on its merits. They opted to directly address "whether the law Delaware passed in May to allow sports betting violated a federal statute on sports betting" (Farrell, A1). Delaware has the option to appeal to the full Third Circuit Court or to the Supreme Court but there is a sense that this approach is likely to fail because the panel's ruling was unanimous.
The end result according to Suzette Parmley (A1) was to limit Delaware's plans for a new sports betting lottery to parlay bets on professional football games only. The three Delaware racetrack casinos can only offer partly betting which means that betters would need to select the winners of at least three separate NFL games in a single wager. Ruled illegal were single game bets and wagering on a variety of other professional and collegiate sports. The Professional
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