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YouTuber Claims Regulated Sportsbook Offered Him $1 Million Cash To Do Nothing

November 3, 2025

YouTuber “Coffeezilla” (real name: Stephen Findeisen) made a shocking claim that a regulated online sports betting company offered him $1 million cash “no strings attached.” Not an illegal offshore sportsbook. Not a crypto or dual currency gambling site. A regulated betting platform. Findeisen has 4.36 million YouTube followers and a history of content critical of…

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Carolina Panthers Direct Fans To Gamble On FanDuel’s Over/Under

Brian Pempus

November 3, 2025

The Carolina Panthers made a highly controversial social media post directing its fans to gamble specifically on a game’s over/under on FanDuel Sportsbook. Fans and observers widely condemned the Nov. 2 post on X/Twitter. In the post, the Panthers listed the over/under line for the game and included a FanDuel sign-up link. “Hey, this sucks.…

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Mike Tyson Endorses Hard Rock Bet, Despite Addiction History

Brian Pempus

November 1, 2025

Mike Tyson signed on as an ambassador for the online gambling app Hard Rock Bet. Hard Rock announced the relationship, without terms or financial details, in late August 2025. Tyson will “star in Hard Rock Bet Sportsbook’s fall campaign, ‘The Hard Rock Bet Party’, where he joins other legendary athletes in inviting sports fans to roll…

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In Middle Finger To States, NHL Signs Gambling Deals With Kalshi, Polymarket

Brian Pempus

October 22, 2025

The National Hockey League (NHL) has given so-called “prediction” gambling platforms Kalshi and Polymarket their most significant sports endorsement yet. The NHL on Wednesday announced “multiyear U.S. agreements” with Polymarket and Kalshi, naming both companies as “official prediction market partners.” The league deployed the reckless and harmful euphemism “predicting” to refer to “yes/no” gambling. These…