Barstool Sports supremo Dave Portnoy says he’s QUIT gambling after losing ‘monster bet’ on the Bills’ loss to Eagles… as he goes on social media rampage and says the NFL is ‘RIGGED’
Every gambler has his limit, and Dave Portnoy says he’s reached his.
The founder and obsessed gambler of Barstool Sports announced in a social media rant that he has quit gambling following the Buffalo Bills’ overtime loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
“I quit gambling,” Portnoy wrote on X. “F*** Buffalo.”
It’s unclear how much he actually wagered, but he did refer to a “monster bet” he placed on Buffalo, and given Portnoy’s well-documented history as a gambler, the figure could be six figures.
“Ref show in Philly,” Portnoy wrote on social media before blaming NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for his loss.
Every gambler has his limit, and Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy says he’s reached his
“Goodell took the Eagles. #nflrigged.”
Portnoy seemed to think the officials missed an Eagles horse-collar penalty on Josh Allen.
Finally, Eagles kicker Jake Elliott sent the game into overtime with a 59-yard tie with 20 seconds left.
Somehow, Portnoy believed his bet resulted in Elliott’s kick splitting the uprights.
“Unreal thrill,” Portnoy said. “If you tackle the man instead of putting him down, Bill wins. The only reason I went in is because I had a monster bet on the Bills. This game is over. Sorry Buffalo.”
The Eagles ultimately won in overtime on a touchdown run by quarterback Jalen Hurts.
Dave Portnoy, who calls himself a ‘degenerate gambler’, claims to have placed his last bet
Portnoy has suffered a lot of losses lately and even threatened the NFL with a $120,000 lawsuit over allegations that the Bengals failed to disclose injury information about quarterback Joe Burrow before a recent game.
Portnoy recently bet $10,000 on up-and-down Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman to win the Heisman Trophy — another certain failure.
Not only does Portnoy describe himself as a “degenerate gambler,” but his own father once expressed his concerns about his son’s issue during a podcast.
“Anyone who says my son is exaggerating his gambling problems, I wish he was, but I don’t think he is,” Mike Portnoy told Barstool Radio in 2019.
Most famously, Portnoy bet more than half a million dollars on one day of college basketball action four years ago.