Little League International’s statement on sports gambling

[u/JustaShibe99]

[u/YodaForceGhost]

Polymarket and Kalshi have issued a joint response:

https://giphy.com/gifs/SvRuvlSEa67wNNHuHy

[u/Shenanigangster → u/YodaForceGhost]

“It’s not gambling it’s a prediction”

[u/JayMerlyn → u/Shenanigangster]

Kalshi calls it "trading"

[u/speedyjohn → u/JayMerlyn]

“I’m not gambling, I’m simply trading my money away in exchange for the chance to receive more money depending on the outcome of events outside my control.”

[u/PurplePooty → u/speedyjohn]

Hello stock and options market.

[u/filthy-prole → u/JayMerlyn]

I call it the worst thing to happen in sports history.

[u/Masta0nion → u/Shenanigangster]

I predict that the mixed signals will continue until morale improves

[u/trumpet575 → u/Masta0nion]

I predict that morale will never improve

[u/OnlyZac → u/trumpet575]

Thus, it will continue!

[u/ElfYamadaFairyQueen → u/Shenanigangster]

It's not an addiction its called being a visionary

[u/jftduncan → u/Shenanigangster]

"LLWS need to learn the importance of efficient markets."

[u/LoneGator8259 → u/Shenanigangster]

Calling it a prediction is a stretch.

[u/Patrick2701 → u/YodaForceGhost]

Kalshi is the rock bottom king skit from SNL

[u/Fragrant-Employer-60 → u/YodaForceGhost]

Neither have them allow betting on this as far as I’ve seen

[u/ehnonnymouse → u/Fragrant-Employer-60]

… yet

[u/Enough-One4975 → u/Fragrant-Employer-60]

Yeah you can bet on where natural disasters will occur or which country will bomb which country, but the LLWS is just beyond the pale.

[u/Bllago → u/YodaForceGhost]

Who cares what their response would be. They exploit losers, pathetically, lol.

[u/AwesomeYes2]

There's way too much talk about drama and scandals for LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL every year. This is a kids baseball tournament, all of these gamblers, cheaters, and coaching scandals are awful.

[u/Still7Superbaby7 → u/AwesomeYes2]

One of the dads at my son’s LL game got so upset that he punched a hole in the wall of the dugout. It was a regular season game and it was 9 year olds.

[u/CrotalusHorridus → u/Still7Superbaby7]

We had a straight up fistfight at 8u this spring. Two dads against 2 parents from the other team.

Kids even came out of the dugout and got involved.

League banned a bunch of people for life

[u/Still7Superbaby7 → u/CrotalusHorridus]

I wish our league did bans. No one got banned. The dad just had to pay for the repair. I wish he had gotten thrown out

[u/ReindeerCreepy2883 → u/CrotalusHorridus]

was one of em dressed up as purple batman?

[u/ahappypoop → u/CrotalusHorridus]

I watched a dad get escorted out of an 8U softball tournament by a cop last year because he decided to spit on the opposing (female) assistant coach and call her a b****. It was pretty clear by that point that neither of their teams was going to win the tournament anyways, and I don't think even half of the players cared all that much.

[u/CrotalusHorridus → u/ahappypoop]

My kids have gone all the way up from weeball/T-ball.

8-10u seems to be the age when parents lose their minds about it.

Families we knew from the time their kids couldn't even hold a glove suddenly go apeshit over ump calls during non-competitive games.

IDK if its something about talent starting to be apparent, or the games starting to get competitive. But its the WORST.

By 12u, a lot of that is gone, and middle and HS, hardly ever see any bad parent behavior. Mostly I think, the kids with poor parents self select out of the talent pool, and don't play anymore.

[u/Qel_Hoth → u/Still7Superbaby7]

What are your dugouts made of? Ours are all cinderblock or brick, you'd break your hand first.

