r/baseball • u/_HGCenty Seattle Mariners • 11h ago

Players Only Dodgers' Alex Call blasts controversial Sydney Sweeney ad

https://www.thebiglead.com/dodgers-alex-call-sydney-sweeney-novig-commercial-soft-porn/

Since the last post about this got deleted because it contained a X screenshot, hopefully this one actually stays for comment.

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u/Green-Cricket-8525 San Diego Padres 11h ago

It’s honestly one of the grossest gambling ads so far and I hope it’s the one that tips the scale on these endless gambling ads. These “prediction markets” are glorified online bookies and need to be shut down. Players partnering with these organizations are deplorable as well. 

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u/lucasd11 Pittsburgh Pirates 11h ago edited 11h ago

I'd go as far to say they're worse. The "prediction markets" are allowed to skirt gambling laws because well, "they're not gambling 😉😉". And everyone just seems to be fine with it. At least the sports books are regulated and need to abide by the gambling laws within the states they operate. The prediction markets are able to exist even in states that online sports gambling/casinos are illegal, because again.. totally not gambling. You're buying into a commodity futures market that the result of your prediction is based on the outcome of an event. It's just that simple!

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u/Ok_Breakfast7588 Major League Baseball 11h ago

As a society we've started letting too much "there's no rule saying a dog can't play basketball" happen.

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u/a_large_plant Boston Red Sox 11h ago

Listen, there's no rule saying a dog can't bet on Sydney Sweeney nudity in prediction market ads

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u/PostMatureBaby Toronto Blue Jays 11h ago

the Nuggets tried to do an Air Bud style halftime show once. Dog landed funny and broke it's neck, crowd traumatized, etc...

So...yeah

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u/SWIMMlNG New York Mets • Tokyo Yakult Swallo… 6h ago

Are you saying there's now a rule?

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u/Green-Cricket-8525 San Diego Padres 5h ago

Holy shit. 

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u/darthstupidious Seattle Mariners 8h ago

We let the tech bros run amok and now they're "WELL ACTUALLY"-ing all over the place.

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u/RogueModron Milwaukee Brewers 9h ago

Yeah, it's time to Old Yeller Air Bud!

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u/ThirdPoliceman Houston Astros 11h ago

"everyone" isn't fine with it--our glorious politicians are fine with it because they dump insane amounts of lobbying money into congress.

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u/HartfordWhaler Cleveland Guardians 10h ago

There was an article in the Wall Street Journal recently about prediction markets allowing wagers on court cases and how that could influence juries and verdicts. It was something like $100,000 in wagers on the outcome of the Lindsay Clancy trial. It's disgusting how out of control it's been allowed to get.

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u/Green-Cricket-8525 San Diego Padres 9h ago

You’re right on all points. There was a recent court ruling though that rejected their argument that it was different than sports books which means it should be able to be regulated soon. It’s wild but out here in Nevada online sports books are illegal and while some casinos have online betting, you have to physically go to the casino itself and provide identification before you’re allowed to use them. While that isn’t much, it is a small barrier to making bets that companies like Kelshi don’t have to abide by. 

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u/nsummy 9h ago

I'm a heavy (and profitable sports gambler). State Sportsbook regulation is a joke and usually means nothing more than they are taxed. The books will prey on people that lose and limit those who win to extremely small bets. It turns it into a glorified carnival game where your potential losses are infinite but your potential gains are heavily limited.

Betting (or "prediction") markets at least even it up. Yes it's still gambling (by a different name) but it's a fair playing field. Despite the questionable ad, Novig is probably the best one out there. They require users to be 21 (instead of 18) and as the ad says, only sports. No degenerate bets like the price of bitcoin every 15 minutes

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u/Fredbear_ Tampa Bay Rays • Canada 10h ago

The grossest one was the "will baseball end segregation" ad from Kalshi

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u/TrapperJean New York Yankees 11h ago

The full version actually makes fun of prediction markets and leans harder on, "we're just sports," which i actually think is less gross than being able to gamble on if the Pope survives lung surgery

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u/PostMatureBaby Toronto Blue Jays 11h ago

yo, what are the odds on the pope?

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u/Rock_man_bears_fan Chicago White Sox 10h ago

He survived the surgery and got a cancer diagnosis. No idea what the Kalshi line is tho

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u/TumbleweedTim01 New York Mets 10h ago

I was sad that one of my favorite accounts on IG JJ.Bergss who does the recreation of announcer calls is not plugging NoVig ads in his videos. Gambling gets to everyone.

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u/jhra Toronto Blue Jays 5h ago

It's done how South Park would do it. Dumbed down to basic parts for the people they want to target

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u/GnRgr2 New York Yankees 6h ago

Objectively the exchanges like novig are better for bettors than sportbooks because youre getting fairer odds, and theres real transparency over the liquidity and where people are betting

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u/BropolloCreed Cleveland Guardians 11h ago

Meanwhile the "Dale's a Loser" radio app from Bet365 is phenomenal

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u/PostMatureBaby Toronto Blue Jays 11h ago

I like the 365 radio ad that goes "I once finished a marathon in 94th place...right behind a guy wearing jeans..."