Ever since penning that op-ed in the New York Times last November 2014, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has taken every opportunity to strengthen his case of bringing sports gambling “out of the underground.”

Speaking as a guest on the Boomer & Carton show earlier this week, Silver said that sports betting is “good for business”, pointing out that it creates an added element of fan engagement in the league. “We all know as fans if you have, even like a gentleman’s bet or a $5 bet with your friend on a game, all of a sudden you’re a lot more interested.”

The NBA commissioner also added that before writing his New York Times op-ed, he spent a great deal of time studying the sports betting infrastructure in European soccer and basketball with the idea of one day implementing a similar structure to the NBA.

His biggest takeaway from learning about that model was the intense level of scrutiny attached to betting activities in a lot of markets in Europe. From data-mining to anti-match fixing organizations, the amount of time spent monitoring sports gambling in the other side of the Atlantic is something that he thinks could work in the NBA once all the pieces are put in place.