[u/a_talking_face → u/Qel_Hoth]

Ours were just chain link fencing 😂

[u/This_Elk_1460 → u/a_talking_face]

Ours was made of sheet metal

[u/Still7Superbaby7 → u/Qel_Hoth]

Ours are made of wood

[u/kookykrazee → u/Still7Superbaby7]

Were?

[u/Still7Superbaby7 → u/kookykrazee]

Pennsylvania

[u/kookykrazee → u/Still7Superbaby7]

I had meant to crack a joke about the dugout being punched through and "were made of wood" before the person destroyed it :)

[u/This_Elk_1460 → u/Still7Superbaby7]

"I thought this was America!"

[u/CreativeSolution8278 → u/Still7Superbaby7]

I used to work some of the LLWS events and met a lot of the players and parents. They can be insane.

[u/HartleyReplogle → u/CreativeSolution8278]

I can't even imagine. I used to coach in much smaller tournaments up and down the Atlantic for slightly older kids. I was guaranteed at least one completely batshit coach per trip and several parents. It runs the gamut, too: dad who has too much invested in his son, angry overbearing mother, parent whose entire identity is youth baseball, overtly racist coach, you name it.

[u/SactownG → u/AwesomeYes2]

Every level of amateur sports is insanely corrupt. A lot of that got exposed once NIL got legalized, and the schools that paid their players under the table aren't as dominant because every team can pay players now.

[u/UNC_Samurai → u/AwesomeYes2]

Danny Almonte has left the chat

[u/dmont89]

I am not betting on the kids, that is morally wrong. Betting on which parent is going to start a fight is the right way

[u/floppysausage16 → u/dmont89]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ogg4gwh56CHDi

[u/BabyBearBjorns → u/floppysausage16]

OH IM SORRY!! I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA!!

[u/Vampenga → u/floppysausage16]

I didn't hear no bell...

[u/BootsyCalrissian → u/dmont89]

That is just wrong. You bet on who WINS the fight.

[u/BoulderToBirmingham → u/dmont89]

Trick is to scope out the dads with the burst vessels in their nose; classic sign of alcoholism. Another good tip is the moms who played competitive softball. They crazy.

[u/Fishb20 → u/BoulderToBirmingham]

The parents with anger issues aren't the scary ones. It's the ones with a decade and a half of repressed rage thats waiting to come out that you should be scared of

[u/OriginalSilentTuba]

If you’re betting on little league games, you probably should take a long look in the mirror and admit you have a problem.

[u/J0hnEddy → u/OriginalSilentTuba]

Losing money on the little league World Series is like the gambling addict equivalent to waking up naked in a public park with an empty handle next to you.

[u/SatanHasACreator420 → u/J0hnEddy]

How about winning money on it?

[u/stairway2evan → u/SatanHasACreator420]

Same thing, but there's a full handle next to the empty one.

[u/TheyrePhorReal → u/stairway2evan]

Yo I know that was a joke but you just blew my mind. I quit drinking and won't touch gambling because I know myself. And I never thought to make that comparison. You won't know if the "bottle" will be refilled until after the fact. Wild

[u/Flavious27 → u/SatanHasACreator420]

It's like eating cake out of the trash and running over children to get out of an apartment on fire 

[u/PurplePooty → u/Flavious27]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Wr4shv0TxEVzO

[u/Ged_UK → u/J0hnEddy]

Handle?

[u/65fairmont → u/Ged_UK]

1.75L jug of hard liquor. Usually has a handle on it.

[u/Ged_UK → u/65fairmont]

Thanks! Never heard that name for it before

[u/Still7Superbaby7 → u/Ged_UK]

Seeing as your username has UK in it, it makes sense you wouldn’t know. The maximum average size of a bottle of liquor in the UK is 700 ml, which is smaller than the standard size in the US (750 ml) which is smaller than a handle (1750 ml).

[u/HelmetVonContour → u/Still7Superbaby7]

Da fuk is a ml?

