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00:02 - We're going to go over the latest
00:05 on the potential of sports betting
00:07 and the Seminole Hard Rock app
00:09 returning to the state of Florida
00:11 based on the very latest news and legislation.
00:13 But we do have a story breaking here on the show, Sam.
00:16 So let's kind of start off with this
00:17 because we haven't heard the National Hockey League
00:20 associated with much sports gambling
00:23 or any sort of allegations or violations.
00:25 But we do have one coming in just now,
00:28 a player by the name of Shane Pinto
00:32 for the Ottawa Senator who doesn't play for them,
00:34 but they own the rights,
00:35 has received a 41 game suspension
00:38 for allegations into sports wagering.
00:41 So I know beyond that, Sam, we don't know a lot,
00:43 but this is definitely something we'll keep an eye on.
00:46 - Yeah, it's great timing for Sportsnet
00:49 who first reported this article
00:51 to report on it five minutes before our show starts
00:53 'cause I didn't know much about the situation either,
00:55 but like you just said,
00:57 a player that the senators own the rights to
00:59 is gonna be suspended for basically half the season.
01:03 Now, whether or not he was gonna be able
01:05 to play those games anyway
01:06 when the suspension would take effect,
01:07 like if he would not be called up
01:10 but in those games would count,
01:12 we don't know all the facts yet,
01:14 but basically the league came out with a memo
01:17 according to this article
01:18 that Sportsnet just put out there
01:19 that essentially reminded everyone of the policies
01:23 that like you can't bet on games, right?
01:25 So it wasn't breaking news there
01:27 and didn't actually identify him as betting on games.
01:30 They just said that he sort of
01:32 violated the league's gambling policy.
01:34 So what you wanna interpret that as is kind of up to you,
01:38 but I imagine we'll get some more news about this.
01:40 The NHL obviously is not a league
01:42 that has had to deal with this much.
01:44 The only scandals I really know of
01:47 are like from the 40s or 50s
01:49 that I briefly read up on before coming on here.
01:51 Obviously the NFL has definitely made more news
01:55 and even college has made more news.
01:56 So it's an interesting one to see how this develops.
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