{"id":82649,"date":"2018-07-04T15:30:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T22:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=82649"},"modified":"2018-07-04T09:40:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T16:40:22","slug":"racetracks-handle-over-7-million-in-wagers-in-first-20-days-of-delaware-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/racetracks-handle-over-7-million-in-wagers-in-first-20-days-of-delaware-sports-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"Racetracks Handle Over $7 Million in Wagers in First 20 Days of Delaware Sports Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"

A total of $7,003,725 passed through Delaware\u2019s brand-new sports books<\/a> during the first 20 days of their full-scale sports betting operations in June.<\/p>\n

\"Delaware
Delaware Governor John Carney contributed the first $20 to a pool a cash that would grow to more than $7 million within 20 days, as state residents lapped up their newfound freedom to wager. (Image: Fox News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If they can keep that up, it\u2019s the equivalent of generating over $127 million per year in handle — not bad for a tiny state when you consider the sports books of Las Vegas handled a record $248.8 million last year.<\/p>\n

According to figures released Tuesday, net proceeds amounted to $875,216, after winners were paid more than $6 million. Among those winners was Delaware Governor John Carney<\/a>, who placed the first ever legal single-game sports bet outside of Nevada, at Delaware Park, on June 5.<\/p>\n

Handle with Care<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Carney had $10 riding on the Philadelphia Phillies to beat the Chicago Cubs that evening, and he won \u2013 outshining his counterpart in New Jersey, Phil Murphy, whose $20 on Germany to win the World Cup a week later was apparently the kiss of death for the team.<\/p>\n

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As sports betting is gradually rolled out around the US, it will be interesting to see which governor proves to be the most profitable ceremonial sports bettor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Carney will also no doubt be delighted that the state got to keep $437,609 of the total sports betting haul, leaving $352,256, or around 40 percent for the sports books.<\/p>\n

A Tax That Isn\u2019t<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Delaware taxes sports betting highly \u2013 at 50 percent, although officials claim not to tax it at all. State lottery director Vernon Kirk told Legal Sports Report<\/em> this week that \u201c[the racetracks] are our partners and we revenue share.\u201d<\/p>\n

For sports betting at the casinos, after winners are paid, Scientific Games (system provider) receives 12.5 percent. From the remainder, the State share is 50 percent, the casinos get 40 percent, and ten percent goes to supplement horse racing purses,\u201d explained Kirk.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While Delaware\u2019s early numbers are good, there are serious concerns that the disproportionately high tax-that-isn\u2019t will stymie the market. Sports betting is a small-margin business, and one that needs to be able to compete effectively against the un-taxed black market to thrive.<\/p>\n

\u201cStates should focus on the consumer experience and empower licensed, regulated operators the ability to offer a competitive product that fosters betting in a safe way and shuts down the illegal market,\u201d AGA senior vice president of public affairs Sara Slane told LSR.<\/em> \u201cHigh tax rates hinder the legal market\u2019s ability to compete with shady, illegal operators that don\u2019t pay taxes back to the state.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A total of $7,003,725 passed through Delaware\u2019s brand-new sports books during the first 20 days of their full-scale sports betting operations in June. If they can keep that up, it\u2019s the equivalent of generating over $127 million per year in handle — not bad for a tiny state when you consider the sports books of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":82655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRacetracks Handle $7 Million in First 20 Days of Delaware Sports Betting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Delaware sports betting generates than $7 million in bets in its first 20 days but are operators taxed too highly for the market to be sustainable?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Racetracks Handle $7 Million in First 20 Days of Delaware Sports Betting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Delaware sports betting generates than $7 million in bets in its first 20 days but are operators taxed too highly for the market to be sustainable?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/racetracks-handle-over-7-million-in-wagers-in-first-20-days-of-delaware-sports-betting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-04T22:30:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-07-04T16:40:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/carney.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/racetracks-handle-over-7-million-in-wagers-in-first-20-days-of-delaware-sports-betting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/racetracks-handle-over-7-million-in-wagers-in-first-20-days-of-delaware-sports-betting\/\",\"name\":\"Racetracks Handle $7 Million in First 20 Days of Delaware Sports Betting\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/racetracks-handle-over-7-million-in-wagers-in-first-20-days-of-delaware-sports-betting\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/racetracks-handle-over-7-million-in-wagers-in-first-20-days-of-delaware-sports-betting\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/carney.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-04T22:30:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-07-04T16:40:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Delaware sports betting generates than $7 million in bets in its first 20 days but are operators taxed too highly for the market to be sustainable?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/racetracks-handle-over-7-million-in-wagers-in-first-20-days-of-delaware-sports-betting\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/racetracks-handle-over-7-million-in-wagers-in-first-20-days-of-delaware-sports-betting\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/racetracks-handle-over-7-million-in-wagers-in-first-20-days-of-delaware-sports-betting\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/carney.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/carney.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Delaware Governor John Carney contributed the first $20 to a pool a cash that would grow to more than $7 million within 20 days, as state residents lapped up their newfound freedom to wager. 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