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/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.