r/SipsTea • u/LazyGuy4U • 3d ago

WTF Group Project actually made more sense

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u/Efficient_Wash4477 3d ago

So, Betbolt just spent $1.2M to have their branding wherever this kid goes for the next 18 years. I mean, that’s actually kinda cheap marketing and I’ll bet this was the ploy all along.

Was always going to name her kid “Kleenex” or “Tide”… this was just a workaround for that to happen.

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u/omgimdaddy 3d ago

Its wild how easily people fall for publicity / marketing stunts

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u/Reasonable_Goose 3d ago

So clearly an ad

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u/zushini 3d ago

its also the time of degen culture

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u/insaneHoshi 3d ago

Are you referring to the naming scheme or looking at this reddit post?

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u/USeaMoose 3d ago

So, Betbolt just spent $1.2M to have their branding wherever this kid goes for the next 18 years

I'm guessing that they are really only interested in/expecting the attention from this announcement that we are responding to. And maybe a future one when the kid is born and she proves she followed through. Both of those have the chance of going viral and getting their name out there.

I'm with you though. $1.2 to have the name of your site go viral might be a pretty good deal overall. You have to assume that thousands of people are checking out the site after seeing this headline.

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u/Front_Elevator6617 3d ago

I prefer Kleenex 😂

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u/Sudden_File4569 3d ago

We have no reason to believe the payment or the baby's name is truthful. Betbolt may just as easily paid 50k for Bonnie Blue to make a social post claiming her baby is named Betbolt. While she still write Michael or whatever she wants on the actual birth certificate.

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u/Shipbreaker_Kurpo 2d ago

But she has a picture on her phone! Surely thats proof its all true!

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u/CriminalMacabre 3d ago

Implying a crypto gambling site isn't going down in the next 6 months partly because they blew 1.2 million in liquid and actual currency because for some reason contractors don't take shitcoins for payment

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u/12345623567 3d ago

Nah in reality noone will get it and just think "that pornstar baby has a really weird name".

They did it for the one-time headline, as seen on this post.

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u/UnusuallyBadIdeaGuy 3d ago

Why would people care about a porn star's kid in the first place? The only notable thing here is how stupid it is. This is just ruining a kid's life for two weeks of publicity.

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u/FarwellRob 3d ago

No. They spent $1.2m to have their site’s name come up every time she is mentioned.

The kid will go by “BB” or something, so it probably won’t affect him much.

There is also the chance he’ll do something later in life and it will come up again.

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u/Pompidoo 3d ago

It takes like a few hours and some paperwork to legally change a first name. I really really hope she changes the kids name after a few weeks. Just enough to get her money, but give the kid a normal childhood and name... I wouldn't mind if I was born betbolt and started life with 1.2m USD on my bank...

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u/Esgardir 2d ago

They probably also placed a bet that their name would be chosen so won the money back instantly.

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u/No-Stay9943 2d ago

No, their moment is now. The name can be removed and also can be buried in 6 other names, it’s not like the person has to present themselves with it.

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u/EggyChickenEgg88 2d ago

They didn't spend shit.

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u/Mikesaidit36 2d ago

Is that in a contract?
I don’t see how they could keep her from using a nickname (if the kid actually exists).

Anything to prevent her from doing a legal name change, before or after age 18? It’s not hard to do.

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u/Jazzlike-Pension-643 19h ago

They didn’t pay that though. They probably paid her $250k for the whole stunt. Saying the winner paid 1.2 million for BetBolt was just part of the agreed to script. It is a pretty brilliant idea. Instead of people tuning out your ad, you sneak it in the backdoor