The Tampa Bay Lightning are the favorites at 7\/1, followed by the Toronto Maple Leafs (8\/1), Nashville Predators, Winnipeg Jets, Boston Bruins, and defending champion Washington Capitals at 10\/1.<\/p>\n
Professional hockey has long trailed the other big three sports when it comes to generating handle. The Golden Knights becoming Las Vegas’ first major professional sports franchise helped grow revenue, and expansion throughout the US is expected to only grow interest in the game, and subsequent income for the league.<\/p>\n
A Nielsen Sports study released this week found that the NHL’s annual revenue could surge by $216 million annually due to full-fledged sports gambling in states outside Nevada.<\/p>\n
\nToday’s announcement reaffirms that legal, regulated sports betting will create significant new revenue opportunities for sports leagues,” American Gaming Association Senior VP Sara Slane declared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Nielsen concludes the major chunk of the new revenue will come through “increased consumption of the league’s products.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vegas Golden Knights fans and bettors are printing ticket slips on futures and propositions at startling rates, and the flurry, or should we say Fleury, of activity is prompting sportsbooks to readjust their lines. The Westgate SuperBook opened Vegas’ season-long point over\/under\u00a0at 95.5 points. After the majority of bettors took the over, the casino moved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":89538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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