MGM CEO Jim Murren and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman signed a deal Monday in New York City naming the Las Vegas-based company the league’s first official sports betting partner. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Resorts International has become the first gaming company to sign a sports betting partnership with the NHL. A giant puck promoting the Vegas Golden Knights displayed outside the MGM Grand next to Leo the lion at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las Vegas on Monday, May 28, 2018.
