Australian tennis star reveals dark side of sports betting
Aussie tennis player Priscilla Hon has revealed the vile messages that she regularly receives on social media from upset gamblers – including some that wish she’d ‘die of cancer’.
The rise of sports betting has also increased the amount of furious punters blaming losing athletes for their own losses, kolaybet with the 24-year-old Queenslander saying she receives abuse, racism and threats every single week.
Aussie tennis player Priscilla Hon (pictured) has revealed the vile messages that she regularly receives on social media from upset gamblers
Hon has made screenshots of the hatred she receives through Twitter.Some messages contain death threats and vile racism
Hon has posted screenshots of just some of the messages, mostly from gamblers who’ve just lost money betting on her matches.
‘I sincerely hope you die of cancer you f****** piece of s***,’ says one message.
‘You f****** worthless piece of garbage.Please, oh please never play tennis anymore, you suck worthless s***,’ says another.
Hon said hate messages received on social media were now commonplace for all tennis players.
‘I’d be speaking for kolaybet most of us by saying we’re quote prone to it,’ she said.
‘When I see them I don’t feel much, but that doesn’t make it okay.It’s sad that humanity goes down to this level just for losing a bet on a tennis match.’
With the explosion of online sports betting, Hon says tennis players are quite prone to abuse
Many other tennis players have also spoken out about the abuse they receive online.
British player Jan Choinksi says he’s received thousands of messages from trolls.
‘I get at least 25 or kolaybet 30 per match,’ he estimated in an interview with
