Tag: Laws

DraftKings CEO says lawmakers should legalize online gaming before ‘prolonged economic downturn’

Tell us how you really feel, Jason

DraftKings CEO Jason Robins has never been the most deft public speaker.

Foregoing the platitudes most executives tend to live by, Robins instead makes the type of comments board members typically don’t want their consumers to hear.

For instance there was the time last December when Robins said DraftKings didn’t want customers who are looking to profit from the book’s offerings. Well, he outdid himself on Friday at the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States conference in Boston.

In explaining why more states should rush to legalize mobile betting, Robins cited a likely economic downturn in the near future. And he phrased in the most craven way possible.

On the one hand, at least he’s not even pretending like rapid expansion, growth and profits aren’t his main objective. On the other, ew, gross.

The idea that ‘times will be getting tougher soon, so let’s get people to spend their disposable income with us’ is hard to look past in this phrasing. Maybe we’ll get some more context and clarification soon. It sure would be helpful.

Until then, remember to play responsibly.

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Debunking the fan theory Dolphins owner Stephen Ross could profit from his team tanking

Stephen Ross allegedly offered Brian Flores $100,000 per loss in 2019. He’d have a hard time betting on the Dolphins either way.

A class-action lawsuit filed by former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores against the Dolphins, Denver Broncos, New York Giants and the NFL rocked the league on Tuesday night.

Not so much because it revealed anything new about how the most powerful sports organization in the United States really works, but because of the documented evidence and examples that helped confirm long-held suspicions.

The accusations of racist practices at the league’s highest levels are, to put it mildly, absolutely abhorrent. The league will also have to answer for one allegation in particular that has set the sports betting world on fire.

According to Flores, Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered the head coach an additional $100,000 for every loss in 2019 to ensure the team tanked. Flores said he would never agree to such a deal—and the fact that he went 24-25 with back-to-back winning seasons in 2020 and 2021 help prove his point.

Yet some bettors began connecting dots that didn’t exist. Theories that Ross could make money wagering on his team to lose began spreading on social media. It’s a natural thought process given the NFL’s recent embrace of sports betting. It’s just not very practical.

The reality of such a scheme is way more complicated than Ross placing bets himself or employing proxies to do the dirty work. To be extremely clear: There is no evidence Ross attempted to game the system in this manner.

BetFTW reached out to Tipico Sportsbook to learn more about the safeguards in place to prevent a scandal of this magnitude and found the juice wouldn’t be worth the squeeze for a variety of reasons.

Let’s break it down.

The Stephen Curry and Ayesha Curry photo leak: What we know

Nude photos of Stephen Curry and his wife, Ayesha Curry, hit the internet on Friday morning. What we know about what happened.

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On Friday morning, users across the internet were greeted with nude photos of Golden State Warriors star and former NBA MVP Stephen Curry, along with his wife, Ayesha Curry.

Not much is known about the set of photos or where they originated from, but if they were hacked and uploaded without the Currys’ consent, they would almost certainly violate laws against revenge porn.

Let’s get to some questions about what we know, what laws may have been violated, and what happens from here.

What happened now?

Nude photos of Warriors star Stephen Curry and his wife, Ayesha Curry, were uploaded to the Internet on Friday morning, and then shared widely across social media, especially Twitter.

Like, right on Twitter?

Right on Twitter.

The unedited photos?

Yes. Before many of us had our coffee.

Oh. Is this a crime?

Almost certainly. Unless the Currys themselves uploaded these photos, or gave their expressed permission to upload the photos (both extremely doubtful), this would almost certainly violate revenge porn laws.

Does California have one of those laws?

Yes. If it occurred in California, where the Currys live, this is illegal.

Penal Code Section 647(j)(4) says it is illegal to “[distribute] the images, where the victim is identifiable; with the intent to cause serious emotional distress to the victim; and the victim actually suffered such distress.”

The crime is a misdemeanor, with punishment of up to six months in jail, and a fine up to $1,000.

Do we know who did this?

No one has claimed responsibility for it yet.

Has this happened to other celebrities before?

Yes. A few years ago, a group of hackers got into the cell phones of many notable celebrities and then leaked private, explicit photos of them across the internet. Several hackers involved eventually faced jail time.

We will update this post as we learn more. 

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