Spring training games will remain on the board at Nevada's sportsbooks. “Spring Training games are exhibition contests in which the primary focus of Clubs and players is to prepare for the coming season rather than to win games or perform at maximum effort on every single play. “Limited and historically in-person betting on Spring Training in one state did not pose nearly the same integrity risks that widespread betting on Spring Training in multiple states will pose.”Nevada’s Gaming Control Board declined MLB’s request. “Based on our history and experience in regulating sports wagering, we are not inclined to prohibit our licensed sports books from taking wagers on MLB Spring Training games,” it wrote in response, again according to Purdum. The chances that enough would be wagered on one spring training game to affect the outcome are small.

Source: Washington Post February 26, 2019 19:30 UTC