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Illicit customer relationships were shuffled into a newly formed “distributor” entity called BTi/CoreTech, with ~50 SBTech employees shifted across town to the new entity.</li>\n <li>The CEO selected to run BTi/CoreTech was formerly an executive of a ‘binary options’ gambling firm raided by the FBI and subsequently charged by the SEC for deceiving U.S. investors out of over $100 million.</li>\n <li>Former SBTech employees called BTi/CoreTech a “front”, and said the split preserved SBTech’s (and now DraftKings’) illicit business while shielding the public company from scrutiny. For all practical purposes, it appears that BTi/CoreTech functions as DraftKings’ undisclosed illegal gaming division.</li>\n <li>We identified numerous black market clients of DraftKings’ “front” entity, through searches on social media and back-end web infrastructure. For example, an Asia-focused site tied to a triad kingpin at the center of a Swiss money laundering investigation advertises its use of BTi/CoreTech technology.</li>\n <li>In 2019, Vietnamese authorities arrested 22 individuals involved in a “massive illegal online sports betting ring” linked to BTi/CoreTech’s platform.</li>\n <li>Contrary to representations made to Oregon’s state lottery, a former employee told us SBTech had extensive operations in Iran, violating local laws in a market subject to heavy U.S. sanctions. We were told SBTech knowingly operated there for 4-5 years with the founder directly overseeing the operation.</li>\n <li>Around the time of the DraftKings deal, SBTech’s founder spun off another gaming brand that also operated in markets where gambling was banned, transferring it to his brother. The brand was behind a “massive Chinese operation”, according to a former employee, contrary to representations made to Oregon’s state lottery.</li>\n <li>The brand continues to operate in China despite the strict local rules prohibiting online gambling, according to our review of web infrastructure for multiple China-facing gambling sites. DraftKings continues to transact with the entity, according to SEC filings.</li>\n <li>DraftKings trades at a ~26x last twelve months (LTM) sales multiple and a ~20x estimated 2021 sales multiple despite (i) no expectation of earnings for years, (ii) intense competition, and (iii) regulatory risk. 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Its stock is up ~398% from its announcement price,\" the report says.\n\n\"Unbeknownst to investors, DraftKings’ merger with SBTech also brings exposure to extensive dealings in black-market gaming, money laundering and organized crime.\"\n\n\"We estimate that roughly 50% of SBTech’s revenue continues to come from markets where gambling is banned, based on an analysis of DraftKings’ SEC filings, conversations with former employees, and supporting documents,\" Hindenburg alleges. \"As one former employee told us, DraftKings’ subsidiary SBTech has 'sold to plenty of mobs', a sharp contrast to the clean image of DraftKings’ brand-conscious partners, including the NFL, NBA, NASCAR, UFC and PGA, and the company’s recent hire of supermodel Gisele Bundchen to advise on governance issues.\"\nThe report also alleges:\n\nPrior to the SPAC merger, SBTech seems to have made a concerted effort to distance itself from its black-market dealings. Illicit customer relationships were shuffled into a newly formed “distributor” entity called BTi/CoreTech, with ~50 SBTech employees shifted across town to the new entity.\nThe CEO selected to run BTi/CoreTech was formerly an executive of a ‘binary options’ gambling firm raided by the FBI and subsequently charged by the SEC for deceiving U.S. investors out of over $100 million.\nFormer SBTech employees called BTi/CoreTech a “front”, and said the split preserved SBTech’s (and now DraftKings’) illicit business while shielding the public company from scrutiny. For all practical purposes, it appears that BTi/CoreTech functions as DraftKings’ undisclosed illegal gaming division.\nWe identified numerous black market clients of DraftKings’ “front” entity, through searches on social media and back-end web infrastructure. For example, an Asia-focused site tied to a triad kingpin at the center of a Swiss money laundering investigation advertises its use of BTi/CoreTech technology.\nIn 2019, Vietnamese authorities arrested 22 individuals involved in a “massive illegal online sports betting ring” linked to BTi/CoreTech’s platform.\nContrary to representations made to Oregon’s state lottery, a former employee told us SBTech had extensive operations in Iran, violating local laws in a market subject to heavy U.S. sanctions. We were told SBTech knowingly operated there for 4-5 years with the founder directly overseeing the operation.\nAround the time of the DraftKings deal, SBTech’s founder spun off another gaming brand that also operated in markets where gambling was banned, transferring it to his brother. The brand was behind a “massive Chinese operation”, according to a former employee, contrary to representations made to Oregon’s state lottery.