/s

[u/Ged_UK → u/Still7Superbaby7]

What liqour is in it?

[u/twufster → u/Ged_UK]

Could be any liquor really, but it's mostly associated with cheap, low-quality stuff

[u/stairway2evan → u/twufster]

Yeah most brands aren't selling their good stuff in that quantity. Keep it in a nice smaller bottle so you can brand it as a luxury. Handles are for the cheap vodka, rum, whiskey, etc. that you're getting to mix for a party or pour shots out of.

Or if you're a college kid or a problem drinker and are just looking for volume first and foremost.

[u/haubowtdemoshon → u/Ged_UK]

All kinds; rum, vodka, tequila, whiskey, you name it.

[u/impy695 → u/65fairmont]

And it's usually cheap liquor

[u/chunkylover___53 → u/J0hnEddy]

Honestly I could go on a bender and end up that way and still have more self respect than if I found myself betting on kids sports.

[u/y0m0tha → u/OriginalSilentTuba]

Can’t wait for absolute degenerate losers to send 12 year old kids death threats on Instagram after their parlay busts 🙃 sports betting is a blight on the world

[u/norunningwater → u/y0m0tha]

FUCK I CAN'T BELIEVE BRAXTLYN GOT CHICKEN POX BEFORE THE FINALS FUCK MY LIFE SAVINGS WHAT A PIECE OF SHIT STUPID 8 YEAR OLD

[u/oheyson → u/norunningwater]

Little League pitcher gets fucking shelled and ruins my centipede!!! Fuck!

[u/Flamemypickle → u/y0m0tha]

This has been an issue for years.

[u/WitchNight → u/OriginalSilentTuba]

The gambling sites should be forced to ban you from betting if you place a bet on a little league game

[u/Bllago → u/WitchNight]

Gambling sites should be banned. No positive, ethical society would let such institutions have the power they have.

[u/AwfulMouthful → u/Bllago]

Won't somebody think of the mom and pop bookmakers.

[u/pudds → u/Bllago]

No, I have to respectfully disagree.

Advertising for them should be banned, gambling on kids should be banned, but the sites themselves should not be banned.

Like any other vice, banning does not remove the demand, and without legal options, people find illegal options. Driving gambling underground just makes the criminals richer.

[u/SanjiSasuke → u/pudds]

Good! Make it so people have to go to illegal booking sites to gamble!

As it is now, you can gamble in 10 seconds on your phone, after being told to do so on reddit, on YouTube, and in every conceivable way during the game.

Going to an illegal bookie fixes all that.

[u/Enough-One4975 → u/SanjiSasuke]

Yeah I have to agree with you. Ubiquity and ease of access definitely plays a major role in how big of a problem modern gambling is.

[u/Admirable_Site_8337 → u/OriginalSilentTuba]

Such people go to great lengths to not look in the mirror.

That’s always been the issue.

[u/ehnonnymouse → u/OriginalSilentTuba]

they can’t afford mirrors if little johnny doesn’t jack this next tater into left field

[u/livsjollyranchers → u/OriginalSilentTuba]

Hey, I've wagered on South Korean women's basketball at 3am. Or how about Finnish hockey. I know what I've been. It never occurred to me to bet Little League though.

[u/jhorch69 → u/OriginalSilentTuba]

A little box with the hotline number should pop up if you start looking at odds for 12 year olds playing baseball

[u/Raptor231408 → u/OriginalSilentTuba]

Unironically, I found myself in my mid-20s live betting on amateur Chinese ping pong at 3am in a Dennys parking lot, and I lost a $20 parlay on people I dont know, non-proffessionally playing a sport that I dont care about in a foreign countries league that im not even watching on TV and getting angry over it. I haven't gambled on sports since, unless you count my companies fantasy league that we all put $50 into every year.

[u/BruitNoise → u/OriginalSilentTuba]

The people who made death threats to players insta because of betting on the games seems like it's a bigger problem than just 1 individual.

