Pete Rose was banned from baseball for betting on baseball. According to everything I've heard, none of this betting was on hockey. So while it was illegal, it did not jeopardize the integrity of the sport by creating a conflict of interest the way betting on your own sport does. So no, I don't think this will have any implications for Gretzky's status in hockey history.
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