Delaware: BetRivers to remain sole operator as sports betting expansion bill dies with session end

Monday, July 1, 2024 3:25 PM
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  • Matthew Kredell, PlayUSA

Delaware won’t expand past a single online sports betting operator this year.

The Delaware legislative session ended this weekend without passing the multi-operator sports betting proposal.

Rep. Frank Cooke sponsored HB 365, which would have authorized two skins each for the state’s three casinos.

Currently, BetRivers partners with the Delaware Lottery as the state’s sole online sports betting proprietor. The bill could have brought the total number of operators to seven.

The bill did initially advance from the House Administration Committee to House Appropriations on May 23. Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf, who co-sponsored the bill, confirmed with PlayUSA that it died in June when Appropriations did not take it up within 12 legislative days.