\nThe brand continues to operate in China despite the strict local rules prohibiting online gambling, according to our review of web infrastructure for multiple China-facing gambling sites. DraftKings continues to transact with the entity, according to SEC filings.\nDraftKings trades at a ~26x last twelve months (LTM) sales multiple and a ~20x estimated 2021 sales multiple despite (i) no expectation of earnings for years, (ii) intense competition, and (iii) regulatory risk. The company posted net losses of $844 million in 2020 and $346 million last quarter.\nInsiders have dumped over $1.4 billion in stock since the company went public a little over a year ago, with SBTech’s founder leading the pack, having personally sold ~$568 million in shares.\nDespite a rocky track record prior to taking DraftKings public, the company’s SPAC sponsors ultimately received 9.3 million shares, worth around $114 million at the time, in exchange for a token $25 thousand contribution.\nWe spoke with several industry experts and competitors who questioned the viability of DraftKings’ model of aggressively burning cash on promotion and marketing to acquire customers in the near term, despite a lack of evidence of long-term customer brand loyalty.\nWe think DraftKings has systematically skirted the law and taken elaborate steps to obfuscate its black market operations. These violations appear to be continuing to this day, all while insiders aggressively cash out amidst the market froth.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":71,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"hots":[{"id":190668136865968,"gmtCreate":1687575494223,"gmtModify":1687577800780,"author":{"id":"3577264444405528","authorId":"3577264444405528","authorIdStr":"3577264444405528","name":"Hip Daddy","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":8,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3577264444405528"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Share your opinion about this news…","listText":"Share your opinion about this news…","text":"Share your opinion about this news…","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/190668136865968","repostId":"1150255772","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1150255772","pubTimestamp":1687565704,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1150255772?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2023-06-24 08:15","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Billionaire Ron Baron Says Tesla Will Hit $500 in 2025. 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Since 2014, he has held TSLA stock, allegedly making $4 billion off an initial $380 million investment.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Recently, the chairman and CEO of <strong>Baron Capital</strong> told the hosts of “Squawk Box” on <em>CNBC</em> that he is as bullish on the company as ever. In fact, he set a highly ambitious price target, predicting that TSLA stock will reach $500 per share in 2025. Given its current price of less than $260, that implies an upside of 89%.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Baron has certainly been correct when it comes to Tesla’s price action in the past. But even after the company’s growth this year, such a target seems overly high. Let’s take a closer look at why the billionaire’s prediction isn’t likely to hold up.</p><h2 style=\"text-align: start;\">The Future of TSLA Stock</h2><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Barron’s take on Tesla hasn’t helped boost shares today. TSLA stock is down over 3% today. Its current trajectory indicates that the EV leader will close out the week in the red. Despite some growth earlier in the week, TSLA has been highly volatile over the past five days and has barely stayed in the green.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">That’s partially due to some bad news the company has received. Over the past few days, multiple Wall Street analysts have slashed their Tesla price targets. This includes Adam Jonas of Morgan Stanley, who has long maintained a bullish stance on TSLA stock.</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">The analyst downgraded the company from an “overweight” to “equal weight” rating, citing potential problems with investors betting on Tesla due strictly to artificial intelligence (AI) momentum. In his words:</p><blockquote>“Following Nvidia’s blowout quarter, AI exposed stocks have outperformed broadly and investors are constructing portfolios with exposure to the theme. While we understand why Tesla gets a serious mention in an AI conversation, we believe a re-rating on this theme is in the realm of the non-disprovable bull case. Autonomous driving and generative AI still remain, in our view, two very different technological disciplines. While the market may want to dream on the AI theme, we’d prepare to wake up to the sound of a blaring car horn.”