All bets are off for the time being in Delaware

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Delaware planned to start taking bets on sporting events next month, becoming the only state other than Nevada with legalized sports gambling, but a federal appeals court in Philadelphia put a halt to the Delaware plan.

The court said Delaware would be violating a federal law against such wagering.

The state had pushed for sports betting as a way to deal with the struggling economy, but the NCAA and professional sports leagues opposed it.

--Mike James