More than a decade later, Congress passed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, effectively banning sports betting nationwide. In 1976 the Delaware state lottery put out a forward-looking product: football parlays of three teams or more. Now think about what it means when those cards are printed by a state lottery playing dress-up as bookmaker.Ĭaptain Jack Andrews didn’t think he was going to find a soft spot when Delaware brought parlay cards back. But when you’ve spent the last few years in the fast-twitch world of online sports betting, stop and think about what it means to have lines set in ink and paper.
