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Sports betting influencer Taylor Mathis is facing backlash from bettors/sports fans online after she posted a pick recommendation that saw her caption suggest one bet but the accompanying photo show the complete opposite. Mathis has chalked up the gaffe to being a “mistake.”
Taylor Mathis, a University of Iowa graduate who goes by @TMathSports on X/Twitter and presents herself as a professional sports bettor and handicapper, is facing significant blowback on social media after a sponsored post promoting a Polymarket bet on Game 7 of the Spurs-Thunder Western Conference Finals potentially revealed she doesn’t actually understand sports betting.
Polymarket sports betting influencer Taylor Mathis facing backlash after sharing a tweet that suggested placing contradicting bets
The issue with Mathis’ post was as follows. In the caption, she wrote “Let’s go with the Spurs and the Under.” Her accompanying screenshot of her bet, however, read: “Spurs wins by over 3.5 points – No.” These are two opposite, contradicting bets.
(Sponsored by @Polymarket.)
This is such an unserious industry. pic.twitter.com/sJ33kZBjhU
— Keg & Co. (@KegAndCo) May 31, 2026
What Dianna russini did for female journalists, Taylor Mathis does for female handicappers
You’re paid to promote Polymarket and cant even do that right. pic.twitter.com/nCDQBNXlpX
— Official Ohio State DG (@DylanEveryday) May 31, 2026
According to Mathis, the error was not a result of her not understanding sports betting, but simply “clicking the wrong button” while she was dealing with a five-hour flight delay alongside her 11-month-old baby.
“Thank you for this! It’s pretty ridiculous. I simply clicked the wrong button and made a mistake,” she replied to a tweet defending her.
“And you have never made a mistake before? I made a mistake clicking a button in an app. I don’t think it’s that serious,” she retorted to a detractor.
“Clicked the wrong button” 💀 pic.twitter.com/vhCfsr4eku
— Undocumented Zylbert (@ExposingZylbert) June 1, 2026
Mathis racked up a following on social media through her series of “Walking Bets” posts, which resulted in her getting picked up by Polymarket. Mathis has accrued over 242,000 followers on Twitter, 356,000 followers on Instagram, and 146,000 followers on TikTok. You can draw your own conclusion as to why these posts became so popular.
HAPPY OPENING DAY!
Walking Bets with Polymarket
Baseball is back!
Yankees vs Giants
Giants ML
Use code: TAYLOR20 in app for $20
Who is winning game 1? pic.twitter.com/vESDmWqEkc— Taylor Mathis (@TMathSports) March 25, 2026
This isn’t the first time that Mathis has generated negative headlines. Back in October 2024, Mathis was accused of running a pump and dump scheme involving the $TAYLOR cryptocurrency created in her name.
Fans of Mathis created the token based on her likeness and she agreed to promote it in exchange for 20 million tokens, which represented 2% of the total supply. Her promotion caused the token to hit a $6 million market cap, with her stake growing to an estimated $120,000. Shortly thereafter, she then sold her stake, causing the token’s value to plummet over 96%.
Mathis denied the accusations, saying “I know what pump and dump is and that literally can’t happen.”
“You think I’m dumb but I’m not. This coin is spread among 3k people at this point who have invested 2% lol the most of anyone, I know what pump and dump is and that literally can’t happen unless I would have done that which I didn’t,” she said at the time.
The backlash was so continued and intense, however, that Mathis eventually locked her X account and removed references to her DraftKings partnership from her bio. When she returned to social media, she said the memecoin fiasco “the worst time of her life” and that she was contemplating suicide, while also claiming that she didn’t give consent to be turned into a digital coin and had no idea who created it.