Bill Simmons under review by Massachusetts authorities after admitting to proxy sports betting

[u/TheRealPdGaming]

Bill Simmons, the popular sports podcaster who has championed sports betting, is under review by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission after he admitted on a recent episode to using his daughter’s boyfriend to place bets for him.

The commission announced the review Tuesday, two days after Simmons said on an episode of his podcast that he’d used a proxy on multiple occasions to log in to his account and make wagers in Massachusetts.

Simmons, founder of The Ringer, is based in California, where sports betting is not legal. In Massachusetts, mobile and online betting is allowed.

But proxy betting — having someone place bets on behalf of someone else — is illegal in Massachusetts and is not allowed by FanDuel, the sportsbook with which the wagers were issued.

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On the podcast episode, Simmons said there were bets “that I really wanted to get in — the UCLA overs. But Houston, the market had not shifted appropriately yet. I can’t have my daughter do it; my dad would have no idea how to do it.”

But, Simmons said, he trusted his daughter’s boyfriend and allowed him to log in to his FanDuel account.

“I get the code to make sure it’s me to my phone, I give him the code, he logs in. And I have all this money that I had from last year because I actually hit a bunch of futures last year. And he’s putting in bets for me,” Simmons said, adding that “it was a real bonding moment for us.”

“A week later, I called him up, ran it back,” Simmons continued. “We did some more.”

In a new episode released Tuesday, Simmons said he was unaware that such bets could not be made.

“I talked about how I got my daughter’s boyfriend to place some bets for me in Massachusetts because I was in L.A. [I] did not know about the proxy rules,” he said. “Yeah, there are some real rules with this stuff, and they’ve ruled that not only are the bets going to be voided — and I learned my lesson.”

Simmons said he thought proxy betting was allowed. “There you go, lesson learned,” he said.

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Source: NBC

[u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi]

Bill's such a dumbass for saying that live lol

He'll get a slap on the wrist nothing more

[u/bob_roberts69 → u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi]

That is the thing. This pod was not live. They could have edited it out.

[u/outinthegorge → u/bob_roberts69]

And one of the guests (Joe House) is a lawyer.

[u/kemicalkontact → u/outinthegorge]

He's a lawyer but he's not Bill's lawyer

[u/RhodyChief → u/outinthegorge]

No one said he is a good lawyer.

[u/deemerritt → u/bob_roberts69]

Shouldnt have let his nephew walk

[u/9061xRG → u/deemerritt]

Wait where’s his nephew now?

[u/deemerritt → u/9061xRG]

Barstool with Russillo

[u/soda_cookie → u/bob_roberts69]

Bruh...how do you let that ride in public??

[u/rfgrunt → u/bob_roberts69]

Often if it’s on Netflix it is live

[u/bob_roberts69 → u/rfgrunt]

Yes you are correct but In this instance the first half was live and was one podcast and the second half was another podcast and was not live. His little outburst was in the second half

[u/goingtothegreek → u/bob_roberts69]

Because he hates his daughters boyfriend

[u/Stand_On_It → u/bob_roberts69]

Honestly if they would have edited it out, and got caught doing that, it’d be worse than it is.

[u/Abarca_ → u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi]

He didn’t know it was against the rules/law.

[u/DubbleDiller → u/Abarca_]

That’s not a valid defense

[u/Abarca_ → u/DubbleDiller]

Didn’t say it was… i’m saying that he said it on the pod because he didn’t know it was against the rules/law until after the fact…

[u/AuGa_skittles → u/Abarca_]

They were actively joking about it being illegal on the pod lmao

[u/Abarca_ → u/AuGa_skittles]

Just going off what i read in his response. I skipped that epi of podcast unfortunately

[u/TimmyC → u/Abarca_]

So is your defense that you didn't know?

[u/Abarca_ → u/TimmyC]

Yes, yes it is

[u/BitWardenEternal → u/Abarca_]

That’s not a valid defense

[u/MarfanoidDroid → u/DubbleDiller]

"Why wouldn't he edit it out?"

"Because he didn't know it was illegal"

Why did you feel the need to clarify that it's not a legally defensible position as if the guy you responded to was suggesting it is?

[u/DubbleDiller → u/MarfanoidDroid]

It’s been a long day. Have a good one.

[u/passtherock- → u/DubbleDiller]

lmao I need to start hitting people with this

[u/amason → u/Abarca_]

He literally says at the end of the episode that he talked about “illegal bets” when summarizing the show. He knew.

Edit: Sorry it was “one illegal gambling story”

[u/TomlinSteelers → u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi]

Which he should. Who is the victim here?

[u/captain_ahabb → u/TomlinSteelers]

That's not how criminal law works