Internal — The Players

The Players

Every player in this story. Every available contact. For internal production use only. Do not distribute.

Survivors & Plaintiffs

Andrew Douglas
Gambling addiction survivor — Rolling Stone / CNN / CBS
RoutePaul Solotaroff (Rolling Stone) — muckrack.com/paul-solotaroff
AlsoMark Gottlieb, PHAI — mark@phai.org
NoteFather Gordon Douglas appeared with him at Capitol Hill SAFE Bet Act press conference — same route
Terry Thompson
Named plaintiff — Sage & Thompson v. DraftKings et al.
Atty 1Alan Tauber — (215) 575-0702 / atauberlaw.com
Atty 2Mark Gottlieb, PHAI — mark@phai.org / (617) 373-8487
CaseNo. 260303384, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Finance exec. Wagered $22M+. Lost $1.8M. VIP host called him hundreds of times. Took out second and third mortgages. Checked into psychiatric facility Feb 2026.
Christopher Sage
Named plaintiff — Sage & Thompson v. DraftKings et al.
Atty 1Alan Tauber — (215) 575-0702 / atauberlaw.com
Atty 2Mark Gottlieb, PHAI — mark@phai.org / (617) 373-8487
CaseNo. 260303384, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Delaware County, PA. Lost $130,300+ via FanDuel. Less public-facing than Thompson so far.
Rob Minnick (Rob ODAAT)
Recovery advocate — content creator, WRAL documentary March 2026
Six-year addiction. Online and casino. Featured in WRAL's The Gamble. Millions of followers. Already a media presence — very likely to say yes.

Advocates & Experts

Harry Levant
Director of Gambling Policy, PHAI / Northeastern University School of Law
Phone(484) 209-3853
Webharrylevant.com (contact form)
LinkedInHarry Levant LP.D, MA PCC, ICGC-I
Former Philadelphia criminal defense attorney who lost his law license to gambling addiction. Now the leading public-health voice on gambling in the US. Testifies 40 weeks/year. Testified before Senate May 20, 2026.
Mark Gottlieb
Executive Director, PHAI / Northeastern University School of Law
Phone(617) 373-8487
The operational hub. Controls access to Levant, the plaintiffs (Thompson, Sage), Daynard, and PHAI's full legal and research team. First email to send.
Richard Daynard
President, PHAI / University Distinguished Professor of Law, Northeastern
ThroughPHAI — mark@phai.org / (617) 373-8487
The man who beat Big Tobacco and Big Opioids. At 81 he is now targeting sports betting. The historical frame of the entire story.
Gambling with Lives
UK charity — bereaved families, gambling-related suicide
Founded 2018 by families who lost loved ones to gambling suicide. UK Parliament documented hundreds of gambling-related suicides annually. Model for what American families are about to go through at scale.

Plaintiff Attorneys

Alan Tauber
Lead Plaintiff Attorney — Tauber Law, Philadelphia
Phone(215) 575-0702
Address2 Penn Center, Suite 900, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Co-counsel with PHAI on Sage & Thompson. First to name individual VIP hosts as defendants. Gateway to both plaintiffs.
Mark Gottlieb
PHAI Co-Counsel — see Advocates section for full contact
Phone(617) 373-8487

Legislators — Senate

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Chair, May 20 Senate hearing — Senate Commerce Subcommittee
DC(202) 224-3344
Nashville(629) 800-6600
Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
"Hounds of hell" / BETS OFF co-sponsor / Colorado signed deposit cap
Denver(303) 244-1628
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)
BETS OFF Act — ban wagering on government actions, war, assassination
Hartford(860) 549-8463
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
SAFE Bet Act / signed youth marketing letters
Hartford(860) 258-6940
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act — bipartisan with Curtis
LA(310) 235-0966
Sen. John Curtis (R-UT)
Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act — bipartisan with Schiff
DC(202) 224-5444
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Commerce Committee Chair — entered match-fixing cases into Senate record May 20
DC(202) 224-5922
Austin(512) 916-5834
Houston(713) 718-3057
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH)
Sponsored the Senate's unanimous ban-from-prediction-markets resolution
DC(202) 224-2315
Columbus(614) 469-2083
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Authored staff-coverage amendment to Senate prediction market ban
DC(202) 224-3553
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
June 5 letter to CFTC — flagged Trump Jr. conflicts, 80% enforcement drop
DC(202) 224-4543
Demanded records by June 18 on CFTC's communications with prediction market firms and staffers placed on leave. Connected Trump Jr.'s Polymarket approval to CFTC enforcement collapse.

