NHL Players getting Venmo requests from fans that lost bets on the players/teams

[Bear of Bad News]

you said it, not me

True! And I even had my objective glasses on.

 

[Oilslick941611]

True! And I even had my objective glasses on.

although, you are 100% right. My hobbies do not negatively affect those around me, unlike gambling.

 

[LuGBuG]

although, you are 100% right. My hobbies do not negatively affect those around me, unlike gambling.

My minor minor gambling impacts no one around me in a negative way. Is everyone like that? No. That could be said about almost any hobby out there though if a person goes overboard not just gambling. So figure it out you pompous hero.

 

[Oilslick941611]

My minor minor gambling impacts no one around me in a negative way. Is everyone like that? No. That could be said about almost any hobby out there though if a person goes overboard not just gambling. So figure it out you pompous hero.

lol, good for you.

 

[ORRFForever]

This would be far funnier if I knew what Venmo was.

 

[LuGBuG]

lol, good for you.

Sorry. Just not a fan of people who think they are better than everyone else. I’m sure it translates great into your personal life (or most likely lack thereof).

 

[start winnin]

Human beings that do this have truly lost their way

 

[Jumptheshark]

Degenerate habits leading to degenerate behaviors. Shocking.

even by my standards this is silly for people to do and I am willing to bet that I would be labeled as one of the biggest degenerates on this site

 

[BB79]

even by my standards this is silly for people to do and I am willing to bet that I would be labeled as one of the biggest degenerates on this site

Well, you are somewhere on uranus. The least you could do is buy us dinner first

 

[Oilslick941611]

Sorry. Just not a fan of people who think they are better than everyone else. I’m sure it translates great into your personal life (or most likely lack thereof).

enjoy your minor minor gambling.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Well, you are somewhere on uranus. The least you could do is buy us dinner first

Hey--i brought the jelly this time around

 

[Viqsi]

Life is tough man. What if I told you when I grew up, everyone paid in cash and cashiers actually had to know how to do basic math?

Surely you had a checkbook to balance too.

I solved that problem by virtually never writing checks and just being stubborn about the then-emerging world of electronic transfers until finally society as a whole caught up with me. Absolutely hated those damn things.

 

[Viqsi]

The article mentions one player who purportedly got venmo requests.

The article very explicitly mentions multiple players.

Perhaps the biggest revelation from The Athletic’s anonymous player poll was how common the Venmo requests are.

“They’re demands, not requests,” one player clarified. “’You owe me $200 because you were on the ice when …’ and it’s insane. It’s really bad when you play against Toronto because it seems like everybody is betting on Leafs games. But that’s Toronto for you.”

Apparently, NHL players need to do a better job of masking their identities on cash apps.

“Yeah, that’s real,” another player said. “When you ruin a guy’s parlay or something? Hundred percent, that’s real. I got one last game where some guy bet on my number of shots or something and then he’s DM’ing me: ‘You f—ed my parlay!’ Pardon my language, but that’s what he said.”

“Yeah, 100 percent,” said another player. “I’ve gotten plenty of them show up in my inbox before. Like I kept them from hitting some parlay or something or, ‘Here’s my Venmo. Send me $100.'”

“Oh, yeah,” one player said. “People on social media are way crazier now because they have more skin in the game. I think that’s for all sports.”

“I get messages all the time, and these are people probably betting $1.50,” said another.

 

[Viqsi]

My minor minor gambling impacts no one around me in a negative way. Is everyone like that? No. That could be said about almost any hobby out there though if a person goes overboard not just gambling. So figure it out you pompous hero.

I get the distinct impression that gambling is more likely than most hobbies to have such an impact, thus the judgemental attitude. That said, just because said restraint isn't as common as we'd like doesn't mean it's functionally nonexistent.

I mean, I wouldn't do it myself, but if you can do so responsibly and it entertains you and you're not harassing folks over it, cool, enjoy, you do you.
but do we have to have all the f***ing ads about it in our faces all the damn time?

 

[Pablo El Perro]

This would be far funnier if I knew what Venmo was.

It's the thing you get your adopted son an account for to pay for prostitutes without an e-trail.

 

[ORRFForever]

It's the thing you get your adopted son an account for to pay for prostitutes without an e-trail.

Oh, that "thing"! Hopefully that payment will NOT come back to haunt me.

Someone sent me this clip...

 

[Anglesmith]

Life is tough man. What if I told you when I grew up, everyone paid in cash and cashiers actually had to know how to do basic math?

How gullible do you think I am?

 

[jbeck5]

“Why don't NHL players make all their accounts private so no one can message them anything?”

Is directly victim blaming. Those are your direct words. What else does this mean? Other than make their account private or get harassed.

Since you really want me to acknowledge the harrassment like some weird fetish, let me rephrase.

"Knowing that their are crazy people out there who will harass people, why would a celebrity not just make their accounts private to avoid dealing with crazy people in the same way every single teacher I know does?"

If teachers realize they gotta do it, maybe celebrities should too?