NHL Sports Betting Partnership with MGM

A multiyear NHL Sports Betting agreement with MGM Resorts International has been announced, with data for use in betting. This is the second major U.S. professional sports league to strike a deal with the casino giant since the Supreme Court opened the way to expanded gambling last spring. Las Vegas-based company is the league’s first official sports betting partner, just as the MGM-NBA sports betting agreement reached in July. As part of the NHL Sports Betting agreement, MGM gains access to proprietary data that could eventually include puck and player tracking information once that goes through a testing phase. Access to…