help of the Public Health Advocacy Institute<\/a>, claiming they \u201cintentionally\u201d and \u201cdefectively\u201d designed their apps to be \u201crelentless, always-on addiction-amplifying machine.\u201d Harper is not included in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n![\"Bryce](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bryce-harper.png\")
Bryce Harper does a special video for a struggling sports gambler on behalf of FanDuel. Philadelphia Inquirer<\/p>\n
A source told The Post that Harper is not affiliated with FanDuel Sportsbook and that the content-creation company Cameo, which worked with FanDuel to have this video made for the underwater betting client.<\/p>\n
It is unclear whether this is commonplace in the industry or has happened previously with other athletes.<\/p>\n
With Cameo, fans can pay celebrities for personalized messages, and the company also offers business-to-business services involving talent.<\/p>\n
\u201cFanDuel is committed to fostering a culture of responsible gaming and protecting our customers,\u201d FanDuel told The Post in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnlike illegal offshore sportsbooks, FanDuel employees are trained to recognize and flag signs of problem gambling and offer resources and tools, and we continue to review and strengthen our policies to ensure we have the industry\u2019s strongest consumer protection initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the clip, Harper wishes Thompson well.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey Terry, what\u2019s up, brother, your host Bryttanni from FanDuel wanted to make sure your Thanksgiving was extra special,\u201d Harper said in the video with branded FanDuel watermarks. <\/p>\n
\u201cI just wanted to hop on here and wish your family a wonderful Thanksgiving. Tell [redacted name to protect the identity of minor] I said \u2018Hello.\u2019 I appreciate all of the support through the years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thompson\u2019s financial history adds to the scrutiny surrounding this video.<\/p>\n
According to the Inquirer, after losing his last $10,000, he texted his therapist, which prompted police being called to Thompson\u2019s home to prevent potential self-harm.<\/p>\n
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Bryce Harper has not yet commented on the story. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
Thompson also received two sets of tickets to two different Super Bowls, as well as high-end champagne, from FanDuel.<\/p>\n
He told the Philadelphia Inquirer he was addicted to micro-betting, the same type of wagering that ruined the MLB careers of Guardians relievers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, both of whom threw pitches out of the strike zone on purpose to manipulate wagers placed by their associates.<\/p>\n
He added that he even he took out second and third mortgages on his home, which later fell into foreclosure, and then sold shares of an investment company that he had run for two decades.<\/p>\n
This video has emerged while the the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) is negotiating with owners over a new collective bargaining agreement, and has identified prop betting as something it wants outlawed.<\/p>\n
Harper, who is a staunch advocate for the MLBPA and has been one of the leading voices against a salary cap in the collective bargaining agreement fight, will certainly have a lot of questions to answer as this could be a major blow in their quest to oppose player prop betting.<\/p>\n
Harper\u2019s agent Scott Boras declined to comment on the matter when shown the video by the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Phillies and Major League Baseball also declined comment on the original story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terry Thompson was in the depths of gambling addiction when he received a phone alert and Bryce Harper…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64,63,615,17856,46155,137,514,515,591,77554,2365,85,23371],"class_list":["post-791359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-betting","tag-bryce-harper","tag-fanduel","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-betting","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-sports","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}