{"id":14297,"date":"2026-09-04T14:29:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=14297"},"modified":"2026-09-07T14:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:35:00","slug":"goonduel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2026\/09\/04\/goonduel\/","title":{"rendered":"GoonDuel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehook.com\/culture\/weve-reached-goonstate-gambling-advertising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from INSIDEHOOK<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We\u2019ve Reached the Goonstate of Gambling Advertising&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nazis, Adam Tate, Bonnie Blue and the nadir of attention-grabbing content<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BY\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehook.com\/author\/minhtran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MINH TRAN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidehook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PredictionGambling-Hero1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800\" alt=\"Blackjack table with cards displaying &quot;Kalshi,&quot; &quot;duel.,&quot; and &quot;Stak&quot; in white boxes.\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5;width:1200px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>InsideHook<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve never been much of a gambler. In 2022, when FanDuel launched in New York and was dishing out promotions too good to be true, I tried signing up, ran into an error while entering my personal information and never signed up again. Aside from the occasional poker night, game of pool or on-the-spot bet on a Knicks game, I\u2019ve managed to steer clear of a pastime that currently seems to be part and parcel of American life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s never been a better time to be a gambler. In the olden days, you used to have to drive to the casino, the racetrack, your local bookie<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>or underground cockfight<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>to risk it for the biscuit. These days, the options are endless and all within palm\u2019s reach. Advancements in technology and how we receive and process information mean you can bet on almost anything without ever leaving your bed. Online sportsbooks like FanDuel, prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, and online casinos like Stake are all vying for your dollars and attention with marketing strategies correlated with how above-board they are. The sportsbooks are the most regulated and normalized, and have found their way into almost all mainstream sports media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehook.com\/culture\/weve-reached-goonstate-gambling-advertising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to continue reading at INSIDEHOOK<\/a> ]\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from INSIDEHOOK We\u2019ve Reached the Goonstate of Gambling Advertising&nbsp; Nazis, Adam Tate, Bonnie Blue and the nadir of attention-grabbing content BY\u00a0MINH TRAN I\u2019ve never been much of a gambler. In 2022, when FanDuel launched in New York and was dishing out promotions too good to be true, I tried signing up, ran into an error [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art","category-weirdness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14298,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14297\/revisions\/14298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}