8/15/09 update
More info:
1. Delaware's acting secretary of finance, Tom Cook, told USA TODAY on Thursday that the state would allow casinos to begin taking bets on all sports Sept. 1.
Although it has been known for months that Delaware planned to allow bets on
NFL regular-season games, which begin Sept. 10, this is the first time a state official has said the state's three horse-track-based casinos would so quickly offer a full range of sports betting.
"Our plan is to offer a wide variety," Cook said Thursday. "I think this has a huge potential to create a lot of buzz."
The decision to allow betting on all sports from the outset will have a major impact on business, said Ed Sutor, CEO of Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment, which has a Delaware casino. "Our biggest fear has been that if we didn't offer a full array of sports betting that it would create a bad first impression," he said.
Sutor said his company spent $5 million renovating its facility for sports betting. Cook said there would be about 75 sports-betting stations among the casinos.
There will be no difference between the sports and bets offered in Delaware and those available in Nevada, said Joe Asher, president and CEO of Brandywine Bookmaking, the company tapped by Delaware to provide odds in the state.
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The line on betting in Delaware
By DICK JERARDI
Philadelphia Daily News
according to the Philadelphia Daily News
(I believe this is speculation by DICK JERARDI as an example of betting.)
say, you want to bet $100 on the Eagles, giving six points to the Redskins, you will have to give the teller $110. If you win, you will get $210 back. If you lose, you lost your bet, including that 10 percent. That 10 percent "vigorish," or "juice," is how so many bookmakers have made a living for so long. If the Eagles win by six, it is a "push" and there is no "winner" on that game. The bettor gets the $110 back.
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