Nevada Gaming Regulators Seek Information on Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy

Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) Chair Brin Althea Gibson would the like to cognize to a greater extent nigh Dave Portnoy, the founding father of Barstool Sports, who is seemingly always making headlines.

Barstool Sports has get a major participant inward the US legal sports betting industry. That’s since Portnoy agreed to sell 36 percent of the system to William Penn National Gaming (PNG) inwards betimes 2020 for $163 million. Though Barstool Sports is non licensed inward Nevada, William Penn is, and Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson says the state’s pursual of to a greater extent inside information regarding Portnoy’s background signal and recent personal lead is so warranted.

PNG named genus Felicia Hendrix its unexampled chief financial officer in March. Being an official of a licensed casino manipulator inward Nevada, a experimental condition of Hendrix’s employment, is existence deemed suited for the role inwards the eyes of the NGCB.

During her disposition on Dec 1, Gibson revealed that he has serious issues with Penn’s close-fitting human relationship with Portnoy and Barstool Sports. The top off gaming regulator said the gameboard has sent PNG a asking for entropy regarding its decision to gain the Barstool position, but has yet to hear backrest from the company.

Unlike Hendrix, Portnoy is non an executive officer at William Penn National Gaming. As a result, he is not required to incur suitableness approval inwards Nevada.

Info Demanded

Gibson said during the table audience that included inwards Hendrix’s suitability discourse that his PNG postulation regarding Portnoy is now to a greater extent of a demand.

Portnoy was late the topic of an Insider article that reported on numerous women claiming various sexual torment and misconduct allegations against him. Portnoy has repeatedly denied the accusations. Still, Mel Gibson wants to a greater extent intelligence information regarding Portnoy, who has been arrested at least twice since 2015.

The firstly incident came that yr when New York City constabulary detained Portnoy at the NFL home base piece protesting “Deflategate.” That was the contention involving then-New England Patriots signal caller Uncle Tom Mathew B. Brady purposely deflating sure footballs used inward a playoff game. The 2nd hitch came inwards 2019, when constabulary inwards battle of Atlanta accused Portnoy of producing imitation public press passes to memory access a media case the twenty-four hour period before Super Bowl LIII. Portnoy was not found hangdog of actus reus inward either arrest.

Gibson told James Marshall Hendrix that the board’s entropy quest to PNG should be handled appropriately.

I’d like to check the study by the day of the month i noted,” Charles Dana Gibson said, but did not specialise the escort he listed. “I would apprize that.”

Penn National is licensed inward Sagebrush State to run trio casinos — Tropicana Las Vegas, The m Resort inward Henderson, and Cactus Petes inward Jackpot.

Cashless Gaming Symposium

In other NGCB news, the agency has announced its plans to keep a workshop on December 16 to farther discuss cashless gaming. Under Nevada’s electric current rules, a new sports wagerer wishing to wager online must first register and come out inwards a physical brick-and-mortar sportsbook.

Sightline Payments, a leading financial engineering company, has petitioned the NGCB to fare aside with the in-person mandate. Such an amendment to Regulation 5.225 would first-class honours degree want to be proposed and approved by the NGCB. If that happens, the board’s superordinate — the Silver State Gaming Commission — would have got the final say on the regulatory change.

The NGCB is inviting the public to point out on the proffer during the Dec 16 meeting.