</blockquote><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Jonas isn’t the only expert who is less bullish on Tesla’s growth prospects. Daniel Levy of Barclays issued a similar take, noting that the AI effect may be overhyped for companies like Tesla. “We believe it is prudent to move to the sidelines,” he stated. Levy also mentioned the uncertain benefits that stem from Tesla’s supercharger deal with <strong>Ford</strong> (NYSE:F) and <strong>General Motors</strong> (NYSE:GM).</p><p style=\"text-align: start;\">Baron alluded to that as a potential area of growth for Tesla. But Levy’s argument makes more sense, as it’s clear that the two rival automakers stand to benefit more from access to Tesla’s vast charging network. All it will do is give consumers incentive to purchase the less expensive EVs offered by Ford and General Motors. That could hurt Tesla’s sales and make it harder for shares to rally. At the end of the day, charging stations aren’t enough to take TSLA stock to $500 per share, or even close to it.</p></body></html>","source":"investorplace","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Billionaire Ron Baron Says Tesla Will Hit $500 in 2025. Why He’s Wrong</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nBillionaire Ron Baron Says Tesla Will Hit $500 in 2025. Why He’s Wrong\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2023-06-24 08:15 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://investorplace.com/2023/06/billionaire-ron-baron-says-tesla-will-hit-500-in-2025-why-hes-wrong/><strong>InvestorPlace</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Billionaire Ron Baron has issued an ambitious price target for Tesla (TSLA).The noted investor believes it can reach $500 per share by 2025.However, Wall Street analysts aren’t so optimistic about the...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://investorplace.com/2023/06/billionaire-ron-baron-says-tesla-will-hit-500-in-2025-why-hes-wrong/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"TSLA":"特斯拉"},"source_url":"https://investorplace.com/2023/06/billionaire-ron-baron-says-tesla-will-hit-500-in-2025-why-hes-wrong/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1150255772","content_text":"Billionaire Ron Baron has issued an ambitious price target for Tesla (TSLA).The noted investor believes it can reach $500 per share by 2025.However, Wall Street analysts aren’t so optimistic about the company’s growth prospects.One of Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) most notorious bulls has issued a bold prediction for TSLA stock. Ron Baron, a noted wealth manager with a net worth in the billions, has been behind the electric vehicle (EV) producer for years. Since 2014, he has held TSLA stock, allegedly making $4 billion off an initial $380 million investment.Recently, the chairman and CEO of Baron Capital told the hosts of “Squawk Box” on CNBC that he is as bullish on the company as ever. In fact, he set a highly ambitious price target, predicting that TSLA stock will reach $500 per share in 2025. Given its current price of less than $260, that implies an upside of 89%.Baron has certainly been correct when it comes to Tesla’s price action in the past. But even after the company’s growth this year, such a target seems overly high. Let’s take a closer look at why the billionaire’s prediction isn’t likely to hold up.The Future of TSLA StockBarron’s take on Tesla hasn’t helped boost shares today. TSLA stock is down over 3% today. Its current trajectory indicates that the EV leader will close out the week in the red. Despite some growth earlier in the week, TSLA has been highly volatile over the past five days and has barely stayed in the green.That’s partially due to some bad news the company has received. Over the past few days, multiple Wall Street analysts have slashed their Tesla price targets. This includes Adam Jonas of Morgan Stanley, who has long maintained a bullish stance on TSLA stock.The analyst downgraded the company from an “overweight” to “equal weight” rating, citing potential problems with investors betting on Tesla due strictly to artificial intelligence (AI) momentum. In his words:“Following Nvidia’s blowout quarter, AI exposed stocks have outperformed broadly and investors are constructing portfolios with exposure to the theme. While we understand why Tesla gets a serious mention in an AI conversation, we believe a re-rating on this theme is in the realm of the non-disprovable bull case. Autonomous driving and generative AI still remain, in our view, two very different technological disciplines. While the market may want to dream on the AI theme, we’d prepare to wake up to the sound of a blaring car horn.”Jonas isn’t the only expert who is less bullish on Tesla’s growth prospects. Daniel Levy of Barclays issued a similar take, noting that the AI effect may be overhyped for companies like Tesla. “We believe it is prudent to move to the sidelines,” he stated. Levy also mentioned the uncertain benefits that stem from Tesla’s supercharger deal with Ford (NYSE:F) and General Motors (NYSE:GM).Baron alluded to that as a potential area of growth for Tesla. But Levy’s argument makes more sense, as it’s clear that the two rival automakers stand to benefit more from access to Tesla’s vast charging network. All it will do is give consumers incentive to purchase the less expensive EVs offered by Ford and General Motors. That could hurt Tesla’s sales and make it harder for shares to rally. At the end of the day, charging stations aren’t enough to take TSLA stock to $500 per share, or even close to it.