interest could be growing<\/a>, as sports betting expands across the country, and Las Vegas hosts an extra race each season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn 2019, the Las Vegas Speedway will host the Pennzoil 400 in March, and the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoff race when the circuit returns in September for the South Point 400.<\/p>\n
Along with Nevada, the 2019 NASCAR schedule includes stops in Delaware and Pennsylvania, two states that have authorized full-scale sports betting in wake of the SCOTUS repeal.<\/p>\n
Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, California, New York, Kansas, and South Carolina \u2013 all states that host a race \u2013 have legislation introduced to regulate sports betting.<\/p>\n
Potential Interested Companies<\/b><\/h2>\n
Michael Gaughan’s South Point Hotel and Casino became a title sponsor for the September playoff race last year. The casino owner’s son, Brendan Gaughan, has driven for South Point Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series and NASCAR West Series.<\/p>\n
Already heavily invested in racing, the odds are presumably short that Gaughan will look to place his casino branding on a NASCAR team in 2019.<\/p>\n
Another viable candidate is MGM Resorts, the largest gaming operator in Las Vegas that’s been on the sports betting offensive.<\/strong><\/p>\nIn August, MGM struck a deal with the NBA to receive real-time data on the basketball games and become an official gaming partner of both the NBA and WNBA. In October, the company became an official sports betting partner with the NHL, and will receive proprietary data from the hockey organization.<\/p>\n
The following month, MGM reached a deal with Major League Baseball to also become an “official gaming partner” and use MLB branding in its sportsbooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NASCAR, the premiere stock-car racing circuit in the US, will allow teams and drivers to be sponsored by gambling companies and sports betting operators in 2019. While there’s been no official announcement from NASCAR, the SportsBusiness Journal says the auto racing company has informed its drivers and teams that, effectively immediately, accepting sponsorships from companies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":96931,"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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