The NBA still can, and likely will, try to make deals with other casinos who will be offering sports betting in various states or through mobile apps. MGM will be an official casino partner for the league, but will not have exclusive rights to the data. 'It's the use of the NBA's intellectual property and as we've discussed before we're very focused on integrity provisions to protect our fans, to protect those who choose to engage and bet on the NBA.' 'What this relationship entails is access to official data for the many casinos that MGM operates,' Silver said. With the start of preseason games still about two months away, there's plenty of time for those matters to get worked out. but not inside this country, at least for now. NBA stat data is distributed globally by Sportradar, which sends it to media outlets, broadcasters and betting outlets outside the U.S. How MGM will get that data remains unclear. And I'd say we generally tried to approximate in a sense to come up with what we thought was fair compensation.' 'But I think then in terms of the data we're providing, we have a sense of the magnitude of the current business and a sense of where things may go over the next few years. 'We understood the value of our marks, of official designations,' Silver said.
