{"id":330289,"date":"2023-09-11T21:07:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T21:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=330289"},"modified":"2023-09-11T23:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T23:01:05","slug":"betting-company-apologises-for-shameful-9-11-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=330289","title":{"rendered":"Betting company apologises for 'shameful' 9\/11 promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sports betting company DraftKings apologised after using the September 11 terror attacks to entice people to bet on baseball and football games on the anniversary of the tragedy that killed nearly 3000 people.<\/p>\n

The Boston-based company offered users a 9\/11-themed promotion that required three New York-based teams \u2014 the Yankees, Mets and Jets \u2014 to win their games on the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and the downing of a passenger jet in a field in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

After an outcry on social media from people offended by the promotion titled \u201cNever Forget", DraftKings took it down and apologised.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe sincerely apologise for the featured parlay that was shared briefly in commemoration of 9\/11,\u201d the company wrote. \u201cWe respect the significance of this day for our country and especially for the families of those who were directly affected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brett 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 \u201ctone-deaf".<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is shameful to use the national tragedy of 9\/11 to promote a business,\u201d he told The Associated Press. \u201cWe need accountability, justice and closure, not self-interest and shameless promotion.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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