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ESPN NFL analyst Mina Kimes spoke publicly about the shame she felt for promoting a solitaire app that her colleague Stephen A. Smith recently partnered with.
Smith became the face of Solitaire Cash after he was caught playing cards on his phone during the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers. Kimes, Dan Orlovsky and Kendrick Perkins were also seen giving the app some time on their X accounts.
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Mina Kimes during the Pro Bowl Skills Challenge at Nicholson Fieldhouse on January 30, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Image Images)
Papaya Gaming, the parent company of Solitaire Cash, was the subject of a false advertising lawsuit with the alleged use of internal bots from 2019 to 2023, according to Poker Scout. Papaya Gaming was denied its motion to dismiss the case and the company has since dropped a factual dispute that it used bots to take on humans.
The case now hinges on Papaya Gaming’s claim that it never misled users about the bots and that no harm was done, according to Poker Scout. The company has said it has since stopped using computer versus human confrontations.
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Mina Kimes poses on the ESPY red carpet at the Dolby Theater on July 16, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Image Images)
Kimes wrote in a post on X that he did not properly vet the company.
“The truth is that I didn’t spend any time researching the whole thing, and that’s 100% on me. I thought it was just a typical marketing job, and I’m deeply embarrassed that I didn’t look into it. A colossal f–k on my part,” he wrote.
He added on BlueSky that he wrote that the company did not pay him and that, if it did, he would give the check away.
Stephen A. Smith on “ESPN NBA Countdown” set at the Intuit Dome on October 23, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Kirby Lee/Image Images)
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Smith challenged his followers last week to beat him in the game.
