NHL player poll: As sports betting increases, so do harassing messages — and Venmo requests
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NHL player poll: As sports betting increases, so do harassing messages — and Venmo requests

New York Times  

There doesn’t have to be a milestone moment or viral play for an NHL player’s phone to be flooded with notifications in the wake of a game. “I’ve been sent Venmo requests before,” one NHL player surveyed in The Athletic’s player poll said. So give me back my 50 bucks.’” That player said he found it “comical.” “I think I paid one guy back once,” he said with a laugh. You’re up 2-0 and lose, you get messages, like, ‘You f—ing asshole, I’m gonna f—ing kill you.’” One player said he gets at least one or two such messages every day from gamblers. “Sometimes they bet on me to score and I don’t and they want me to give them money,” one player said.

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