I Posed as a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP

N_Lens

Expected. I'm always surprised that virtue signals like "gamble responsibly" or "corporate social responsibility" or the usual greenwashing campaigns work. People are seemingly very gullible.

ChrisArchitect

Related: DraftKings Uses A.I. To Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49765288

jgalt212

Matt Levine discussed this relevant NY Times article. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/draftkings-ai.ht... Pull quote: > Ms. Kalani said that company leaders made a “collective decision” not to use predictive technology for problem gambling. “We evaluated that it wasn’t evidence-based,” she said.

kmeisthax

> If a customer waves too many red flags, she said, the company will proactively close the account. But when I asked how often this actually happens, DraftKings wouldn’t say. DraftKings will also ban your account if you're too good at betting. The perverse thing about sports betting is that it's technically a game of skill, but the sports gambling companies really, really would rather it not be one.

BatchJob

I have been seeing alot of this finger pointing discussion in relation to gambling platforms. If you spend large amount of money at many types of businesses you will be "promoted to"... "VIP". I really don't see an issue with this. People behind this are generally people who are making cases against legalized gambling by pointing to people they view as irresponsible. They are cut from the same cloth of those that claim facebooks web pages are "addictive". I dare an html page to addict me.