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":173,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":187762017,"gmtCreate":1623764779539,"gmtModify":1703818638344,"author":{"id":"3577264444405528","authorId":"3577264444405528","authorIdStr":"3577264444405528","name":"Hip Daddy","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":8,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3577264444405528"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Go …!","listText":"Go …!","text":"Go …!","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/187762017","repostId":"1146320033","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1146320033","weMediaInfo":{"introduction":"Providing stock market headlines, business news, financials and earnings ","home_visible":1,"media_name":"Tiger Newspress","id":"1079075236","head_image":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/8274c5b9d4c2852bfb1c4d6ce16c68ba"},"pubTimestamp":1623764131,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1146320033?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-06-15 21:35","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Dow rises slightly, S&P 500 adds to a record ahead of key Fed meeting","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1146320033","media":"Tiger Newspress","summary":"(June 15) U.S. stocks rose slightly on Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy","content":"<p>(June 15)&nbsp;U.S. stocks rose slightly on Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy meeting.</p>\n<p>The S&amp;P 500 rose 0.1% to reach a new all-time high of 4,57.18. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 20 points higher. The Nasdaq Composite, which hit a record closing high in the previous session, pulled back 0.3%.</p>\n<p>OCGN surged over&nbsp;14%. 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The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 20 points higher. The Nasdaq Composite, which hit a record closing high in the previous session, pulled back 0.3%.</p>\n<p>OCGN surged over&nbsp;14%. 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The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 20 points higher. The Nasdaq Composite, which hit a record closing high in the previous session, pulled back 0.3%.\nOCGN surged over 14%. Ocugen Secures Manufacturing Partnership for US Production of COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate, COVAXIN™.\n\nDraftKings plunged nearly 9%. DraftKings Shares Plunge After Short Seller Hindenburg Research Ties Company To Black Market Operations.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":41,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":187768998,"gmtCreate":1623764741614,"gmtModify":1703818635222,"author":{"id":"3577264444405528","authorId":"3577264444405528","authorIdStr":"3577264444405528","name":"Hip Daddy","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":8,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"3577264444405528"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Go..","listText":"Go..","text":"Go..","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/187768998","repostId":"1128180606","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1128180606","pubTimestamp":1623761571,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1128180606?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2021-06-15 20:52","market":"us","language":"en","title":"DraftKings Shares Plunge After Short Seller Hindenburg Research Ties Company To Black Market Operations","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1128180606","media":"zerohedge","summary":"Shares of SPAC darling DraftKings are crashing during pre-market trading after short seller Hindenbu","content":"<p>Shares of SPAC darling DraftKings are crashing during pre-market trading after short seller Hindenburg Research (most recentlyresponsible for oustingthe CEO and CEO of Lordstown Motors) hasreleased a new reportcalled<b>\"DraftKings– A $21 Billion SPAC Betting It Can Hide Its Black Market Operations\".</b></p>\n<p>Shares were down about 8% pre-market.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/010a74574e750dc6be5a5a3411a58f73\" tg-width=\"663\" tg-height=\"440\">\"DraftKings has been considered one of the more successful deals in a recent wave of SPAC transactions marred by scandal and bad actors. Its stock is up ~398% from its announcement price,\" the report says.</p>\n<blockquote>\n <i><b>\"Unbeknownst to investors, DraftKings’ merger with SBTech also brings exposure to extensive dealings in black-market gaming, money laundering and organized crime.