... legalized sports gambling.  The state is hoping to raise revenue through sports gambling by allowing betting on single games in all of the major sports leagues as well as on college sports.

Delaware would basically become a giant sports book.  This is possible because the state previously had legalized sports gambling in 1979 when it ran a football "lottery."  This so-called lottery was in actuality parlay cards and were only played on NFL games.  Due to various factors, Delaware's original sports lottery lasted only a few short weeks before it was shut down.

When Congress passed a law outlawing sports gambling nationwide in 1992, it "grandfathered" in four states - Nevada, Delaware, Montana and Oregon - a...

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