Del. Likely To Legalize Sports Gambling

Get this, fools: The Daily News reports today that Delaware is likely to approve sports gambling next year, with patrons possibly able to bet on sports by summer. Whee! By the time those Philadelphia casinos open, there won’t be any reason to go to them (except free drinks).

How can Delaware legalize sports gambling? It experimented with it briefly in the 70s, so it’s essentially grandfathered in (along with Nevada, Oregon and Montana); a 1992 federal law prevents gambling on sports except horse racing, because that’s a rich person hobby. (Note: I’m not saying anything bad about horse racing; I love it! But that’s because I hate horses.)

Don’t get too excited, though, it’s going to be stupid for some reason:

Unlike in Nevada, gamblers won’t be able to place a bet on a single sporting event.

Instead, he said: “You’ll have to place a ‘parlay bet’ - a minimum of two bets. You can bet the Eagles to win by seven [points], but you also have to bet [on something like] Brian Westbrook rushing for 100 yards.”

Of course! How dare gamblers be able to bet on something with decent odds. They might win money that way. Now they’ll have to get two bets right in order to win money (if I understand that correctly). No word on where these casinos are going to be, but one might guess places like Dover Downs, Delaware Park and Harrington Raceway, which already have slot machines and recently added roulette.

On a side note, the new places to eat at Dover Downs that opened in September have already closed. Ooh, I can’t wait to go already! When’s the MBNA Best Buy 400, we’ll make it a week down there!