{"id":57062,"date":"2017-08-18T16:23:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T23:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=57062"},"modified":"2017-08-18T16:52:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T23:52:45","slug":"vegas-knights-owner-tells-espn-hockey-gambling-will-be-non-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vegas-knights-owner-tells-espn-hockey-gambling-will-be-non-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Knights Owner Tells ESPN Hockey Gambling Will Be Non-Issue for Team, NHL"},"content":{"rendered":"

One issue the NHL had to address before awarding Las Vegas its first major professional sports franchise<\/a>, was what influence gambling might have on the sport with a team located in Sin City. Owner Bill Foley assured the league then it would have no impact, a stance he reiterated in a story on ESPN.com Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Vegas Golden Knights Owner Bill Foley just wants to greet the hockey fans with a hug, and has little concern that having a hometown team in Las Vegas will impact the NHL. (Image: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cGambling is irrelevant to what we\u2019re all about,\u201d said Foley, a former attorney and businessman. \u201cYou can\u2019t gamble in the arena. When we have a game day, we go down on the sports books so you won\u2019t be able to bet on the Golden Knights at some of the local casinos.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foley was presumably referring to the fact that T-Mobile Arena offers no gambling, even though, technically, interested bettors will be able to use mobile phone apps to place bets during games from their seats.<\/p>\n

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What sportsbooks will do during a game is not quite so certain. The NHL can decide if games are taken off the board in Las Vegas sportsbooks, but to do that the league must make a formal request 30 days in advance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The first regular season NHL game is Oct. 10, and Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman AG Burnett\u00a0confirmed to Legal Sports Report that no such request had yet been made.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe books can obviously take bets on any event they wish, as long as it is within our regulations,\u201d Burnett said.<\/p>\n

Sportsbook Blips<\/h2>\n

Hockey is not particularly popular among sports bettors. Of the four major professional sports leagues, the NHL in terms of betting interest it generates at casinos. (NFL games garner the most action, followed by the NBA, and then Major League Baseball.)<\/p>\n

Some league commissioners are warming to the idea of having casinos connected to their games. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfied said in February that he was rethinking baseball\u2019s long held philosophical opposition to betting on baseball.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Betting) can be a form of fan engagement,\u201d he said. It can fuel the popularity of a sport.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

But NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has been less vocal in support of sports betting. He insists that hockey fans are more interested in the action on the ice any betting lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cGambling for us is probably an entirely different focus than, say, football or basketball, either at the pro or at the college level,\u201d Bettman said last year at a press conference. \u201cWe\u2019re about one percent of the book. Our game doesn\u2019t lend itself to gambling in the same way that football and basketball do.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SCOTUS Possible Game Changer<\/h2>\n

So while both Foley and Bettman are insisting that having a team in Las Vegas won\u2019t change anything, a Supreme Court decision expected soon could prove to be a total game changer.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court is currently considering a case from New Jersey, which is suing for the right to offer sports betting in that state. If they win, the decision could overturn the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, which would effectively allow any state to pass laws legalizing sports betting, making the matter of having teams in Las Vegas a moot point.<\/p>\n

While the court is expected to hear the case this fall<\/a>, a decision is eagerly anticipated in 2018.<\/p>\n

As far as being close to casinos, Foley told ESPN that most states have gambling options so that shouldn’t be a unique problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just isn\u2019t a factor any longer,\u201d he said. \u201cHonestly, there\u2019s gambling all across the country,\u201d Foley said, \u201cin Indian casinos, in Atlantic City, Detroit. So it\u2019s really not relevant in our view. We\u2019re just here to play hockey and win hockey games.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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