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Two teams in Major League Baseball have struck a deal with very popular provider of online casinos and Internet gambling entertainment.  The match up is odd to say the least, as most professional sporting leagues in the United States are lobbying against online casinos.  The American sporting leagues claim the regulating online casinos in the United States runs the risk of endangering the integrity of sports match ups.

Nonetheless, the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets have both signed a deal with the Harrah’s Entertainment group.  Even more strange is that most online casinos do not accept sports wagers, but the Harrah’s group does.  It is not likely that America’s sports leagues are truly concerned about sports betting corrupting their games.  In Europe, professional sporting leagues are using online casinos to better track betting activity. 

In Chicago, the Cubs sold one of Wrigley Field’s most prominent billboard spots to Horseshoe Casino.  Horseshoe Casino is a subsidiary casino of the Harrah’s group in Hammond Indiana.  In addition to the add, the casino will also be allowed to run shuttles from the stadium to the casino, less than half an hour away.

The partnership with Harrah’s completely undermines the argument that professional sports leagues are against online casinos because of the danger of sports betting.  Casinos owned by Harrah’s in Nevada offer legal sports betting daily.  They even allow players to bet on Major League Baseball games, including the Mets and the Cubs. 

Regulating online casinos may be the only way the United States can actually keep track of unethical sports betting activity.

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