Delaware Considering Table Games

With table games being the last thing that Atlantic City had to hold on to that the other states did not have, to hear that Pennsylvania had agreed to bring in table games with their slot machines had to be a huge blow. They know that this is another huge chunk of their revenues out the window as people will not travel to Atlantic City to play the same games they can get in their own back yard. But now Delaware has also decided to enter the arena, and is considering bringing in table games to add to their slot machines as well.
 
The state has been considering them for some time, and was not sure if it was financially worth the addition, but it would appear that lawmakers are much surer that they are. There are bills that have been filed now that clearly spell out how the table games would expand their gambling options from just offering slot machines in the state. The bills not only ask for approval of the table games, but they also make note of the creation of a commission to resolve gambling disputes, decide how the money will get divided between the state, the horse racing industry and the casinos, and the establishment of a new division of state police. This division would require the hiring of 40 new state employees so between the addition of these jobs and the ones that would have to come from the expansion of gambling, table games are looking like a very good deal for the state.
 
Some are concerned that the slot machines they have are considered by some to be too much gambling already. But lawmakers say that the slot machines are great for bringing in revenues, but they are also aware that if they don’t have table games as well and their surrounding states do – they have less to offer as an enticement for players to come see them.

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