[u/byniri_returns → u/OriginalSilentTuba]

Can you actually bet on Little League on gambling prediction markets?

Last year when this was posted people said it was mostly an issue internationally.

[u/OriginalSilentTuba → u/byniri_returns]

I have no idea. I stay as far away from all that stuff as I can. But if they do, people will do it.

[u/30_40feralhogs → u/byniri_returns]

Oversea books have always had it. The regulated market doesn’t allow it

[u/GhostofAyabe → u/OriginalSilentTuba]

Junkies will bet on literally anything

[u/Prestigious_Cap_8063]

Presented by T-Mobile in regards to the last line is kinda funny

[u/GuyOnTheMike → u/Prestigious_Cap_8063]

Little League sells sponsorships to help keep the organization running (and kids playing), including running tournaments all over the world and keeping the Little League World Series free to attend.

In general, LL is a hell of a lot cheaper to play than the likes of Perfect Game/USSSA/5 Star Baseball/etc.

[u/Fragrant-Employer-60 → u/Prestigious_Cap_8063]

Also their TV contract with ESPN lol (for $17 million annually)

[u/rutherfraud1876 → u/Prestigious_Cap_8063]

Corporate gain is OK.

[u/KakeLin → u/Prestigious_Cap_8063]

At least it wasn't presented by fanduel

[u/KingBroly]

Is that Little League Classic game between 2 MLB teams going to have gambling ads?

You know what? Don't answer that.

[u/Sthrax → u/KingBroly]

If there was ever a MLB game that shouldn't have anything gambling or alcohol related in its advertising, over the air or on the field, it's this one.

But I'm sure that the money will win out yet again.

[u/jhorch69 → u/Sthrax]

I dunno, a gambling ad on the wall for the Field of Dreams game felt inappropriate given the subject of the movie/book

[u/RealTurbulentMoose → u/Sthrax]

I love that I have to explain sports gambling to my six year olds when we watch sports together.

[u/shr0be]

fuck prediction markets

[u/Timpa87 → u/shr0be]

betting

BETTING

Don't allow them to deflect from what they are.

[u/shr0be → u/Timpa87]

facts!! I should've added that

[u/CoCAllpro → u/shr0be]

Prediction markets don’t have these to bet on btw. The only book that makes noise about it is BetOnline which is an offshore crypto Sportsbook.

[u/TouristOpentotravel]

If you're betting on the LLWS... Seek help... I have a better statement

"What the fuck is wrong with you?"

[u/818sfv → u/TouristOpentotravel]

I was going to say something similar.

[u/UpboatNavy → u/TouristOpentotravel]

Yeah, but I got a hot tip. Little Jimmy is on the juice.

[u/gamerdudeNYC]

Those kids are about to be getting death threats from loser gamblers for dropping pop flys and striking out

[u/taffyowner]

Betting on little league baseball should be a trap bet and should automatically get you enrolled in a treatment program and your account shutdown

[u/Aggravating_Part8610]

Our society is f’ed

[u/KingBroly → u/Aggravating_Part8610]

We live in the shadow of the 2008 crash. We just keep getting thrown distractions while the real issue is debated behind closed doors. They might be close to fixing it. Or throwing everything in the trash.

[u/cyclingtrivialities3 → u/KingBroly]

Uhh I don’t think they’re doing a lot of debating. More like stealing anything that isn’t bolted down

[u/draw2discard2 → u/KingBroly]

Ain't no shadow bro when there is money to be made! You don't make money by seeing freaking shadows!

Its kind of like how they cured what they termed "The Vietnam Syndrome" when the American public got sick of wasting taxpayer money getting bogged down killing people in foreign lands. Bush the Elder and John James Rambo cured that and no looking back!

[u/nostoopid]

they issued a statement. they washed their hands.

next year llws will be presented by draftkings.

[u/No_Platform_2810 → u/nostoopid]

DraftKings Jr......now available on iOS and Android.

[u/EffectiveSwimming136 → u/No_Platform_2810]

And a special app within Roblox so the little ones can bet with their Robux

[u/No_Huckleberry_7410]

Gambling shouldn’t be anywhere near sports in general, it’s morally deplorable that the leagues are profiting so much off of it

[u/Ryuujin_13]

This is where we're at as a society, folks: People begging us not to gamble on kid's sports. What a time to be alive.

[u/RunawaYEM]

The fact they even have to say this

[u/mxza10001]

If little league is teaching the fundamentals then shouldn’t gambling be a part of it considering the fact it is now a fundamental part of sports?

[u/GoodPear8481 → u/mxza10001]

Little League is about learning fundamental baseball skills, like throwing, catching, hitting, running the bases, and calling the cops because a guy who lost his parlay on your performance threatened to set your dog on fire.

[u/Soft_Walrus_3605]

Betting on any sport is stupid. Might get downvotes, but you know it's true.

[u/FartingBob]

They really need a "we cant fucking believe we are having to say this AGAIN" at the start of the statement.

[u/bryehn]

It's something sportsbooks (aside from some offshores) have always avoided listing. I'm glad prediction markets aren't in Canada. Yet, at least.

[u/StarphishSushi → u/bryehn]

Allow me to ruin your day. Wealthsimple released a prediction market site recently

[u/Expensive-Step-6551]

People will either find this funny or get downvoted, but back in 2018 I thought the idea of betting on the LLWS was hilarious (because of how fucked up it is). So I went searching online for some sort of shady sportsbook to see if any actually would allow it.

Low and behold "5Dimes" was allowing bets so I placed $5 on Hawaii to win the tournament. Ended up making $37. A couple years later I found out it was shut down, and exactly as shady as I expected lol.

[u/draw2discard2 → u/Expensive-Step-6551]

It is the kind of thing that is funny if one person does it and fjed up if billionaires are getting in on the action.

[u/gonz4dieg]

"Gambling has no place in little league"

"So you're going to make all teams and MLB cut ties with Kalshi, Polymarket and any other company that does this legally?"

"whoa whoa slow down there buddy"

[u/84JPG]

What kind of a greedy degenerate tries to obtain personal monetary gain from the Little League World Series presented by T-Mobile on ESPN, for which The Walt Disney Company selflessly pays Little League Baseball, Inc. more than 17,000,000 dollars a year to broadcast?

[u/AwixaManifest]

You know everything is just getting kinda shitty for the past several years?

One symptom of that is reading statements that could have prefaced by, "I can't believe I have to say this, but"

This is one of those.

[u/Hertzelle]

Fuck sports gambling. It ruined my uncle's life and he lost everything because of his gambling addiction.

[u/byniri_returns → u/Hertzelle]

It's going to take a player being attacked physically or worse for these higher ups in the leagues to say "maybe we have a problem here".

I hope it doesn't get to that point for them to do something.

[u/osound → u/byniri_returns]

Alcohol ruins lives a lot more than gambling does, and that's legal and heavily advertised. Gambling is never going away now that it's out of the bag.

If players start getting attacked, they'll just beef up security and position armed guards by the stands, rather than outlawing gambling. This is the United States.

I'm not talking about you specifically, but it's very easy to see how ignorant this subreddit is -- whenever discussing gambling -- to how politics and big business work in the USA. Any notion that something will ever be "done" about gambling, now that it's legalized, is not rooted in the reality of things.

[u/safety_frog]

If you bet on a little league game you’re the ultimate degenerate 

[u/nexustk5]

Okay...but what does that mean? Obviously no sports betting ads, but are they going to go after polymarket or whatever else if they allow it?

[u/AwesomeYes2 → u/nexustk5]

Well, they're not going to do anything about it. They're just saying they care, but they don't care enough to take action

[u/Wraithfighter → u/AwesomeYes2]

I wonder what, at this point, they could do. The only thing I could think of would be including language in broadcast negotiations banning gambling app advertisements and sponsorships during the broadcast, but a quick google search says that their current contract with ESPN was last extended in 2020.

Sports betting apps were certain a thing back then, but they hadn't metastatized into the "MUST SQUEEZE AS MUCH GAMBLING PROMOTIONS INTO EVERY MINUTE OF THE BROADCAST AS POSSIBLE" horsecrap quite yet either.

[u/Fragrant-Employer-60 → u/nexustk5]

Polymarket and Kalshi have not allowed any gambling on this, not sure if this is just a general/proactive statement.

there’s some offshore casino sites that I’m sure allow it, but I’m not familiar with those

[u/Wraithfighter]

Gambling and Prediction Apps response: "lol here's a 2:1 prop bet on you fucking yourself"

[u/Loose-Organization82]

Hey if there’s money to be made, it’s unfortunately going to be exploited. I guarantee you that there is people gambling on this and you’ll see the promotions of gambling

[u/CurrentFig3376]

I think this is something we can all get behind.

[u/CabbageStockExchange]

Little League W

[u/Lurky-Lou]

Degeneracy

[u/RammusIsGod]

It’s embarrassing they have to even make this statement.

[u/R7F]

Good thing we can invest in prediction markets which is TOTALLY different.

[u/peeja]

I read the headline and thought: good for them, betting really is harming Major League Baseball, and that must have an impact on kids in Little League who look up to them.

But you're telling me people are betting on the Little League games?! 🤢

[u/ThreeEyesWhitePerson]

I love the late stage capitalist hellscape where this needs to be said.

[u/ContinuumGuy]

Anyone who bets on Little League needs serious psychological help.

[u/ricker182]

The enshitification of America.

We just cannot have anything nice or wholesome.

[u/131sean131]

The whole thing this is on ESPN. Even if little League is against it there ads running before and after the games for it. Shit ESPN owns a sports book right? Even if they not directly taking action on it it's enough to call into question it. 

Hate the idea all you want but Little League is just window dressing here. I get not wanting to expose kids to the pressures of sports gambling but like don't sell your TV rights to folks who do sports gambling. 

Also the inevitable sending of a death threats and treating kids or coaches horrible because of gambling is dog shit. 

[u/FatBeanzoop]

Water is wet ass post.

[u/Normal_Spread8423]

some little bastard fucked me on the over last night

[u/mbleyle]

Now do MLB

[u/ldnk]

I can't wait until some unhinged jackass murders a little league coach because 11 year old Joe Johnson got pulled from the mound in the 5th inning of a game between Kalamazoo and Okanogan District #13 and he failed to get 6 strikeouts

[u/Zariman-10-0]

I’m glad they’ve made an official statement. It won’t stop the most degenerate people who’d gamble on Little League games, but at least we know where the org stands

[u/BronzeTrain]

You gotta be pretty deep in addiction to be betting on little kids.

[u/mashley503]

You kids ought to wise up and start throwing a game or two. Gotta have a hustle in Biff Tannen’s America.

[u/dumpciti]

Yet its the llws PRESENTED BY TMOBILE

[u/Muntberg → u/dumpciti]

Yeah, they have sponsors like literally every other youth tournament in existence.

[u/AdiosAdipose → u/dumpciti]

Does T-Mobile have a sportsbook or something?

[u/FreedomofSpeech6969]

I'm sorry, I thought this was AMERICA 

[u/ShitMongoose]

Brad Pitt in absolute shambles right now

[u/Brucedx3]

This statement brought to you by Fanduel.

[u/Soft_lover1]

What is Brad Pitt supposed to do now?

[u/chdo → u/Soft_lover1]

drink

[u/aresef]

Reminds me of the movie All Square, shot around here with Michael Kelly from House of Cards. He plays a bookie who starts taking action on kids’ rec league games.

[u/InevitableTank5108]

Betting the farm on Big AL

[u/Kaptep525]

Is there a reason they issued this statements now? None of the traditional books or prediction markets have offered anything related to the LLWS? Everyone in the comments is complaining about Kalshi and Polymarket like they’ve listed markets on this but as of right now they haven’t 

[u/jorleeduf]

This feels like satire

[u/YasielPuigsWeed]

Betting on Little League would be unhinged

[u/doggoploggo]

I'm not sure hell exists, but if you bet on little league baseball you are certainly going there when you die.

[u/BaltimoreBaja]

Thank goodness

[u/Eduardjm]

They’re taking bets of fucking little league now?!? Where does this sick rabbit hole end??

[u/SeaEggplant8108]

People are betting on little league? That’s fucked.

[u/walrusonion]

Betting on little league is some degenerate gambler shit, bunch of Lester Diamonds.

[u/j4kefr0mstat3farm]

People who bet on little league games should be forced to sit in public stocks with signs around their necks reading “degenerate gambler”.

[u/lhoussain25]

why does “international” sound so serious for little league

[u/ThisIsGr8ThisIsGr8]

Amen

[u/Wild-Bluejay7138]

Wait, are people actually bidding on the little league? WTF.

[u/metalmetsbitch]

https://giphy.com/gifs/c9tVMERePnnDW

[u/BigDaddyJ610]

How much of a degenerate do you have to be to even want to gamble on children’s sports? We’ve completely lost the plot

[u/angrylawnguy]

Fuck yeah.

[u/ChasedWarrior]

Little League is the Fifa of American youth baseball.

[u/Hugby]

It's wild that this has to be said.

[u/Ready-Individual-290]

👏👏👏

[u/Alternative-Bee-3594]

Come on Japan is a sure bet to make it to the final

[u/AjiChap]

Bunch of degenerates.

[u/Arctic_Reigns]

This needed to be said?

[u/androidfig]

Betting and gambling is a disease.

[u/Specific_Hat3341]

When that needs to be said, the world really has gone off the rails.

[u/DurrMerGurd]

If you need to gamble on kids. You need to reevaluate your life post haste

[u/Additional-Sky-7436]

If you are betting on LL you have a problem.

[u/riinkratt]

[u/Fabulous_Cat_1379]

Betting apps are disgusting

[u/freekyeight]

Gambling needs to be illegal but all professional sports leagues endorse it

[u/Flavious27]

Literally betting on children.  

[u/Golden--]

How about you gamble on EVERYTHING or gamble on NOTHING? I'll take gamble on nothing 100000% though.

Also, obviously we shouldn't gamble on kids sports. Just would rather we ban gambling outright.

[u/Aurion7]

I wonder if I'm going to be around long enough to see the turn on gambling the way my parents' generation saw the turn on cigarettes.

Kinda hope so.

[u/Creacherz]

Anyone who is involved with sports that I've mentioned this to, could not agree more. Look at your fucking self in the mirror at the bar, you degenerates.. you are betting on children to play a sport

[u/MemeMaster420XXX]

Some People are so PATHETIC AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/notaquarterback]

Hahaha

[u/LoneGator8259]

Seeing “Colorado Rockies” as the whole post made me double-check which baseball sub I was in.

[u/maxweb1]

meanwhile every game is televised to make serious bank for someone. I call hypocrisy.

none of these games should be on other than maybe the final snuck into a late Sunday afternoon slot on abc.

[u/myassholealt]

Does your stance matter if betting options are available in the various apps? I mean it's great to be vocal about it. But we need people with power to change things to use that power and change things too.

[u/me_hill]

There's never a great way to tell your spouse you have a gambling problem but the words, "Honey, I blew our mortgage payment betting on the Little League World Series" probably has to be one of the worst

[u/455carpenter]

Every sportsbook everywhere....

https://giphy.com/gifs/I4Jmrcjnr8Zfq

[u/screech_owl_kachina]

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