David Dobrik accused of promoting gambling to kids amid puzzle release Instagram: @100kpuzzle \/ YouTube: Men’s HealthYouTube star David Dobrik is facing scrutiny after releasing his \u2018Hundred Thousand Dollar Puzzle\u2019 challenge, which some critics believe promotes gambling to his younger viewers. On December 10, Dobrik released \u2018The Hundred Thousand Dollar Puzzle,\u2019 a competition that challenged his viewers to purchase a puzzle that they would solve into a QR code. Once completed, fans may scan the code and find out how much they win; prizes range anywhere from 25 cents to the coveted $100,000 the puzzle is named after. However, fans must first purchase the puzzle itself for $30, knowing that they potential payout might only be a quarter. View this post on Instagram For this reason, many critics are rallying against Dobrik, finding fault with his latest challenge and claiming that it lands too close to gambling \u2014 something that they feel might negatively affect younger members of his 18 million subscribers. Read More: How much do you know about Logan Paul? – \u201cLegit, the dude is selling puzzles that double as gambling machines via QR codes,\u201d one critic wrote via Twitter. \u201cThe cost to participate in his gamble\/scam is $30 (the price for the puzzle which serves as a ticket, basically). He is selling this to kids.\u201d Who’s talking about the David Dobrik gambling scam? Legit the dude is selling puzzles that double as gambling machines via QR codes. The cost to participate in his gamble\/scam is $30 (the price for the puzzle which serves as a ticket, basically). He is selling this to kids. \u2014 Memology 101 (@NewsM101) December 11, 2020 \u201cThat\u2019s f**king disgusting,\u201d another said. \u201cThis is not puzzles, but lottery tickets. What sort of garbage person would use his platform to scam his young audience by luring them into a gambling scheme?\u201d That\u2019s f-ing disgusting. This is not puzzles, but lottery tickets. What sort of garbage person would use his platform to scam his young audience by luring them into a gambling scheme?\u2014 michaelmaage (@michaelmaage) December 11, 2020 Still others noticed a certain clause in the puzzle\u2019s fine print, which states that contestants don\u2019t even have to purchase the game in order to participate. For those unwilling to buy the $30 puzzle, they may simply mail a card with their first and last name, email address, and payment account username. Dobrik is far from the first YouTuber to be accused of a gambling scam; stars Jake Paul and RiceGum became the center of controversy after promoting a website encouraging their viewers to purchase \u201cmystery boxes\u201d with the chance of winning luxury goods \u2014 or nothing at all. It seems that Dobrik is now the one taking heat for his latest endeavor, claiming his fans kept asking him for money. While he may have found a way to do so, his methods are coming under question. Dobrik has yet to respond to the outrage at the time of writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
David Dobrik accused of promoting gambling to kids amid puzzle release Instagram: @100kpuzzle \/ YouTube: Men’s HealthYouTube star David Dobrik is facing scrutiny after releasing his \u2018Hundred Thousand Dollar Puzzle\u2019 challenge, which some critics believe promotes gambling to his younger viewers. On December 10, Dobrik released \u2018The Hundred Thousand Dollar Puzzle,\u2019 a competition that challenged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}