‘Tone deaf’: Wagering company sorry after offering 9/11 attack-themed bet

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After an outcry on social media from people offended by the promotion titled “Never Forget,” DraftKings took it down and apologised.

“We sincerely apologise for the featured parlay that was shared briefly in commemoration of 9/11,” the company wrote. “We respect the significance of this day for our country and especially for the families of those who were directly affected.”Bret Eagleson, whose father, Bruce, was killed in the World Trade Center, runs a families and first responders’ organisation called 9/11 Justice. He decried the DraftKings offer as “tone-deaf.

“It is shameful to use the national tragedy of 9/11 to promote a business,” he told The Associated Press. “We need accountability, justice and closure, not self-interest and shameless promotion.” The company would not say how many people placed bets as a result of the offer, nor whether those bets remain valid or whether they have been cancelled.

DraftKings is one of the leading companies offering legal sports betting in the US, which has grown rapidly since the US Supreme Court cleared the way for it in 2018. Two-thirds of the country now offers it.Bets of the type DraftKings offered, in which multiple games or outcomes are bundled into a single wager, are extremely profitable for sports books, and offering gamblers preselected groupings, called parlays, is an important part of sports wagering.

 

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