{"id":292959,"date":"2023-05-04T10:53:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T10:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=292959"},"modified":"2023-05-04T11:58:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T11:58:02","slug":"vegas-bound-boss-defends-gambling-charged-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=292959","title":{"rendered":"Vegas-bound boss defends gambling-charged pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moments\ufeff before stepping onto a plane bound for the United States, where the NRL hopes to launch the 2024 season<\/a>, Peter V'landys<\/a> defended his plans to capitalise on America's multibillion-dollar sports-betting market.<\/p>\n

V'landys is on his way to Las Vegas to escalate talks about his radical venture and inspect the venue nicknamed "The Death Star", the likely location for the season-opening double header slated by the ARL Commission chairman.<\/p>\n

V'landys, who doubles as chief executive of Racing New South Wales, has drawn criticism in his push to deepen the NRL<\/a>'s ties with sports betting.<\/p>\n

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But in keeping with his trademark style, he's not backing down.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"Look, it's entertainment," V'landys told 9News.<\/p>\n

"You don't gamble to win money, you don't do it to become rich; you do it to entertain yourself.<\/p>\n

"Just like you go to a restaurant and you buy a meal \u2014 that's entertainment.<\/p>\n

"As long as you're responsible\ufeff with what your spending with that entertainment, it's no different to anything else."<\/p>\n

\"Souths,<\/p>\n

In V'landys' Las Vegas project, he sees two avenues for increasing revenue: broadcast subscription and a wagering operator.<\/p>\n

He believes combining the two would generate two times the revenue.<\/p>\n

"If you're betting on the product, you'll subscribe to the broadcast," he told The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n

V'landys hit back at those who say he's promoting gambling.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"No, I'm encouraging entertainment," he told 9News.<\/p>\n

"If you treat gambling as entertainment and you budget yourself to have so much on that entertainment, there's no problem with it."\ufeff<\/p>\n

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