FanDuel and the Baseball Player Video
FanDuel 與棒球球員影片事件
Introduction
FanDuel is in a legal fight. A man says the company used a famous baseball player to make him gamble more.
FanDuel 正陷入一場法律糾紛。一名男子指該公司利用一名知名棒球球員，誘導他進行更多賭博。
Main Body
Terry Thompson lost a lot of money on FanDuel. He lost 18.5 million dollars. He became very sick because of this.
Terry Thompson 在 FanDuel 輸了很多錢。他損失了 1850 萬美元。因此，他的健康狀況變得非常糟糕。
FanDuel gave Terry special treatment. They gave him a video of player Bryce Harper. In the video, Harper said hello to Terry and his son.
FanDuel 給了 Terry 特別待遇。他們提供了一段球員 Bryce Harper 的影片。在影片中，Harper 向 Terry 及其兒子打招呼。
Now, people are angry. They say baseball and gambling do not work well together. The league says players cannot gamble, but the league makes money from gambling companies.
現在，人們感到憤怒。他們認為棒球與賭博不應共存。聯盟聲稱球員不能賭博，但聯盟本身卻從賭博公司獲利。
Conclusion
A court will now decide if this is legal and right.
法院現在將決定這是否合法且正確。
Vocabulary Learning
💰 Talking about Money and Loss
In this story, we see how to describe losing money and the result of that loss.
The Pattern: [Person] + [Action] + [Amount]
- Terry Thompson lost a lot of money.
- He lost 18.5 million dollars.
Connecting Action to Result When something bad happens, we use 'because of' to explain why.
- Action: Losing money Result: Becoming sick
- Sentence: He became very sick because of this.
Quick Vocabulary Check
- Lost (Past of lose) When you don't have something anymore.
- A lot of A large amount.
- Become To start to be something (e.g., become sick, become happy).