\u201cWe are aware of the situation and are reviewing it,\u201d Doug Harbach, a spokesperson for the board, said Friday. \u201cI can\u2019t comment beyond that at this juncture.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear if the gaming control board, which regulates casinos, online gambling and sports wagering, has contacted FanDuel or Harper. David Purdum of ESPN first reported<\/a> the gaming board acknowledgment.<\/p>\n The Inquirer obtained the 21-second video<\/a>, which shows Harper greeting the bettor, Terry Thompson, and Thompson\u2019s son, and ends with Harper thanking Thompson for his support. <\/p>\n Harper is not wearing FanDuel merchandise in the video, but it is marked with the company\u2019s logo. Harper mentions that he was reaching out at the request of Thompson\u2019s VIP manager \u2014 \u201cyour host Bryttanni at FanDuel\u201d \u2014 who wanted to ensure that Thompson had an \u201cextra special Thanksgiving.\u201d<\/p>\n The Inquirer could find no evidence that Harper has a business relationship with FanDuel, nor that he was aware Thompson had a gambling addiction. Harper declined through the Phillies<\/a> on Thursday to comment. <\/p>\n The FanDuel VIP manager allegedly obtained the recording of Harper through the video service Cameo, which allows users to pay athletes, celebrities and musicians to record personal messages for them, Front Office Sports reported<\/a> Friday, citing three anonymous sources.<\/p>\n The outlet wrote that Harper was provided a script, but didn\u2019t know how it would be used. <\/p>\n On its website, though, Cameo notes that celebrities don\u2019t necessarily have to follow a purchaser\u2019s instructions. <\/p>\n \u201cYou acknowledge and agree that the Talent User has sole discretion to determine how to fulfill your request and the content of the CAMEO Video created, and may not follow your request exactly,\u201d reads part of its terms of services<\/a>. <\/p>\n Cameo did not respond Friday to multiple requests from The Inquirer for comment.<\/p>\n A video of Harper addressing an individual can be purchased from Cameo for $899, but can be used only for \u201cnon-commercial, and non-promotional purposes,\u201d according to the company\u2019s website.<\/p>\n Harper offers Cameo recordings for businesses for $9,999, which includes commercial rights uses.<\/p>\n The Inquirer earlier in the week shared the FanDuel video with Harper\u2019s longtime agent, Scott Boras, the Phillies, and Major League Baseball. Each declined to comment.<\/p>\n Beginning in 2020, Thompson wagered $18.5 million with FanDuel and lost $1.5 million, according to a lawsuit that the Public Health Advocacy Institute filed<\/a> in March in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia on behalf of Thompson and against FanDuel and DraftKings, to which Thompson also lost money.<\/p>\n Harper is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n Thompson\u2019s attorneys allege that he became addicted to placing microbets \u2014 in-game wagers on something as minor as the speed of a pitch during a baseball game \u2014 until he gambled away his final $10,000 on a DraftKings parlay bet in February.<\/p>\n Broke and afraid of disclosing the scope of his losses to his family, Thompson contacted his therapist and indicated that he planned to take his life.<\/p>\n Police reached Thompson before he harmed himself.<\/p>\n Harper, meanwhile, is one of baseball\u2019s most marketable players<\/a>, and was recently named to his ninth All-Star team<\/a>.<\/p>\n He typically announces new endorsement deals, which in the past have included companies such as Under Armour, Gatorade, and Dairy Queen.<\/p>\n Acknowledgment<\/p>\n The Inquirer\u2019s journalism is supported, in part, by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism and readers like you. 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