NHL hopes to ban bets on Golden Knights at neighboring casinos

The NHL wants the action left on the ice.

According to ESPN's David Payne Purdum, the NHL will submit a request to MGM Resorts that it bans gambling on the city's new pro sports team, the Vegas Golden Knights, at two of its Las Vegas Strip properties.

The request covers the Monte Carlo and New York-New York, the two casinos that sit adjacent to T-Mobile Arena, the Golden Knights' home rink. The Nevada Gaming Control Board has not been asked to fully ban betting on the Golden Knights.

"One of the things we're focused on is the atmosphere in the arena," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told ESPN. "We're family-friendly."

MGM will need to work in short order if it plans to rule in favor of the ban, as the new Vegas franchise will play its first-ever regular-season home game Oct. 10 against the Arizona Coyotes.

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