Delaware Appeal of Sports Betting Rule a Losing Proposition

Delaware Sports Betting

Delaware's filing of a 24-page petition to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals asking the court to hear whether the state should be allowed to offer single-game sports betting will likely go nowhere claims one expert speaking to Gambling911.com on the condition of anonymity. 

"They (Delaware) will have to be able to show that the judges who decided on this matter did so without any concept of the law, and that is simply not the case here."

An Appeals Court foiled Delaware's attempt to offer single-game betting late last month. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Theodore McKee said single-game betting violated the Professional Amateur Sports Protection Act.

The hearing in front of a three-judge panel had been scheduled to discuss whether the four major pro sports leagues and the NCAA deserved a temporary injunction, which was denied by U.S. District Court Judge Gregory M. Sleet this month.

Under the August 24 ruling, the state of Delaware was still able to offer some parlay wagering on professional sporting events, but with yesterday's filing, governor Jack Markell is not settling for just multi-game betting options.

"The state of Delaware should have its day in court. We hope we get that opportunity," Markell said via statement. "We believe there are important legal and factual questions that should be heard by the entire court."

Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 21:47
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Single Game vs Parlay

Thu, 09/24/2009 - 12:34 — Guest
Frankly, the distinction between Single Game and parlay betting is a silly one on which to rest a legal argument, and the battle being fought over this concept is absurd. (One winning wager is skill, and two or more winning wagers are luck??!!) It must be understood that if a delaware resident really wants to wager on just one game, say, the Cowboys over the Redskins, he can always achieve that bet by making two parlay bets: one with the Cowboys tied to team X, and one with the Cowboys tied to team X's opponent. Sure, it takes an extra step, and sure, the payoff likely be reduced by having to use a parlay rather than a single-game bet to achieve one's goal, but favorable payoffs have never been the goal of state lotteries and their consumers (e.g., 500-1 payoff for a 999-1 true odds 3-digit number game) . So, why all the fuss over whether Delaware wants to accept single-game bets now, but didn't before. Who cares? Sports gambling is sports gambling, whether playing one game, two games, or six games. Would there be a similar distinction made between a 3-digit and 4-digit lottery game? This whole "skill" vs "luck" argument is idiotic. The skill required to win at sports gambling is not diminished, or increased by moving from 1-game bets to 2-game bets. I believe it's precisely the same.

Ur an idiot, how is betting

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 12:35 — Guest
Ur an idiot, how is betting a min. 3 team parlay the same as wagering on a single game at -110 ?