MLB concerned with sports betting info site

26 Feb 2007

ATLANTA, Georgia – As reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Prospective Braves buyer Liberty Media's ownership of a sports betting-information Web site has drawn the attention of Major League Baseball.

"'Our people are looking into it,' MLB spokesman Rich Levin told The Journal-Constitution on Thursday.

"…Liberty last year bought a 51 percent stake in Toronto-based Fun Technologies, whose holdings include a Web site called DonBest.com. The site, which doesn't accept or make wagers, provides gambling lines and extensive picks from 'expert' handicappers.

"Levin said MLB's 'basic rule is that an owner or anybody can't have any direct involvement in any kind of gambling enterprise." He said he did not want to "make a judgment' about whether Liberty's Web site would be found to violate that rule.

"If MLB does deem the Web site a problem, it could ask Liberty to divest that business, which is a tiny part of the company's overall holdings, as a condition of being approved as Braves owner…"

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	MLB concerned with sports betting info site 26 Feb 2007 <a href='https://ad.casinocity.com/adclick.php?n=a21efcd1'><img src='https://ad.casinocity.com/adview.php?what=-site:vendors/width:250/RON&n=a21efcd1' border='0' alt='' /></a> ATLANTA, Georgia – As reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Prospective Braves buyer Liberty Media's ownership of a sports betting-information Web site has drawn the attention of Major League Baseball. "'Our people are looking into it,' MLB spokesman Rich Levin told The Journal-Constitution on Thursday. "…Liberty last year bought a 51 percent stake in Toronto-based Fun Technologies, whose holdings include a Web site called DonBest.com. The site, which doesn't accept or make wagers, provides gambling lines and extensive picks from 'expert' handicappers. "Levin said MLB's 'basic rule is that an owner or anybody can't have any direct involvement in any kind of gambling enterprise." He said he did not want to "make a judgment' about whether Liberty's Web site would be found to violate that rule. "If MLB does deem the Web site a problem, it could ask Liberty to divest that business, which is a tiny part of the company's overall holdings, as a condition of being approved as Braves owner…"