BetCRIS Lands A Celebrity - Kinda

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Robert “A.J. Soprano” Iler must be getting frustrated. With the recent increase in poker raids in NYC, he not only must be having difficulty finding a game, but NYC’s tourism could be taking a hit too. That means less tourists to rob for weed money in the park. What’s a semi-employed actor to do? The New York Daily News reports:

After the 20-year-old actor recently made headlines for strolling into an illegal upper East Side poker den mid-bust, he apparently decided to take his gambling itch to the right side of the law - by signing a contract with the legal betting Web site BetCRIS.com.

“He approached us about two weeks ago,” said Ariel Espinoza, BetCRIS.com’s marketing director. “He wanted to be able to gamble from home and not end up in the newspaper.”

Hmm, it looks like that plan backfired.

Lowdown hears that the U.K.-based Web site agreed to give Iler a $50,000 account in exchange for permission to use his name and likeness for promotional purposes.

His agent, naturally, denies there’s an exclusive contract. Just an open note to any of the various gambling sites: We can’t be bought like any old C-list actor off the street. Not for less than $75K at least.

Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown (Second Item) [New York Daily News]
Previously: Robert Iler’s Proposed to by Sportsbook [Oddjack]