A federal appeals court rejected the state of Delaware’s plan to initiate single- and multi-game bets on sports, including NCAA basketball, according to CBSSports.com. The NCAA and several professional sports leagues challenged the state’s plan to raise money that would help it cover a budget shortfall.
According to an exemption in the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, Delaware is eligible to offer the same type of gambling games it provided between 1975 and 1992. In Delaware’s case, it offered a game in which gamblers could pick several NFL games in a lottery. The state attempted to use that precedent to extend gambling to more sports and for single games.
