Monthly Archives: May 2009

Legislators and Lobbyists Lock Horns

By | Published: May 11, 2009
Expansion of gambling facing tough battle Late Thursday, May 7, the House passed new gaming legislation that increases the state’s share of gambling revenues. In an 30-4 vote, the House passed a measure Gov. Jack Markell estimates could bring in an estimated $52 million in new state revenues. The compromise measure calls for increasing the state’s share [...]
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Delaware House Approves Revised Sports Betting Bill

By | Published: May 8, 2009
The Delaware legislature took the first step toward establishing sports gambling in the state, approving a bill early Friday morning that was opposed by every major sports league in the USA along with the NCAA. Days after a similar bill failed to garner enough votes in the state’s house of representatives, the reworked bill — which [...]
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Sports Betting Bill Passes

By | Published: May 8, 2009
DOVER — Sports betting was rejected in the House on Tuesday by two votes. But in the early hours of Friday morning, after hours of intense negotiations among Gov. Jack Markell’s administration, party leaders and representatives of the state’s three casinos; after several false starts; after reports that the bill had no chance … it [...]
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