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Whatnot Illegal Gambling Allegations Explained + 2026 Sports Card Market Trends

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

Hobbies, Leisure

4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Jesse Gibson and Alex of Clever Cuban Cards break down the explosive allegations involving Whatnot as hobby attorney Paul Lesko joins the show (13:48) to discuss the arbitration currently filed against Whatnot. Lesko, who is representing the plaintiffs, explains that while these are private proceedings rather than a public lawsuit, the stakes are just as high for the hobby. Then, with the Card Ladder 50 Index up 11% since the start of the year, Chris McGill of Card Ladder joins to share which stars are driving the current momentum and which are cooling off. Aaron Judge leads the pack with a staggering 64% increase. High-profile NFL quarterbacks are feeling the out of sight, out of mind effect, with Lamar Jackson down 18% and Jordan Love also seeing a decline. Meanwhile, GOATS like Tom Brady continue to increase in value. Our listeners get the Harry’s Plus Trial Set for only $10 at https://www.Harrys.com/Nonsense  #Harryspod #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's always a risk with a repack that somebody knows what the hit is, what the ceiling is in those

0:06.8

products. With that knowledge, you can leak that to the breakers advantage and to potential

0:12.4

buyers advantage. Well, people, the sky isn't falling necessarily, but it is a crazy start to this week. This is your boy, sports boy, aka Jesse Gibson. I'm joined by Alex of Clever Cuban Cards. Again, Alex, how are you? I'm good. Happy to be here. Got some big news to chat about with all this craziness. I mean, when, okay, so all cards on the table. Let's lay out actually who's going to come on.

0:38.2

So on the show today, we've got Paul Lesko, hobby attorney, not just because he is often

0:43.1

used to dissect these cases, but also specifically, he is the hobby attorney in this specific

0:49.8

case we're going to be talking about with the whole randomized breaks, repacks, all the allegations

0:55.8

that have been put forth at whatnot at this moment. He's kind of representing the people

1:01.2

and or person. We're going to find out more about how he is involved, but he's going to be coming

1:05.5

on here in the next 10 minutes or so. After that, we already had Chris McGill from Cardlighter coming

1:10.5

to do a little bit of a market update. So he's still coming on. that, we already had Chris McGill from Cardlighter coming to do a little bit of

1:11.4

a market update. So he's still coming on. Thankfully, we're going to have a lot of great information

1:16.7

on this episode today. But it's also going to be a lot. So there may be times where I'm like,

1:21.4

oh, I've been talking so much. Hang on. He's going to catch my breath. And that's when Alex

1:25.1

will talk even more, which I appreciate him for already stepping in on that spot. Real quick, Alex is a breaker on whatnot. I do not break at all. I sell singles. Sorry, excuse me, there is a difference. Big difference. There is a big difference. But you've used the, you've used whatnot, yep, yeah. That's why I'm awesome. Andy Bay Live, sponsor of the show. Thank you very much. If you're not already, if you're not already considering other platforms to be using, eBay Live should be one of the main ones. So eBay Live, obviously, Alex is already on there. I actually have my debut show this Sunday. I'm going to be debuting my first non-sport show.

2:02.1

It's all singles.

2:03.0

We're going to be auctioning.

2:04.8

Lizards?

2:06.2

There will not.

2:07.1

I don't think I have any Pokemon to be auctioning.

2:09.4

Honestly, that's disappointing.

2:10.4

It's going to be Disney.

2:12.3

It'll be some, I think I'll have a few Disney 100.

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