\u201cNevada will always lead in sports betting. We will be like the big leagues to the minor leagues, and people wagering in other jurisdictions will always come here.\u201d he said<\/p>\n
But I think in a way the hotels will get a little bit hurt by special events like the Super Bowl and March Madness because if you are on the East Coast and with facilities in New Jersey, that\u2019s going to keep people from coming,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cWhy spend all of your money coming here when you can use it to bet on games there?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
Former chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board\u00a0Mark Lipparelli cranked the note of caution up a notch when he said that, while people visit Nevada\u2019s casinos from across the US and the world, the market should also be viewed as a regional one that is largely fed by visitors from California and Arizona.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything that looks like competition can have a negative impact on visitor volume,\u201d he said, adding that expanding sports betting to those two states in particular would have an effect on the Nevada market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A UNLV panel discussion on the future of the Nevada sports betting market in post-PAPSA America produced diverging opinions about whether liberalization and proliferation will threaten Las Vegas\u2019 status as a sports betting mecca. Nevada oddsmakers were largely rooting for New Jersey in its bid to get the Supreme Court to overturn PASPA, the federal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":91352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,18,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
UNLV Panel Examines Whether PASPA Repeal is Threat to Nevada<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n