In the aftermath of the SCOTUS decision, Manfred said the league was willing to seize the opportunity sports betting provided, as long as it was done right. Like other leagues, MLB believes its interests would be best served by a federal framework of regulation, rather than state-by-state.<\/p>\n
“Sports betting can be a great source of fan engagement,” Manfred told The Dan Patrick Show<\/em> in July. “The trick for us is to take advantage of the opportunity to drive fan engagement without letting gambling be too pervasive in the sport.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n“The challenge\u00a0for us is to make sure that whether it’s a uniform federal scheme — which we think would be the best, certainly the easiest to operate in — or 50 state schemes, those laws develop in a way that allows us to protect the integrity of the sport,” he added.<\/p>\n
All eyes are now on the NFL, the only league of the big four without a sports betting deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Major League Baseball has inked its first ever bona fide sports betting deal, with MGM Resorts International. The league — once so resistant to the idea of regulated betting on its games — joins the NBA and the NHL in calling MGM its \u201cofficial gaming partner.\u201d The deal gives MGM the right to use official […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":93443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,18,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
MLB Signs Historic Sports Betting Deal with MGM Resorts<\/title>\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