The Verifiable Truth: Baseball and Casinos Don’t Mix, or Do They?

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Baseball and Casinos Don’t Mix, or Do They?

What’s good for the goose is supposed to be good for the gander, but in this case, who is the goose and who is the gander?

12.19.09
The New York Times

by MURRAY CHASS

Steve Swindal, a managing general partner of the Yankees, has other business interests outside of baseball. That’s where the slot machines come in... Swindal...George Steinbrenner’s son-in-law...Marian Ilitch...listed as an owner in the team’s media guide...first five years of the family’s ownership...name disappeared from the guide when the Ilitch casino was on the horizon... arrangement has raised some eyebrows among some baseball people, but Selig has sanctioned it. (FULL STORY)

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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Baseball and Casinos Don’t Mix, or Do They?

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