"Rutledge and Co. promoted Solitaire Cash's #BeatStephen Challenge, which is a tie-up between Papaya Gaming and ESPN superstar Stephen A. Smith. According to reports, the gaming company is being accused of leading users to believe that they are facing real humans while the app allegedly uses bots to control the outcomes of paid tournaments. Front Office Sports reports that ESPN has issued a directive to Rutledge and its other talents regarding their partnership with Papaya Gaming."
""ESPN is ordering several on-air talents to cut their marketing ties to controversial Papaya Gaming, Front Office Sports has learned. "ESPN brass told Dan Orlovsky, Kendrick Perkins, Mina Kimes, and Laura Rutledge to end their promotion of Papaya and its solitaire app, sources say," the report read. Kimes has already issued a public apology for what she described as a "colossal" mistake. The "NFL Live" analyst claims that she has not been paid for promoting the app.""
ESPN ordered several on-air talents to end their marketing ties with Papaya Gaming and its Solitaire Cash app. Laura Rutledge, Mina Kimes, Dan Orlovsky, Kendrick Perkins, and Ros Gold-Onwude were linked to promotions for the app and its #BeatStephen Challenge involving Stephen A. Smith. Papaya Gaming faces accusations and a federal lawsuit alleging false marketing and use of bots to control paid-tournament outcomes while misleading users to believe they faced real opponents. Mina Kimes apologized, called the promotion a "colossal" mistake, and said she was not paid. ESPN instructed the talents to cease promotion amid the controversy.
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