly Borderline 🇨🇦

@disorderlybrdrline.bsky.social

For me, it was the in person casino sending me credit after credit during the reopening of everything after COVID. Free food, free drinks, free bets.

Tallboy_the23rd

@23tallboy.bsky.social

That's not new.

Disorderly Borderline 🇨🇦

@disorderlybrdrline.bsky.social

I live in BC Canada. To this level, it was new.

thomaslawrence88.bsky.social

@thomaslawrence88.bsky.social

Smart people don't gamble.

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@ranmull.bsky.social

I’ve stopped wa any pro/college sports games that have sports-betting ads! They promote gambling addictions!

@quarterkelly.bsky.social

You could have easily done this investigation FIVE years ago. Now you will just be fodder for people arguing prediction markets are somehow better. Good job?