Bill Simmons has said he authorized another person to place sports bets on his behalf, but don’t expect the podcasting star to get more than a slap on the wrist.
Simmons, who runs Spotify’s podcast strategy, said on his show on Sunday that he’d enlisted his daughter’s boyfriend to log into his account and place NFL futures bets for him.
The issue is that Simmons lives in California, where online sports betting is illegal, and his daughter’s boyfriend lives in Massachusetts, where it’s legal. So-called “proxy betting” is illegal under Massachusetts state law.
Simmons’ bets have caused a stir, especially since he said they were placed on the…
