Washington fans can’t place a legal wager on the Capitals in D.C. to win the Stanley Cup Final quite yet, but they now have the ability to make the short drive to Delaware to make that bet.
On Tuesday, the nation’s ‘First State’ became the first state to launch legal sports betting after the law outlawing the practice in states outside of Nevada was recently struck down by the Supreme Court.
Delaware’s three casinos will now offer single-game and championship wagering on professional baseball, football, hockey, basketball, soccer, golf and auto racing.
“Obviously the key is going to be the football season because the bulk of betting in America is on football,” Delaware Finance Secretary Rick Geisenberger told the Associated Press. “We’ll learn a little bit in June and July, but we’ll learn a lot more in September.”
New Jersey, Mississippi and West Virginia are all hot on Delaware’s heels to get legal sports gambling laws on the books and could all be taking bets by the time football season kicks off.
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