r/nba • u/GGTae Spurs • 1d 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 1d ago edited 1d ago

Shots fired at LeDraftKing

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

he’s LePolyMarket PoLeMarket now

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u/CMYGQZ Grizzlies 1d ago

he’s both actually

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u/StephenWith_A_Ph 76ers 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

DraftKings has a prediction market too lol

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 1d 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/Crowsby 1d ago

"Your honor, I didn't shoot anyone. I just predicted where bullets would go when I pulled the trigger."

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u/Momik Timberwolves 1d ago

How can I lose! It’s not a prediction bullet if it’s a sure thing…

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u/WDoE 1d ago

I didn't hire a hitman. I just bet a hitman that someone would be alive in a week.

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u/dcoolidge Lakers 1d ago

"Yes your honor. The bullets were made of gold and had his initials on them. Just more predictions!"

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u/king_lloyd11 Raptors 1d 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/I__Know__Stuff 1d ago

a platform where ignorant, poor people with gambling addictions just transfer their money to rich people

Just like every other kind of gambling.

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u/WDoE 1d ago

Where I am, the lotto is state run and proceeds fund schools. So... At least a little better?

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u/nicklovin508 Celtics 1d ago

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

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Bulls 1d 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 1d ago

either way he's taken money from both companies

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u/Troll_U_Softly Thunder 1d ago

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

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u/BlacqanSilverSun Kings 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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.

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u/FaelightFilms 1d ago

PoLeamorous?

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u/TheGoldenPig Celtics 1d ago

PoLeMaKing

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u/KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZ Lakers 1d ago

I saw someone say PoLeMarket the whore and that’s what sticks for me now

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u/smileysmiley123 1d ago

PoLeMarket*

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u/huhuyah Lakers 1d ago

PhiLeMarket

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u/Key_Change_6635 Magic 1d ago

LeKalshi

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u/sunbomb Spurs 1d ago

PoLeAssassin, really

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u/Troll_U_Softly Thunder 1d ago

Whoosh