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NFL, NCAA oppose Del. gambling bill

Associated Press

Friday, March 27, 2009

DOVER, Del. -- State officials may have to run through the NCAA and National Football League before they can score additional revenue for Delaware through a sports betting lottery. Representatives of the NFL and National Collegiate Athletic Association visited Dover this week to lobby against Gov. Jack Markell's proposal to reauthorize sports gambling in Delaware. NCAA officials are threatening to ban all playoff games in Delaware if the state legalizes sports betting, and NFL ...

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