Delaware House Bill 365

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-22 - Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act is enabling legislation that establishes the framework and requirements for a competitive mobile sports wagering market in Delaware under the authority of the Lottery Director. Sports wagering is now legal in 38 states, and 29 states have legalized mobile sports wagering using computers or other Internet-connected devices, including the neighboring states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Pursuant to this Act, the Lottery Director is authorized and directed to commence the Internet sports lottery by administering a solicitation and request for applications process to license qualified operators that have entered into a market access agreement with one of Delawares existing video lottery agents. Each video lottery agent is authorized to partner with a maximum of two prospective Internet sports lottery operators, and certain minimum requirements for applicants are established in the legislation as part of the criteria the Lottery Director will develop to evaluate proposals from applicants. The Lottery Director may disqualify applicants that fail to provide required information. Further, the Director is not required to license applicants that are deemed not to be qualified.

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Lottery.

Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]
Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]
Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-05-22		Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
2024-05-15		Not Worked in Committee
2024-04-11		Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141175
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141175&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB365