Brian Pempus
@gamblingharm.org
Founder, Editor-in-Chief, GamblingHarm.org.
Reporting on the predatory gambling industry in all its forms.
Contact: [email protected]
Reporting on the predatory gambling industry in all its forms.
Contact: [email protected]
Reposted by Brian Pempus
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
If you're a CNN journalist and uncomfortable with the network promoting online gambling on current events, including politics and the weather, and want to speak anonymously, my Signal is (at)GamblingHarmOrg.77
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If you're a CNN journalist and uncomfortable with the network promoting online gambling on current events, including politics and the weather, and want to speak anonymously, my Signal is (at)GamblingHarmOrg.77
CNN Signs Deal With Trump-Backed Gambling Firm To Promote Betting Odds On Current Events
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CNN To Show Gambling Odds On News Under Kalshi Partnership
Explore the new CNN Kalshi partnership, bringing real-time gambling odds to the forefront of current events reporting.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
CNN Signs Deal With Trump-Backed Gambling Firm To Promote Betting Odds On Current Events
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FanDuel sports gambling ad in the U.S.
The sports gambling industry is a true vulture.
The sports gambling industry is a true vulture.
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
FanDuel sports gambling ad in the U.S.
The sports gambling industry is a true vulture.
The sports gambling industry is a true vulture.
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Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
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Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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The working class becomes addicted to sports gambling and can’t afford tickets to games while the arenas become this.
Late capitalism on display
Late capitalism on display
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The working class becomes addicted to sports gambling and can’t afford tickets to games while the arenas become this.
Late capitalism on display
Late capitalism on display
It’s clearly time for states to hit pause on legalizing sports betting and online casino gambling
NY FED: The rejection rate for all types of credit (auto loan, credit card, credit card limit increase, mortgage, mortgage refinance) over past 12 months rose to a series high of 24.8% in October.
(via Liz Ann Sonders)
(via Liz Ann Sonders)
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It’s clearly time for states to hit pause on legalizing sports betting and online casino gambling
You're now a hoarder if you keep your phone for longer than 2 years and don't serve your Apple or Google overlords
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
You're now a hoarder if you keep your phone for longer than 2 years and don't serve your Apple or Google overlords
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Disappointing to see Zohran Mamdani so thoroughly dominated by Trump. The US left is an utter catastrophe. The left in other parts of the world is so much stronger.
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Disappointing to see Zohran Mamdani so thoroughly dominated by Trump. The US left is an utter catastrophe. The left in other parts of the world is so much stronger.
In a startling interview with the NYT, Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki expressed interest in bringing yes/no stock market-style gambling for children to the platform.
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In a startling interview with the NYT, Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki expressed interest in bringing yes/no stock market-style gambling for children to the platform.
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NEW: This week's edition of "The Harmdown" report has 37 news items you don't want to miss from the wild world of casino gambling, sports betting, "prediction markets", and much more.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
NEW: This week's edition of "The Harmdown" report has 37 news items you don't want to miss from the wild world of casino gambling, sports betting, "prediction markets", and much more.
Please check it out, share, and subscribe if you find it informative.
Read more ⤵️
Please check it out, share, and subscribe if you find it informative.
Read more ⤵️
NEW: This week's edition of "The Harmdown" report has 37 news items you don't want to miss from the wild world of casino gambling, sports betting, "prediction markets", and much more.
Please check it out, share, and subscribe if you find it informative.
Read more ⤵️
Please check it out, share, and subscribe if you find it informative.
Read more ⤵️
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
NEW: This week's edition of "The Harmdown" report has 37 news items you don't want to miss from the wild world of casino gambling, sports betting, "prediction markets", and much more.
Please check it out, share, and subscribe if you find it informative.
Read more ⤵️
Please check it out, share, and subscribe if you find it informative.
Read more ⤵️
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Reposted by Brian Pempus
Harvard's endowment recently invested tens of millions of dollars in Flutter Entertainment, parent company of FanDuel.
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Harvard University Endowment Invests In FanDuel Parent Flutter
Harvard revealed an investment in FanDuel's parent company, Flutter Entertainment. The $30 million stake in online gambling raises concerns.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Harvard's endowment recently invested tens of millions of dollars in Flutter Entertainment, parent company of FanDuel.
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NEW: The casino industry is so greedy it is eating itself. The largest online sports gambling sites have left the most powerful casino lobbying group in a fight over a new predatory form of online sports gambling.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
NEW: The casino industry is so greedy it is eating itself. The largest online sports gambling sites have left the most powerful casino lobbying group in a fight over a new predatory form of online sports gambling.
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Harvard's endowment recently invested tens of millions of dollars in Flutter Entertainment, parent company of FanDuel.
gamblingharm.org/harvard-fand...
gamblingharm.org/harvard-fand...
Harvard University Endowment Invests In FanDuel Parent Flutter
Harvard revealed an investment in FanDuel's parent company, Flutter Entertainment. The $30 million stake in online gambling raises concerns.
gamblingharm.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Harvard's endowment recently invested tens of millions of dollars in Flutter Entertainment, parent company of FanDuel.
gamblingharm.org/harvard-fand...
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Wildly, some bettors are even more interested in NBA betting after a scandal involving corrupted prop bets. Perhaps some bettors believe they can exploit the corruption to their advantage. This also highlights how a betting habit is difficult to shake, and a sports integrity scandal may not deter it
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Wildly, some bettors are even more interested in NBA betting after a scandal involving corrupted prop bets. Perhaps some bettors believe they can exploit the corruption to their advantage. This also highlights how a betting habit is difficult to shake, and a sports integrity scandal may not deter it
And the city is planning, tentatively, to install slot machines at O'Hare.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
And the city is planning, tentatively, to install slot machines at O'Hare.
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This does not appear to be breaking news at all. It's related to the October indictments.
BREAKING NEWS: The NBA has asked multiple teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers, to hand over documents and other property as part of its investigation into illegal sports gambling, six league sources told The Athletic.
November 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This does not appear to be breaking news at all. It's related to the October indictments.