Pete Rose Says He Still Bets On Baseball, Gets Denied Reinstatement By MLBGame's Hit Leader Denied Chance To Rejoin MLB |
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On Monday, Rob Manfred, commissioner of Major League Baseball, decided to uphold Pete Rose’s permanent ban from the MLB for gambling. Rose’s continued betting on sports in Las Vegas was cited as a reason for him seeing his third attempt at reinstatement fail.
At a press conference on Tuesday in Las Vegas, Rose explained his betting, according to a report from CBS. The game’s all-time hit leader, now 74 years of age, said:
“I’m not a stockbroker guy, but it’s similar. Gambling is just for pure enjoyment but I now have it under control. I live in Las Vegas because that’s where my job is. You’re probably the same as me—I’m a recreational gambler. I don’t bet every day. I’m not a casino guy. I don’t play blackjack, roulette, dice, all that stuff.
“I occasionally like to bet on horses, because I used to be a horse owner and have a lot of respect for people in that industry,” he continued. “But everything I do is legal. I’m very selective with people I associate with now.”
Rose was banned from the game in 1989 after being accused of betting on the game as a manager and as a player. For years he denied the allegations before partially coming clean in 2004.
Rose was the last active player to be his team’s manager.
Whatever Rose spends on sports betting each year is just a small part of Nevada’s booming sports gambling industry. Nevada sports books saw $3.9 billion in wagers in all of 2014, winning $227 million. Both totals were all-time highs for the only state in the country with full sports betting. Revenue from sports betting is up well over 10 percent this year.
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