Delaware's Senate approved a bill this
week that will authorize sports betting, sending it to Democratic Gov.
Jack Markell for his promised signature.
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The vote was not even close -- 17-2.
Delaware is poised to become the only state east of the Mississippi River to offer sports betting to consumers.
Having briefly experimented with a sports lottery in the 1970s, Delaware today is one of four states - with Nevada, Montana, and Oregon - which is exempt from a 1992 federal law prohibiting sports gambling.
The National Football League (NFL) and other professional sports leagues, as well as the NCAA, remain opposed to sports betting in Delaware.