Pete Rose Scheduled to Place First Wager at Arduous Rock Cincinnati Sportsbook
Pete Rose, MLB’s all-time hits chief, has been banished from the sport for greater than 30 years due to playing. But he’ll assist usher in Ohio’s legalized sports activities betting period on January 1.
All-time baseball nice and Cincinnati native Pete Rose provides a tv interview on the Arduous Rock Cincinnati throughout its grand opening in October 2021. Rose will return to the on line casino on January 1 to put the primary sports activities guess at Arduous Rock’s sportsbook. (Picture: FOX19.com)
Rose, a Cincinnati native and all-star participant for the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies, will place the primary guess at Arduous Rock Cincinnati’s retail sportsbook, in keeping with a launch from the Seminole Gaming on line casino.
In 1989, when Rose was the Reds’ supervisor, an MLB investigation decided that he had guess on his crew, which is a direct violation of league guidelines. He’s been banned from the league since, though MLB has granted some waivers for him to look at some Reds and league occasions. Rose’s requests to be reinstated have been denied.
After the Rose scandal, the Baseball Corridor of Fame instituted a coverage that anybody banned from the game wouldn’t be eligible for enshrinement.
Different Former Cincy Athletes Scheduled to Attend
Rose is anticipated to put the primary guess at Arduous Rock at 12:01 am on New 12 months’s Day. That coincides with the Ohio On line casino Management Fee’s resolution to permit sportsbooks to launch as soon as the ball drops in Occasions Sq., as OCCC Government Director Matt Schuler mentioned earlier this yr.
He received’t be alone, as Arduous Rock has lined up eight different Cincinnati sports activities legends to assist open the sportsbook. They embrace longtime Reds announcer Marty Brennaman and former gamers Tom Browning and Bronson Arroyo. Additionally available shall be Olympic gold medal monitor star Mary Wineberg, former Cincinnati Bengals Anthony Munoz, Ickey Woods, Jim Breech, and David Fulcher.
This received’t be the primary time Rose celebrates with Arduous Rock. A yr in the past, he and different Cincinnati celebrities, together with funk legend Bootsy Collins, participated within the official grand opening of the rebranded Arduous Rock On line casino. The on line casino truly opened in March 2013 however has switched arms a few instances. Arduous Rock closed on the on line casino cope with JACK Leisure in 2019.
Arduous Rock Authorised Wednesday
On Wednesday, the OCCC conditionally authorized Arduous Rock’s utility for its retail and on-line sports activities betting proprietor licenses.
We’re enthusiastic about launching our sportsbook on January 1,” Arduous Rock Cincinnati President George Goldhoff instructed the commissioners on the assembly in Columbus. “I believe it’s going to be nice for Ohio, nice for Arduous Rock Cincinnati.”
As a on line casino operator in Ohio, Arduous Rock was one of many firms that acquired preferential consideration from the OCCC for its proprietor licenses. Below the sports activities betting regulation the Ohio legislature handed almost a yr in the past, the state’s casinos, racinos, {and professional} sports activities groups got desire for brick-and-mortar sportsbooks and on-line purposes.
The regulation permits authorized proprietors to accomplice with one or two on-line sports activities betting operators and host one retail sportsbook.
Arduous Rock will function its personal retail e-book and its on-line app. The app is out there to obtain earlier than the January 1 launch date.
