ATLANTIC CITY – You can place a bet on the Phillies at the brand-new Ocean Resort casino sportsbook. You just can’t watch them there.
At least not yet.
In the hustle to get opened before the weekend prior to the July 4 holiday, the casino neglected to order the MLB package for the bar that is within the sportsbook, an executive said. That bar has DirectTV, which does not carry NBC Sports Philadelphia, the former Comcast SportsNet, which serves as the Phillies’ flagship station.
“That will get fixed in the next few days,” said Joe Asher, the CEO of William Hill US, the company running the Ocean’s sportsbook.