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Delaware pays winners in canceled football lottery decision
Delaware lottery officials will pay winners of the canceled Touchdown II football lottery after the state attorney general advised against the cancellation. Lottery director Peter M. Simmons said the AG, Richard Weir Jr., directed rescinding the cancellation, though Simmons maintained the action aimed to protect bettors from potentially influential newspaper reports. The reports suggested Delaware’s betting lines were far off Las Vegas estimates, sparking the cancellation announcement.
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