\"</b></i>\n</blockquote>\n<p>\"We estimate that roughly 50% of SBTech’s revenue continues to come from markets where gambling is banned, based on an analysis of DraftKings’ SEC filings, conversations with former employees, and supporting documents,\" Hindenburg alleges. \"As one former employee told us, DraftKings’ subsidiary SBTech has 'sold to plenty of mobs', a sharp contrast to the clean image of DraftKings’ brand-conscious partners, including the NFL, NBA, NASCAR, UFC and PGA, and the company’s recent hire of supermodel Gisele Bundchen to advise on governance issues.\"</p>\n<p>The report also alleges:</p>\n<ul>\n <li>Prior to the SPAC merger, SBTech seems to have made a concerted effort to distance itself from its black-market dealings. Illicit customer relationships were shuffled into a newly formed “distributor” entity called BTi/CoreTech, with ~50 SBTech employees shifted across town to the new entity.</li>\n <li>The CEO selected to run BTi/CoreTech was formerly an executive of a ‘binary options’ gambling firm raided by the FBI and subsequently charged by the SEC for deceiving U.S. investors out of over $100 million.</li>\n <li>Former SBTech employees called BTi/CoreTech a “front”, and said the split preserved SBTech’s (and now DraftKings’) illicit business while shielding the public company from scrutiny. For all practical purposes, it appears that BTi/CoreTech functions as DraftKings’ undisclosed illegal gaming division.</li>\n <li>We identified numerous black market clients of DraftKings’ “front” entity, through searches on social media and back-end web infrastructure. For example, an Asia-focused site tied to a triad kingpin at the center of a Swiss money laundering investigation advertises its use of BTi/CoreTech technology.</li>\n <li>In 2019, Vietnamese authorities arrested 22 individuals involved in a “massive illegal online sports betting ring” linked to BTi/CoreTech’s platform.</li>\n <li>Contrary to representations made to Oregon’s state lottery, a former employee told us SBTech had extensive operations in Iran, violating local laws in a market subject to heavy U.S. sanctions. We were told SBTech knowingly operated there for 4-5 years with the founder directly overseeing the operation.</li>\n <li>Around the time of the DraftKings deal, SBTech’s founder spun off another gaming brand that also operated in markets where gambling was banned, transferring it to his brother. The brand was behind a “massive Chinese operation”, according to a former employee, contrary to representations made to Oregon’s state lottery.</li>\n <li>The brand continues to operate in China despite the strict local rules prohibiting online gambling, according to our review of web infrastructure for multiple China-facing gambling sites. DraftKings continues to transact with the entity, according to SEC filings.</li>\n <li>DraftKings trades at a ~26x last twelve months (LTM) sales multiple and a ~20x estimated 2021 sales multiple despite (i) no expectation of earnings for years, (ii) intense competition, and (iii) regulatory risk. The company posted net losses of $844 million in 2020 and $346 million last quarter.</li>\n <li>Insiders have dumped over $1.4 billion in stock since the company went public a little over a year ago, with SBTech’s founder leading the pack, having personally sold ~$568 million in shares.</li>\n <li>Despite a rocky track record prior to taking DraftKings public, the company’s SPAC sponsors ultimately received 9.3 million shares, worth around $114 million at the time, in exchange for a token $25 thousand contribution.</li>\n <li>We spoke with several industry experts and competitors who questioned the viability of DraftKings’ model of aggressively burning cash on promotion and marketing to acquire customers in the near term, despite a lack of evidence of long-term customer brand loyalty.</li>\n <li>We think DraftKings has systematically skirted the law and taken elaborate steps to obfuscate its black market operations. These violations appear to be continuing to this day, all while insiders aggressively cash out amidst the market froth.</li>\n</ul>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>DraftKings Shares Plunge After Short Seller Hindenburg Research Ties Company To Black Market Operations</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nDraftKings Shares Plunge After Short Seller Hindenburg Research Ties Company To Black Market Operations\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-06-15 20:52 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/draftkings-shares-plunge-after-short-seller-hindenburg-research-ties-company-black-market><strong>zerohedge</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Shares of SPAC darling DraftKings are crashing during pre-market trading after short seller Hindenburg Research (most recentlyresponsible for oustingthe CEO and CEO of Lordstown Motors) hasreleased a ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/draftkings-shares-plunge-after-short-seller-hindenburg-research-ties-company-black-market\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"DKNG":"DraftKings Inc."