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Bruins' Jacobs Feels Sports Betting Will Build Greater Fan Interest

Jacobs believes there won't be any issues with the athletes themselves based on the salary structureGETTY IMAGES

Bruins Owner Jeremy Jacobs believes legalized sports gambling in the U.S. "will boost fan engagement" and "increase revenue -- for state coffers and for the various pro leagues and individual teams central to the betting action," according to Kevin Paul Dupont of the BOSTON GLOBE. Jacobs said of sports betting, "It will, probably, provide more income to the various franchises and to the players." Bruins CEO Charlie Jacobs also "suggested that gaming could be one way to enhance overall fan interest in the NHL." Charlie Jacobs: "I anticipate there will be a greater level of engagement from the event-goer and the casual viewer. Maybe the casual viewer becomes more than a casual viewer" (BOSTON GLOBE, 5/17). Jeremy Jacobs said of how betting will affect the integrity of the game, "There's a lot that will have to be managed, probably cautiously. ... We'll learn a lot from what's going on in Australia and Britain" (BOSTONSPORTSJOURNAL.com, 5/16). THE ATHLETIC's Joe McDonald noted Jacobs believes there will not be any integrity issues "with the athletes themselves based on the salary structure." In U.S. leagues, athletes "simply make too much for them to be bought or swayed easily by betting interests." Jacobs: "We like our class of players, who they represent and the earnings they get is a different situation" (THEATHLETIC.com, 5/16).

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE? In Winnipeg, Paul Wiecek writes while the U.S. Supreme Court decision "doesn't technically apply to Canada, it most surely does if American-based hockey teams begin raking in gambling dollars, rendering the seven Canadian NHL teams at an even worse competitive disadvantage than they already are by a devalued Canadian dollar." There has "already been a movement afoot in Canada to legalize single-game sports betting." Canada's Parliament likely will be "looking at the issue again now that the Americans have swung the door wide open." What is "good for hockey is good for Canada," and what is "good for politicians is to not have angry hockey fans with pitchforks on their doorsteps" (WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, 5/17).

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