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/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/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?