{"id":76224,"date":"2026-08-01T08:35:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wnba-posts-reese-bueckers-400-bet-video-deletes-it-as-a-joke\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T08:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:35:46","slug":"wnba-posts-reese-bueckers-400-bet-video-deletes-it-as-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wnba-posts-reese-bueckers-400-bet-video-deletes-it-as-a-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Posts Reese-Bueckers $400 Bet Video, Deletes It as a Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">WNBA posted and removed footage of a $400 Reese-Bueckers wager on their own game.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Atlanta beat Dallas 82-81, leaving Bueckers owing $400 on a game she played in.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Neither player faces discipline despite the new CBA\u2019s wagering prohibition.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>A joke inside a rule that bans attempts<\/h2>\n<p>The WNBA <a href=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/wnba-reese-bueckers-bet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> and quickly deleted a video Wednesday showing Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese and Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers agreeing to a $400 wager on their upcoming game. The money came from a WNBA event: at an All-Star practice session in Chicago, Team Coop coach Becky Hammon ran a shooting competition paying out $100 bills, and Reese won $400.<\/p>\n<p>Both players had money at risk. \u201cI\u2019m gonna see you next week on Wednesday,\u201d Reese said while holding the four bills. \u201cIf y\u2019all win, you get the $400.\u201d Bueckers replied, \u201cAnd if we lose, then you get to keep it\u201d \u2013 to which Reese answered, \u201cNo, you owe me $400.\u201d Approached by the league\u2019s social media team before Wednesday\u2019s game, Bueckers said, \u201cWe did? At night?\u201d then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/49490102\/source-wnba-punish-bueckers-reese-apparent-wager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a>: \u201cBet, I\u2019m standing on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The league uploaded the exchange ahead of the Dream-Wings game with the caption \u201cWe did? \ud83d\ude02 Paige Bueckers on the bet she made with Angel Reese at All-Star Weekend on tonight\u2019s matchup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta rallied from 15 points down to win 82-81, with Reese finishing on 22 points and 12 rebounds and Bueckers on 16 points and six assists. Reese told reporters afterward, \u201cI\u2019ll be requesting my Apple Pay after this,\u201d and appeared to reference the wager again with a \u201ccuatrocientos\u201d hashtag on X. There is no evidence that either player altered her performance or attempted to influence the result, and the wager gave both the ordinary incentive to win.<\/p>\n<p>A league source told ESPN that neither player will face disciplinary action. The WNBA said Thursday that the post was intended to be lighthearted but \u201cmissed the mark,\u201d adding that players receive annual training on league wagering rules and that the matter was addressed internally. The league did not concede that a violation occurred \u2013 its statement treats the post as the error, not the bet.<\/p>\n<p>The WNBA\u2019s newly agreed collective bargaining agreement draws a wider line than completed betting. Article XIV, Section 5 allows the commissioner to punish a player found to have wagered directly or indirectly, or to have offered or attempted to wager anything of value on the outcome, score or any other aspect of a WNBA game. Available penalties include a fine, suspension, dismissal or permanent disqualification from the league.<\/p>\n<p>The episode leaves the league distinguishing between the literal wording of its rule and the intent behind the players\u2019 exchange. The WNBA treated the conversation as joking conduct but also removed its own video, warned that such discussions can have negative consequences even when intended as a joke, and said it would reinforce the policy with the two players.<\/p>\n<p>The timing adds to the reputational problem. Kalshi and Polymarket, both registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as designated contract markets, list WNBA contracts covering game outcomes, championship and conference winners, season win totals and league awards including MVP and Rookie of the Year. Crypto.com carries WNBA markets as well. Prediction-market volumes across the sector <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/prediction-market-volume-jumped-75-to-44-8b-in-june-as-the-world-cup-drove-record-trading\/\">hit a record $44.8 billion<\/a> in June. The widening menu means casual player comments about wagers now sit alongside real markets tied to their games.<\/p>\n<p>Player associations across five major U.S. leagues have already <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/nhl-and-mlb-sign-with-polymarket-and-kalshi-as-their-unions-ask-cftc-to-intervene\/\">warned<\/a> the CFTC that individual-performance and negative-outcome markets can create integrity risks and expose athletes to bettor harassment. Exchanges have responded by building screening infrastructure \u2013 Kalshi has <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/kalshi-taps-sportradar-for-official-league-data-and-integrity-tools-in-prediction-markets\/\">partnered with Sportradar<\/a> for official league data and integrity tools. The WNBA incident involves no allegation of manipulated play, but it shows how quickly an informal exchange can collide with policies designed for an expanding betting environment.<\/p>\n<p>The league\u2019s decision avoids treating a joke between two stars like an integrity offense. It also leaves the harder boundary unresolved: when a rule expressly covers offers and attempted wagers, determining whether a recorded agreement was serious may depend less on what the players said than on how the commissioner chooses to interpret it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/igaming\/wnba-posts-reese-bueckers-400-bet-video-deletes-it-as-a-joke\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways WNBA posted and removed footage of a $400 Reese-Bueckers wager on their own game. Atlanta beat Dallas 82-81, leaving Bueckers owing $400 on a game she played in. Neither player faces discipline despite the new CBA\u2019s wagering prohibition. 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