3rd Circuit Declines to Reconsider Del. Gambling Plan

September 30, 2009

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt what is likely to be the final blow to Delaware's plan for a state-sponsored gambling lottery that would have allowed residents to make bets on individual games in several sports. On Tuesday the full court denied the state's request to rehear a panel decision reached last month that struck down the plan as a violation of a 1992 law that bans sports gambling with limited exceptions.