Legislators — House

Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY)
SAFE Bet Act — stood on Capitol Hill with Andrew Douglas
DC(202) 225-5076
Albany(518) 843-3400
Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-NC)
Led letters demanding youth marketing data from 10 companies
DC(202) 225-1784
Durham(919) 967-7924
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX)
BETS OFF Act co-sponsor — represents part of Austin
DC(202) 225-5645
Austin(512) 872-9990
Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT)
Gambling Disorder Health Study Act — bipartisan with Goldman (May 21)
DC(202) 225-0453
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY)
Gambling Disorder Health Study Act — bipartisan with Moore (May 21)
DC(202) 225-7944
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Signed May 11 youth marketing letters to 10 companies
DC(202) 225-6631
Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-CA)
Signed May 11 youth marketing letters to 10 companies
DC(202) 225-3531

Attorneys General

AG Letitia James (NY)
New York Attorney General
General1-800-771-7755
Signed 41 AGs letter AND separately sued Coinbase and Gemini over prediction markets AND jointly defended state enforcement actions with Gov. Hochul. Most active AG on this issue.
AG William Tong (CT)
Connecticut Attorney General
Fighting federal preemption. Called Trump administration lawsuit "recycling industry arguments" rejected in district courts across the country.
AG Keith Ellison (MN)
Minnesota Attorney General
Defended Minnesota's felony ban on prediction markets. Stated platforms "are designed to be addictive and prey especially on young people and low-income folks."

The Regulator

Michael Selig
Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Phone(202) 418-5080
Confirmed CFTC Chairman Dec 2025 by Trump. Suing four states (CT, AZ, IL, MN) to protect Kalshi and Polymarket. CFTC enforcement dropped from 58 actions to 11 under his leadership. CFTC approved Polymarket after Trump Jr. investment. Warren demanded records by June 18.

Industry — Defendants & Platform Operators

Tarek Mansour
Co-founder & CEO, Kalshi — CFTC-regulated prediction market
Phone(617) 909-1097
Address594 Broadway, Rm 407, New York, NY 10012
Platform on which Donald Trump Jr. serves as paid strategic advisor. Suspended 3 congressional candidates in April 2026 for insider trading on their own races. George Santos investigation also originated on Kalshi.
FanDuel
Named defendant — Sage & Thompson v. DraftKings et al.
VIP host Bryttanni Morgan named as individual defendant. Corporate comms will route through legal immediately.
DraftKings
Named defendant — Sage & Thompson v. DraftKings et al.
Address222 Berkeley St, Boston, MA 02116
Genius Sports
Named defendant — exclusive NFL data distributor, NFL second-largest shareholder
Powers 98%+ of legal US sports betting market. $125M in microbet commissions in 2025. NFL extended and expanded partnership through 2029.
National Football League (NFL)
Named defendant — second-largest Genius Sports shareholder
ContactBrendon Plack, SVP Government Affairs — through NFL Communications
NFL declined all comment on lawsuit. Brendon Plack wrote to CFTC May 15 asking to ban manipulable contracts — while the NFL holds equity stake in Genius Sports, which profits from every microbet.
Donald Trump Jr.
Paid strategic advisor, Kalshi — Investor & advisory board, Polymarket
Firm1789 Capital — "double-digit millions" into Polymarket
NoteNo public press contact. Statements issued through his personal spokesman.
Holds financial positions in both dominant prediction market platforms while his father's administration sues states to protect those platforms. No federal law requires divestiture or disclosure.

Industry Lobby & Opposition

Sean Patrick Maloney
CEO & President, Coalition for Prediction Markets
Former Democratic congressman (NY-18), former DCCC Chair. The industry's most credible face. Testified at May 20 Senate hearing. Appointed Jan 2026.
Patrick McHenry
Senior Advisor, Coalition for Prediction Markets
Former Republican House Financial Services Committee Chair. Testified at May 20 Senate hearing. The bipartisan wrapper the industry built around itself.
Bill Miller
President & CEO, American Gaming Association
Industry's primary trade association. Testified at May 20 Senate hearing as industry defender. 30+ years on Capitol Hill before joining AGA in 2019.

Named VIP Hosts — Lawsuit Defendants

All five are named defendants in Sage & Thompson v. DraftKings et al. (No. 260303384). First time in US history that individual VIP hosts have been sued alongside their employers. Route to all five is through plaintiff attorneys only — direct outreach will be intercepted by corporate counsel.

