Gary Bettman Exposed For Changing His Tune On Gambling

Sports insider Darren Rovell took to X today specifically to call out Gary Bettman and the NHL. Rovell was specifically critical of a new program rolled out by the NHL using team logos as part of a slot machine-style gambling game.

This position by Bettman is a complete shift from his original position when he went against gambling at the Supreme Court level. This is just the latest in a series of actions that have shown the NHL's massive flip on the issue.

The NHL not only has partnered with MGM but several other big companies. This includes ESPN who recently launched their own betting platform.

These massive promotions of sports betting and betting in general could be a slippery slope for the NHL. While all sports leagues are on the sports betting movement the NHL does have the smallest market of the major sports. This means one slip up and a major part of their revenue could be lost.