Former NFL stars express importance of responsible gambling, playing amid the rise in sports betting

This Sunday marks the extremity of the NFL shot play with the Super Bowl, which besides marks 1 of the biggest gambling days of the year.

As sports betting has go much prevalent, FanDuel is making definite bettors play with a plan.

The sportsbook’s "Last Call for Football" promotion is giving fans likelihood boosts each time up until the large game.

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Tight extremity Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots scores a touchdown against the New York Jets during the 2nd 4th of their crippled astatine MetLife Stadium connected Oct. 15, 2017, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Abbie Parr/Getty Images)

"We're toasting to the unthinkable play that it was this year. Regular play and the playoffs starring up to the Super Bowl. And we're besides toasting to the Super Bowl game," FanDuel spouse and erstwhile New England Patriots choky extremity Rob Gronkowski said. "So, if you're going to stake connected the game, conscionable marque definite you stake responsibly and play with a plan. And bash it connected FanDuel."

"There's a batch of worldly to get fascinated with connected the FanDuel app. However, those who neglect to prepare, hole to fail. You person to spell in, you person to physique a plan, you person to play with a plan, and you person to play wrong your plan," added erstwhile violative lineman Taylor Lewan. "That means gambling responsibly, which is what the boys are each about. Because we're successful the laboratory each week long, cooking up antithetic things. But erstwhile it gets to Sunday, the hay is successful the barn, our program is successful place, and past that's erstwhile you instrumentality over."

Lewan's erstwhile teammate and existent "Bussin' With The Boys" podcast spouse Will Compton joked that those successful their presumption don't person astir capable prop stake options.

Taylor Lewan of the Tennessee Titans runs onto the tract against the Buffalo Bills astatine Highmark Stadium connected Sept. 19, 2022, successful Orchard Park, New York. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

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"There can't beryllium anything. It's conscionable too, like, what bash you do?" Compton asked. "Does, hey, is so-and-so gonna springiness up a sack? But wrong that, like, what is the skill? And then, yeah, past a blitz comes, oregon a crippled takes place. There's a batch up for grey area."

Gronkowski’s status came conscionable arsenic sports gambling began to skyrocket, truthful helium got the brunt from immoderate fans.

"I got astatine the extremity of that era. I retrieve sometimes, like, if I didn't bash great, I saw idiosyncratic retired beryllium like, 'What the heck? You had that catch, I would person won 20 much dollars and stuff, man.' You know, you consciousness for him. You consciousness for him," Gronk joked.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers choky extremity Rob Gronkowski can’t bent connected to a walk successful the extremity portion successful the 3rd 4th of the crippled against the Los Angeles Rams astatine SoFi Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA TODAY Sports)

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But he's returning the favor.

"Now, particularly that I'm a fan, and present I stake connected games. Throwing $50 connected a subordinate prop implicit there, throwing 5 bucks connected the backmost to person a crippled of, you know, similar 400 positive yards, truthful you tin crook that $5 into similar 40 bucks due to the fact that helium has specified a large game. It conscionable brings that excitement level and you cheer. You're sitting connected the couch, and you're yelling astatine the television, you're yelling astatine the player, and that's what it's each about. But marque definite you ever play with a plan."

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