Bryttanni Morgan
FanDuel VIP Host — named defendant
RouteAlan Tauber — (215) 575-0702 / atauberlaw.com
Assigned to Terry Thompson. Messaged him hundreds of times. Sent $500 Champagne and Eagles/Flyers/Sixers tickets. Called his decision to walk away "an emergency." Paid based on Thompson's losses.
Michael Sonbeek
FanDuel VIP Host — named defendant
RouteAlan Tauber — (215) 575-0702 / atauberlaw.com
Dyleisha Lewis
DraftKings VIP Host — named defendant
RouteAlan Tauber — (215) 575-0702 / atauberlaw.com
Peter Donahue
DraftKings VIP Host — named defendant
RouteAlan Tauber — (215) 575-0702 / atauberlaw.com
Shaun Gordon
DraftKings VIP Host — named defendant
RouteAlan Tauber — (215) 575-0702 / atauberlaw.com

Media Routes

Paul Solotaroff
Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone — wrote Andrew Douglas story
Primary route to Andrew Douglas. Solotaroff has a relationship with him and his father. Award-winning investigative journalist.
Eli Senor
Co-author, Rolling Stone gambling addiction piece with Solotaroff

Criminal Cases — Non-Cooperative

Gannon Ken Van Dyke
US Army Special Forces MSgt — indicted SDNY, pleaded not guilty June 8
StatusActive federal criminal case. $250K bail. Travel restricted.
CaseSDNY — Fort Bragg, NC. 13 Polymarket bets. $33K wagered, $410K won.
Will not speak. His attorney is public record via SDNY court docket. The case itself is the story.
George Santos
Former US Rep. — under CFTC & possible DOJ investigation, Kalshi
StatusFederal investigation active as of June 2, 2026. Santos denies wrongdoing.
Allegedly bet against his own attendance at Trump's State of the Union while publicly saying he'd attend. Pocket tens of thousands. Will not cooperate.
Israeli Air Force Major (unnamed)
IDF reservist — indicted Israel, February 12, 2026
StatusName not publicly released by Israeli authorities.
Co-accusedUnnamed civilian co-defendant.
Used classified intel on IDF strikes on Iran to win $150K+ on Polymarket. First global precedent — predates Van Dyke by 10 weeks. Prosecution in Israel.
Iran 9-Account Betting Ring (unidentified)
9 linked Polymarket accounts — $2.4M profit on US-Iran war bets, 98% win rate
StatusIdentified by Bubblemaps May 2026. Identities unknown. Federal investigation possible.
Source60 Minutes / Bubblemaps — aired May 17, 2026
Correctly predicted specific dates of first US strikes on Iran, removal of Supreme Leader Khamenei, and ceasefire announcement. 80+ bets, $2.4M, 98% win rate. Bubblemaps called it "the most insane pattern we have found on Polymarket so far." Intentional losing bets placed on unrelated events to evade detection. The accounts themselves will not cooperate — their identities are unknown. The investigation is the story.

Investigators & Whistleblowers

Nicolas Vaiman
Co-founder & CEO, Bubblemaps — on-camera for 60 Minutes
Already on camera for 60 Minutes. Willing to talk on the record about the Iran betting ring investigation. Data analytics firm specializing in on-chain forensics. Very likely to participate.
"Deebs" (alias)
Head of Investigations, Bubblemaps — former US military officer
RouteThrough Nicolas Vaiman / Bubblemaps
NoteIdentity concealed by 60 Minutes over fear of retaliation ("wrench attacks")
Former US military officer. Warned that adversaries may use Polymarket data to plan strategy: "This could be putting people's lives at risk." Harder to reach directly — approach via Bubblemaps. Face-to-face on camera may require identity protection similar to 60 Minutes arrangement.
Michelle Kendler-Kretsch
Research Fellow, Anti-Corruption Data Collective — documented systemic insider trading
Examined long-shot military wagers ($2,500+, under 35% odds) and found bettors won more often than they lost. Report identified "systemic insider trading" in military outcome betting. Academic / research background — likely to speak on methodology and findings.
David Kovel
Attorney, Kirby McInerney LLP — former commodities trader, flagged March 23 oil anomaly
Phone(212) 699-1149
ContextFlagged $800M+ oil trade executed 15 minutes before Trump's Iran ceasefire post
At 6:50 AM ET on March 23, over $800M was staked on oil prices dropping. 15 minutes later, Trump posted about "very good and productive" talks with Iran. Oil dropped 10%+. Kovel estimated $80M in profits. Told 60 Minutes insider trading is "a natural conclusion to draw." Former Wall Street — articulate on-camera presence.
Emanuel Fabian
Military correspondent, Times of Israel — threatened by Polymarket bettors
ThreatBettor messaged him: "You're going to make us lose $900,000. And we'll invest even more than that to finish you." Included details about his siblings and family visits.
After his reporting voided Polymarket's "no missile" bets on Iran, he received threats with personal details — proof that prediction market money creates real-world intimidation. Polymarket banned the accounts involved. Fabian's story is the human cost of unregulated markets.

Outreach Strategy

Who to Contact First.
Who Will Speak.

Ranked by likelihood of participation and strategic value to the film. Green = almost certain yes. Yellow = possible, needs approach. Red = will not cooperate.

