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Major League Baseball Taps MGM as First Sports-Gambling Partner
- League is latest sports organization to forge such a deal
- NFL is now biggest holdout in push to embrace sports betting
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Major League Baseball named its first official gambling partner, part of a new multiyear marketing agreement with MGM Resorts International.
The deal is similar to ones the Las Vegas-based casino company has already inked with the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League, giving MGM the right to use baseball’s logo and trademarks in states that have legalized sports gambling. That leaves the National Football League -- the most popular sport among U.S. bettors -- as the only major U.S. league without a sports-gambling partnership.