特拉华成为批准在线博彩的第三个州

　　特拉华是早在1992年就看好体育博彩发展远景的州之一，在那一年，联邦立法者通过了一项规定体育博彩是违法行为的法律，各州是被允许选择退出这一法律的，但是只有少数几个州选择这样做，特拉华就是其中之一。

　　在周四，特拉华的立法者再次张扬他们对1992年体彩禁令的排斥情绪，该州参议院以14比6的投票结果通过了该州体育博彩扩张法案，该法案允许新增20个非赌场场所经营体育博彩项目。

　　立法者并不仅仅满足于通过体育博彩的大规模扩张法案，此外，立法者还批准了在线博彩经营，特拉华成为内华达和新泽西之后实施在线博彩依法管控的第三个州。

　　“我们能保持特拉华始终处于博彩行业的最前线”州参议员临时议长安东尼。德鲁克表示“这是一个是特拉华成为博彩市场领导者的机会”。

　　内华达是博彩行业目前的领导者，上周，内华达监管机构许可了第一批的两家博彩公司经营在线博彩项目，Bally公司和 IGT公司获得了这一许可，内华达官方相信在今年年底在线赌场就可以在内华达正式运营。

　　“一旦内华达通过了他们关于在线博彩的法律，其他州就会紧随其后立即行动”博彩分析师史蒂夫。施瓦兹说“特拉华一直开放博彩行业，所以立法者对通过在线博彩业的税收增加州财政收入的机会趋之若鹜是毫不奇怪的”。

　　实体赌场也同样在今天通过的法案中得到意外的收获，目前，该州只有三家赌场获准经营基诺项目，新法律则允许超过100家的其他场所经营这一项目。

　　现有的赌场则将从新法案中获得老虎机费用减免、赌台费用几乎减免一半的好处，立法者相信这可以弥补赌场失去基诺项目专营权的损失。

　　译文：

　　Delaware was one of the states that had a vision about the future of sports betting back in 1992. Federal lawmakers passed a bill that year that made sports betting illegal. States were permitted to opt-out of the law, but only a handful of states chose to do so. Delaware was one of those states.

　　On Thursday, Delaware lawmakers continued to flaunt their exclusion from the 1992 law when the state Senate voted 14-6 to expand sports betting in Delaware. The new law allows for an additional 20 non-casino locations where sports books can be set up.

　　The legislators did not just stop at sports betting in the massive gambling expansion bill that was passed today. Additionally, lawmakers authorized online gambling. Delaware becomes the third state, behind Nevada and New Jersey, to regulate online gambling.

　　"We can keep Delaware at the forefront of gambling," said Senate President Pro Tem Anthony DeLuca. "This is an opportunity for Delaware to be a leader in the marketplace."

　　Nevada is the actual leader in the gaming industry. Last week, Nevada regulators licensed the first two gaming companies for online gambling. Bally Technologies and IGT were awarded the licenses. Nevada officials believe that online casinos could be up and running in the state by the end of the year.

　　"Once Nevada passed their laws regarding online gambling, you knew that other states were going to be right behind," said Gaming Analyst Steve Schwartz. "Delaware has always been open to gambling, so there's no surprise that lawmakers jumped on the opportunity to increase the state budget funds through online gambling tax revenue."

　　The land-based casinos received a perk from the bill that passed today as well. Currently, only the three casinos in the state can offer keno. The new legislation allows more than 100 other sites to start offering the games.

　　The existing casinos saw their slot machine fees eliminated, and table game fees nearly cut in half by the new bill. Lawmakers believe this will make up for the casinos losing the right to exclusivity with the keno games.