Tier 1 — Contact Immediately
01
Will Speak Mark Gottlieb — PHAI Executive Director

One email opens access to the entire PHAI ecosystem: Levant, Andrew Douglas, both plaintiffs (Thompson, Sage), Daynard, and the legal team. This is the first contact, period. mark@phai.org / (617) 373-8487.

02
Will Speak Harry Levant — PHAI Director of Gambling Policy

Testifies before legislatures 40 weeks a year. Just appeared before the US Senate. Actively seeks this visibility — it is his job. Will say yes immediately. harry@phai.org / (484) 209-3853.

03
Will Speak Andrew Douglas — Survivor, cold open

Already on camera with Rolling Stone, CNN, and CBS under his own name. Stood on Capitol Hill at a press conference. Has said publicly he hopes "someone hears it before a bunch of people die." Contact through Paul Solotaroff at Rolling Stone or Mark Gottlieb at PHAI.

04
Will Speak Rob Minnick (Rob ODAAT) — Recovery advocate

Already a full media presence with millions of followers. Featured in a 2026 documentary. Runs a public gambling awareness platform. Easiest yes on the list. odaatgamblingawareness.com / linkedin.com/in/robminnick23.

05
Will Speak Sen. John Hickenlooper — Colorado

Most media-forward senator on this issue. Freshest quote ("unleashing the hounds of hell"). His state just became the first to sign a deposit cap into law. Maximum news peg right now. (303) 244-1628.

06
Will Speak Gambling with Lives — UK charity

Bereaved families organization. They exist to talk about this. They run a full media engagement operation. The international angle proves this is not a uniquely American problem — it is wherever these apps are allowed. info@gamblingwithlives.org.

Tier 2 — High Value, Need Careful Approach
07
Possible Terry Thompson — Named plaintiff

Chose to be a public plaintiff — that indicates willingness. Spoke to Philadelphia Inquirer. But active litigation means his attorneys control what he can say. Approach through Tauber Law, not directly. (215) 575-0702.

08
Possible Richard Daynard — PHAI President

81 years old and going to war with another industry after taking down tobacco and opioids. The historical frame of the story. Accessible through PHAI. law.northeastern.edu/faculty/daynard.

09
Possible Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

Republican who chaired the hearing and let Cruz, Hickenlooper, and Schiff light into the industry for two hours. The bipartisan angle matters — this is not a partisan story. Her participation proves it. (202) 224-3344.

10
Possible Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

Sent a letter to CFTC five days ago demanding records. Has made the Trump Jr. conflict of interest explicit in writing. Highly media-active. This story is exactly on her beat. (202) 224-4543.

11
Possible AG Letitia James (NY)

Separately sued two companies over prediction markets. Most aggressive AG in the country on this issue. Her office runs an active press operation. ag.ny.gov / 1-800-771-7755.

12
Possible VIP Hosts — Bryttanni Morgan and others

Named defendants in a federal lawsuit. Their job was designed by a corporation to maximize addiction. Some may want to tell their side. Approach only through plaintiff attorneys — direct contact will be shut down by corporate counsel immediately.

13
Possible Nicolas Vaiman — Bubblemaps CEO

Already on camera for 60 Minutes. His firm (Bubblemaps) identified the Iran betting ring. He is a data-driven executive who has already chosen to go public with his findings. Very likely to participate. Can also open access to "Deebs" (head of investigations). press@bubblemaps.io / nicolas@bubblemaps.io

14
Possible Emanuel Fabian — Times of Israel correspondent

Threatened by Polymarket bettors with his family's personal details. He is a working journalist who has already been burned by this story. May be willing to speak about the threat and what it reveals about prediction market culture. emanuel@timesofisrael.com

15
Possible Michelle Kendler-Kretsch — Anti-Corruption Data Collective

Documented systemic insider trading in military outcome markets. Academic / research background. Likely to speak on methodology and findings. team@acdatacollective.org

16
Possible David Kovel — former commodities trader

Flagged the $800M March 23 oil trade anomaly on 60 Minutes. Former Wall Street, articulate on camera. Told 60 Minutes insider trading is "a natural conclusion to draw." dkovel@kmllp.com / (212) 699-1149

Tier 3 — On Record Only / Will Not Cooperate
Will Not Cooperate FanDuel / DraftKings / NFL / Genius Sports

Active defendants in a lawsuit. All communications route through legal. The NFL declined all comment in March 2026. Request on-record statements as a paper trail — do not expect camera.

Will Not Cooperate Gannon Van Dyke / George Santos

Both under active federal investigation or prosecution. Neither will speak. Their cases are the story — not their commentary.

Will Not Cooperate Donald Trump Jr. / Tarek Mansour / Kalshi

Trump Jr. has stated he doesn't bet and hasn't lobbied officials on behalf of these companies. Kalshi's PR operation is active but will not speak to addiction framing. Send formal request for record — document the non-response.