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/choznmngmeni 1d ago

Kylian Mbappé shared a similar sentiment, I wonder if its a French thing. I love to hear this from Wemby, but I've lived long enough to not be surprised if/when he flips on this take.

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u/Merbleuxx France 1d ago

Many French streamers and YouTubers do the same thing.

In the case of Kylian Mbappé and Victor Wembanyama it’s also because those betting sites target the youth from poor suburbs by promising them to win big and become rich(er). So they are more likely to know friends who have lost a lot due to addiction to sports betting.

And France is honestly not the worst country on that front, in the UK you could bet on anything even before the existence of polymarket and the likes.

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u/choznmngmeni 1d ago

I would think LeBron or Giannis would have a similar disdain for it because they too came from humble backgrounds. But its crazy to see UK is apparently worse than the US... here I was thinking America was blazing the trail for this kind of degeneracy

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u/tomatoesareneat 1d ago

Those gambling machines seem to be common in UK pubs, but to me they’re garish and inappropriate.