A New York Comic Con attendee spins a Whatnot prize wheel in 2021. Bryan Bedder / for ReedPop Whatnot, one of the sports card industry’s largest online sales platforms, is being accused of conducting ...
Collectors say Whatnot turned its sports-card "breaks" and mystery "repack" boxes into something that looks a lot like a gambling operation that preyed on enthusiasts and cost some people real money.
A box break is a live-streamed event where an online host or ‘breaker’ breaks open a case of sports cards or reveals other memorabilia live online. Before a conversation with Ryan Hockensmith at ESPN, ...
It’s Thursday night at Boomtown Sports Cards & Pokeshop on Bandera Road. I’m arriving just 10 minutes before closing time, but this San Antonio business doesn’t depend on shoppers inside the store. It ...