Delaware Supreme Court Says OK To Sports Betting

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According to the Delaware Supreme Court, the sports betting bill signed by Gov. Jack Markell has been okay’d. The State Supreme Court says it doesn’t conflict with the state constitution.

In an advisory opinion signed by all five justices, the high court ruled that the sports betting law signed this month by Markell would constitute a lottery and permitted under the constitution.

The only stipulation is, there must be an element of skill and the games must be based on chance.

The biggest opposition for sports betting in the state has been the National Football League. An attorney for the NFL had argued sports betting involved too much skill to be considered a lottery whose outcome was based on chance.

Even with the decision handed down by the justices, the NFL has suggested that it might sue the state over the issue just as it had done so before, unsuccessfully in 1976 when Delaware had a short-lived sports lottery.

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