},"source_url":"https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/draftkings-shares-plunge-after-short-seller-hindenburg-research-ties-company-black-market","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1128180606","content_text":"Shares of SPAC darling DraftKings are crashing during pre-market trading after short seller Hindenburg Research (most recentlyresponsible for oustingthe CEO and CEO of Lordstown Motors) hasreleased a new reportcalled\"DraftKings– A $21 Billion SPAC Betting It Can Hide Its Black Market Operations\".\nShares were down about 8% pre-market.\n\"DraftKings has been considered one of the more successful deals in a recent wave of SPAC transactions marred by scandal and bad actors. Its stock is up ~398% from its announcement price,\" the report says.\n\n\"Unbeknownst to investors, DraftKings’ merger with SBTech also brings exposure to extensive dealings in black-market gaming, money laundering and organized crime.\"\n\n\"We estimate that roughly 50% of SBTech’s revenue continues to come from markets where gambling is banned, based on an analysis of DraftKings’ SEC filings, conversations with former employees, and supporting documents,\" Hindenburg alleges. \"As one former employee told us, DraftKings’ subsidiary SBTech has 'sold to plenty of mobs', a sharp contrast to the clean image of DraftKings’ brand-conscious partners, including the NFL, NBA, NASCAR, UFC and PGA, and the company’s recent hire of supermodel Gisele Bundchen to advise on governance issues.\"\nThe report also alleges:\n\nPrior to the SPAC merger, SBTech seems to have made a concerted effort to distance itself from its black-market dealings. Illicit customer relationships were shuffled into a newly formed “distributor” entity called BTi/CoreTech, with ~50 SBTech employees shifted across town to the new entity.\nThe CEO selected to run BTi/CoreTech was formerly an executive of a ‘binary options’ gambling firm raided by the FBI and subsequently charged by the SEC for deceiving U.S. investors out of over $100 million.\nFormer SBTech employees called BTi/CoreTech a “front”, and said the split preserved SBTech’s (and now DraftKings’) illicit business while shielding the public company from scrutiny. For all practical purposes, it appears that BTi/CoreTech functions as DraftKings’ undisclosed illegal gaming division.\nWe identified numerous black market clients of DraftKings’ “front” entity, through searches on social media and back-end web infrastructure. For example, an Asia-focused site tied to a triad kingpin at the center of a Swiss money laundering investigation advertises its use of BTi/CoreTech technology.\nIn 2019, Vietnamese authorities arrested 22 individuals involved in a “massive illegal online sports betting ring” linked to BTi/CoreTech’s platform.\nContrary to representations made to Oregon’s state lottery, a former employee told us SBTech had extensive operations in Iran, violating local laws in a market subject to heavy U.S. sanctions. We were told SBTech knowingly operated there for 4-5 years with the founder directly overseeing the operation.\nAround the time of the DraftKings deal, SBTech’s founder spun off another gaming brand that also operated in markets where gambling was banned, transferring it to his brother. The brand was behind a “massive Chinese operation”, according to a former employee, contrary to representations made to Oregon’s state lottery.\nThe brand continues to operate in China despite the strict local rules prohibiting online gambling, according to our review of web infrastructure for multiple China-facing gambling sites. DraftKings continues to transact with the entity, according to SEC filings.\nDraftKings trades at a ~26x last twelve months (LTM) sales multiple and a ~20x estimated 2021 sales multiple despite (i) no expectation of earnings for years, (ii) intense competition, and (iii) regulatory risk. The company posted net losses of $844 million in 2020 and $346 million last quarter.\nInsiders have dumped over $1.4 billion in stock since the company went public a little over a year ago, with SBTech’s founder leading the pack, having personally sold ~$568 million in shares.\nDespite a rocky track record prior to taking DraftKings public, the company’s SPAC sponsors ultimately received 9.3 million shares, worth around $114 million at the time, in exchange for a token $25 thousand contribution.\nWe spoke with several industry experts and competitors who questioned the viability of DraftKings’ model of aggressively burning cash on promotion and marketing to acquire customers in the near term, despite a lack of evidence of long-term customer brand loyalty.\nWe think DraftKings has systematically skirted the law and taken elaborate steps to obfuscate its black market operations. These violations appear to be continuing to this day, all while insiders aggressively cash out amidst the market froth.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":71,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"lives":[]}