Viewers Call Out ESPN After Betting Graphic Vanishes During NBA Scandal Segment

David Gilmour Oct 24th, 2025, 4:27 pm

(Screengrab via ESPN)

ESPN viewers called out the network for appearing to abruptly pull a live, on-screen promotion for its gambling venture ESPN Bet on Thursday morning just as anchor Mike Greenberg was discussing the FBI’s arrests of NBA figures in a sprawling betting scandal.

Greenberg reflected that previously sports gambling was “something networks like ESPN would stay far away from” on live broadcast while a banner touting an ESPN Bet promo — “Bet $10, Get $100” — sat along the bottom corner of the screen.

“Sports gambling… was something leagues stayed far away from,” the host said. “It was something networks like ESPN would stay far away from. Those days a

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