Today, the NHL and MGM Resorts announced a partnership to build on the now legal sports betting in the USA. At the news conference Jim Murren, the Chairman of MGM Resorts and Gary Bettman, the Commissioner of the NHL, answered questions after a brief and detail-light announcement on this partnership.
But how does this affect the Leafs?
One Canadian reporter asked this question. In the broader sense, of course. Bettman’s answer was brief, and he said that Canadian clubs work with lotteries in each province, and that will continue. He mentioned there has been discussion (he did not say by who) on single game betting as opposed to the method used now, but, “As the law evolves [in Canada] you’ll see our evolution in dealing with it.