{"id":2028639,"date":"2023-09-11T21:17:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T01:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sports-betting-site-gets-torched-over-incredibly-insensitive-9-11-promotion\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T21:21:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T01:21:25","slug":"sports-betting-site-gets-torched-over-incredibly-insensitive-9-11-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sports-betting-site-gets-torched-over-incredibly-insensitive-9-11-promotion\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports betting site faces backlash for highly insensitive 9\/11 promotion."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsports-betting-site-gets-torched-over-incredibly-insensitive-9-11-promotion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2028639&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>One of the largest\u200c sports betting sites in the world faces backlash over insensitive 9\/11\u2064 promotion<\/h2>\n<p>DraftKings, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sports-betting-site-gets-torched-over-incredibly-insensitive-9-11-promotion\/\" title=\"Sports betting site faces backlash for highly insensitive 9\/11 promotion.\">leading sports betting site \u2062operating<\/a> in \u2063states that allow online sports\u2063 betting, regularly offers promotional deals and bets,\u2063 especially \u2063during highly\u2062 anticipated events like \u200cthe NFL season kickoff.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, these promotions are harmless and standard, such as profit boosts and &#8220;no\u2063 sweat&#8221; bet tokens. However, DraftKings recently released a promotional \u200coffer that was anything but harmless or standard.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-teacher-arrested-for-allegedly-spraying-disinfectant-at-students-who-didnt-wear-masks-properly-faces-felony-child-abuse-charges\/\" title=\"Florida teacher arrested for allegedly spraying disinfectant at students who didn't wear masks properly, faces felony child abuse charges\">misguided attempt<\/a> to &#8220;honor&#8221; the anniversary of the 9\/11 terror attacks,\u200b DraftKings offered a three-leg parlay featuring the\u200d New York Jets, the New York Mets, and the New York Yankees. The\u2062 odds were set at\u200c +651, meaning all three bets had \u200dto win for the parlay to \u200cpay out. The promotion was\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dave-portnoy-talks-to-tucker-carlson-heres-what-he-wants-done-to-the-elites-who-manipulated-the-market\/\" title=\"Dave Portnoy Talks to Tucker Carlson, Here's What He Wants Done to the Elites Who Manipulated the Market\">aptly named<\/a> &#8220;Never Forget,&#8221; a clear reference to the 9\/11 \u2062attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, sports bettors and observers were outraged by\u200d the insensitivity of the offer. The 9\/11 attacks were the deadliest on American soil, and \u2062using\u200d that tragedy \u2063for a betting promotion was widely seen \u200cas inappropriate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How is DraftKings \u200bpromoting this on\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-democrat-expelled-for-rousing-a-literal-mob-accuses-republicans-of-mobocracy\/\" title=\"Tennessee Democrat expelled for inciting mob accuses Republicans of 'mobocracy'.\">front \u2062page<\/a>??? This is insane behavior \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q9D7p4Ioj7\">pic.twitter.com\/q9D7p4Ioj7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ongo (@LoveSosa111111) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoveSosa111111\/status\/1701036006168739989?\">September 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Counting down the minutes\u200c until DraftKings pulls this \u201cnever forget\u201d 9\/11 parlay <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dLZftfFXMs\">pic.twitter.com\/dLZftfFXMs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Nick Guy (@thenickguy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thenickguy\/status\/1701035219447378144?\">September 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The backlash was swift and intense, leading DraftKings to quickly remove the offer. According to \u200dFront Office Sports, the promotion was taken down after several\u200c hours.<\/p>\n<p>Following the retraction of the offer, DraftKings issued an apology to the Boston Globe, expressing regret for their decision. The \u200bsports betting app acknowledged the\u200d significance of \u2062the day and \u200cthe impact \u200dit had on the families affected by the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Each leg of the promotional parlay had a direct connection to the 9\/11 tragedy. The New York Mets were playing at home in Citi Field, located in New York City \u200dwhere the attacks occurred. The New York Yankees were traveling to Boston, where two of the hijacked planes departed.\u2062 The New York Jets play near Newark International Airport, \u200bwhere \u200cone \u2063of the planes took off.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there are no 9\/11-themed promotions \u2063or offers visible on DraftKings.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sports-betting-site-gets-torched-incredibly-insensitive-9-11-promotion\/\">Sports Betting Site Gets Torched Over \u2062Incredibly Insensitive 9\/11 Promotion<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the world&#8217;s biggest sports betting sites, DraftKings, is receiving extensive criticism for a poorly conceived promotional offer. Operating in all states that permit online sports betting, DraftKings regularly releases various promotions and bets, particularly during highly anticipated events like the NFL season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":2028640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2028640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}