“It might be two, three years from now, we might say this is a nice little business in Delaware,” he said. There is no set date for implementation, however, which worries researcher Frank Fantini. Three Delaware racinos offer online gambling, with Delaware Park generating over two-thirds of the total revenue: They earned $27,496 from slots and video poker. Users wagered double the amount ($2.2 million) they did in January, and the online operators subsequently earned $64,986.
This is the second lowest amount since Delaware launched online gaming in November, and poker now represents 44 percent of total online gambling revenues, down 76 percent from December.Ĭasino gaming is on the rise. Online poker plummeted in February, dropped 16 percent to $73,971 from $88,390 in January. In February, iGaming revenues rose 13 percent to $166,454, but the state is still on pace to fall well short of their goal. Delaware iGaming Revenues Rise Still Falling Short of Targetĭelaware’s pre-regulation projection for online gaming was to generate $5 million in revenues in the first 12 months. In this week’s edition of Inside Gaming, Delaware’s iGaming revenues rise, Houston pushing for legalized gambling, and Kiowa County, Colorado shows interest in casino expansion.
