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Parlay Sports Betting Leaves Delaware Flat
DOVER, DELAWARE --
With its sports betting concept crippled by an unexpected court ruling, Delaware is finding players unenthused by the parlay gambling the state lottery will host at the three state casinos. Patrons looking forward to single game betting are not excited at the idea of gambling on parlays, which increase house odds.
"I was looking forward to coming out the first couple weeks to see what it was like," Delaware resident Mike Straightiff told the Delaware News-Journal. "I still will do that, but the enthusiasm isn't there."
"It'll discourage me from betting," Ron Jones told the paper. "Parlays aren't worth it."
Players prefer single game bets to parlays because the house odds are more favorable. Generally, sports books take 4.5 percent of straight plays, but the number jumps to almost 32 percent for a two-game parlay.
Further, the court decision leaves much doubt if the state will be able to accept plays on sports other than football. That might be another nail in the coffin of the attempt by Delaware to bring sports gambling into the regulated, brightly-lit mainstream and out of the shadowy domain of organized crime.
"I thought that'd be great, if it was like a regular Vegas casino where you could bet on anything: basketball, baseball, whatever," says Straightiff. "Now it looks like it's purely NFL and purely parlays, which kills it for me."
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