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Neymar Jr. has been in the headlines recently, unfortunately not for his soccer skills or wonders. The PSG superstar isn’t happy with his current club, with speculations of him wanting a move back to Barcelona going around social media. Amid all this, the footballing wonder recently took a $1,000,000 hit. Despite all this, Neymar Jr. was spotted gambling his night away at an event organized by Red Bull. 

Neymar Jr. hasn’t been seen on a football pitch for about 3 months now after an injury to his ankle. However, the PSG star has been regularly spotted in Casinos gambling his football money away. And when the Brazilian was not at a casino, he was seen gambling on an online platform streaming poker games on Twitch.

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Neymar Jr. recently lost about $1,000,000 while gambling on an online platform while streaming on Twitch. According to talksport.com, One of his fellow players said that he went from a million to zero in 60 minutes. Nevertheless, as gambling usually becomes a habit, Neymar Jr was spotted gambling his money away in Monaco rather than celebrating the 11th League title that PSG won last night after drawing the game 1-1 with Strasbourg. 

According to bild.de, Neymar Jr was spotted on Saturday night at the Red Bull Energy station in Monaco with the Monaco GP happening on Sunday. He is a guest of Red Bull and was also spotted in the paddock before the GP started. Bild also suggests that there was a party on the Energy Station with Neymar Jr. stationed in a VIP area before he started gambling. 

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Monaco is one of the oldest GPs on the track with loads of glamor and celebrities associated with it. Being a tax haven, the richest of the rich stay in Monaco, and hence the GP is bound to be star-studded. A tennis star was also spotted in the paddock on Saturday as she presented Max Verstappen with the pole position award

Max Verstappen presented the pole position award by Maria Sharapova

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Max Verstappen spectacularly took the pole position in Monaco. The Dutchman was 2-tenths then on Fernando Alonso’s provisional pole time but set the last sector on fire and gained three-tenths to snatch the pole position away from Fernando Alonso. After the post-qualifying interview, Maria Sharapova was seen presenting Max Verstappen with the pole position award. 

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The ceremony saw Sharapova signing the position award and then giving it to Verstappen, who also subsequently signed it. She could be seen dressed in a lovely yellow with the duo smiling as they shared the stage. The Tennis superstar also posted a story of herself around the Monaco racetrack. 

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What do you think about Neymar Jr. being hosted by Red Bull?