"According to a report by Front Office Sports, Rutledge and her colleagues have received an order from ESPN amid the controversy. 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."
""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."
Laura Rutledge and several ESPN colleagues promoted Solitaire Cash, a gaming app by Papaya Gaming that faces a federal lawsuit for false marketing. ESPN instructed specific on-air talents to end promotional ties to Papaya Gaming. The promotions included the Solitaire Cash #BeatStephen Challenge tied to Stephen A. Smith. Papaya Gaming is accused of making users believe they faced real human opponents while the app allegedly used bots to determine outcomes in paid tournaments. Mina Kimes issued an apology calling the promotion a "colossal" mistake and said she was not paid for it.
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