Brian Pempus
@gamblingharm.org
Journalist. 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]
FIFA going full fascist is unfortunately unsurprising
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
FIFA going full fascist is unfortunately unsurprising
My favorite Batman film
December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My favorite Batman film
In some decent news: So-called "sweepstakes" casinos, a predatory dual-currency online gambling model, have been banned in New York, as Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill 5935 late today.
December 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In some decent news: So-called "sweepstakes" casinos, a predatory dual-currency online gambling model, have been banned in New York, as Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill 5935 late today.
CNN showing gambling odds in a live ticker is next-level dystopian. Unsurprising, however.
December 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
CNN showing gambling odds in a live ticker is next-level dystopian. Unsurprising, however.
Reposted by Brian Pempus
Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones. One recent Kalshi betting market that allowed people to bet on whether Palestinians in Gaza would suffer mass starvation.
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones. One recent Kalshi betting market that allowed people to bet on whether Palestinians in Gaza would suffer mass starvation.
James Harden’s gambling sponsorship deal with MyPrize appears unique in terms of its brazenness.
MyPrize is involved with 4 infamous forms of online gambling: “social”, “sweepstakes”, “offshore”, and “prediction markets”.
MyPrize is involved with 4 infamous forms of online gambling: “social”, “sweepstakes”, “offshore”, and “prediction markets”.
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
James Harden’s gambling sponsorship deal with MyPrize appears unique in terms of its brazenness.
MyPrize is involved with 4 infamous forms of online gambling: “social”, “sweepstakes”, “offshore”, and “prediction markets”.
MyPrize is involved with 4 infamous forms of online gambling: “social”, “sweepstakes”, “offshore”, and “prediction markets”.
Opinion: Setting aside regulatory concerns, what provides the necessary liquidity for people “in the know” to place bets and give “prediction markets” their forecasting efficiency? Compulsive use by “retail” bettors. As with all gambling products, it just doesn’t work without addiction.
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Opinion: Setting aside regulatory concerns, what provides the necessary liquidity for people “in the know” to place bets and give “prediction markets” their forecasting efficiency? Compulsive use by “retail” bettors. As with all gambling products, it just doesn’t work without addiction.
Debord: “The economic system founded on isolation is a circular production of isolation. The technology is based on isolation, and the technical process isolates in turn.“
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Debord: “The economic system founded on isolation is a circular production of isolation. The technology is based on isolation, and the technical process isolates in turn.“
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.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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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.
www.theverge.com
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...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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.