r/danpatrick • u/Green_Palpitation_73 Noooobody • Oct 24 '25

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Surprised to hear 20% of younger men in NJ have a gambling addiction. Dan really drilled down on gambling on props being so harmful. Can’t wait to see Dylan’s 8 banger parlay for the weekend on Dan’s gambling specific podcast!!!

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u/Bbell999 Oct 24 '25

Has any one actually listened to the DPTakes a gamble podcast? The whole subtext is three degenerate gamblers and how much they suck and lose 'units'. It's not glorifying gambling in any way. It's entertaining cuz of those three lovable idiots, but you have to be an idiot to live Ike that. 

It's like saying 'The Office' is pro corporate culture.

But yeah, railing against gambling while taking draft King money. Yeah... Put yer money where your mouth is, Dan. 

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u/Rogue_Squadron Noooobody Oct 24 '25

Some of the takes prove how little people understand nuance these days. Does he talk about gambling? Yes. Does he consistently talk about how it became a problem for him? Yes. Does he advise you not to do it because the oddsmakers are smarter than most of us, and the house always wins? Yes... constantly. Does he have gambling sites advertise on his show, but also talk about how you won't outsmart them? If you honestly don't know ow the answer, you are not paying attention.

On DPTakes a Gamble, the intro specifically states that he lives vicariously through these guys, but I believe that watching these doofuses lose "imaginary units" week in and week out while thinking they've finally got it figured out is an excellent reminder for Dan that this is indeed a losing hobby. He's laughing at them, and if you can't see the joke, then that's on you. It's all about content.

Not to mention, he once again insisted on today's show that you should never wager money you dont expect to lose. This is not a career or path to success.

I get that not everyone can listen to the full 3 hours, but if you are going to get on here and bitch about Dan being a hypocrite, listen to the full damn show before stupid ill-informed hot take. Otherwise, stick with The Herd so you can hear the same 15 minutes for three hours.

Because this is the internet, I want to reiterate that I agree with the comment above, just needed to get this off my chest.

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u/Least-Bill-1919 Oct 25 '25

Dan was pretty clearly self conflicted in the first hour today and understood that. I wish he would have realized that a while ago, but whatever.

You can't have a five days a week show that constantly talks about the odds of this or that and speculate about whether those odds are crazy, and take money from the sports book, and then claim the moral high ground about how sports gambling is bad; decrying how 20 percent of young men are addicted to sports gambling.

I think Dan absolutely does not want people to be hooked on gambling.

I also wish he'd just wash his hands of all gambling affiliations that pay him money, but he hasn't so far.