Saturday Night Live (SNL) is known for poking fun at everything and everyone. Now, the live sketch-based comedy TV show has picked the onslaught of online sportsbook commercials across the US as its latest target.
prop bets about how your degenerate gambler friend is finally going to hit rock bottom”
In its latest broadcast on Saturday night, SNL included a skit in the form of a fake online sportsbook ad. Featuring comedians Kenan Thompson, Marcello Hernandez, and Shane Gillis, the ad urged watchers to bet with Rock Bottom Kings – a sportsbook that allows wagers on the downfall of “degenerate gambler” friends.
“It’s the only app that lets you make prop bets about how your degenerate gambler friend is finally going to hit rock bottom,” Gillis explains.
You can wager on whether your friend will go “double or nothing on a random WNBA game,” or “bet his entire child’s college fund on the coin toss,” the comedians explain. The sketch continues to put the boot in, adding that you can wager on whether your friend will take out a life insurance policy on his mom for extra cash, or set up a fake Go-Fund-Me that says he has leukaemia.
“Download Rock Bottom Kings today. Because gambling is serious… seriously awesome,” Gillis concludes.