Online and mobile gaming is off to a magnificent start in Delaware.
Mark Eichmann of NewsWorks is reporting that the first month of online gambling attracted 2,800 residents, all of whom wagered $3.8 million combined in online gaming activities.
“It’s been going very well,” admits State Lottery Director Vernon Kirk. “It seems encouraging, especially the ability to continually and steadily add new registrants, new depositors every day.”
While encouraging, Kirk says the state’s numbers pale in comparison with New Jersey. Garden State casinos started offering online gambling last month as well.
The launch of online gambling in Delaware has not been without incident, however.
Some players have had difficulty depositing money into the system so they can make bets, Eichmann says.
Kirk confirms that the credit card companies “have been a little slower to come around,” but it doesn’t appear that gamers have been inhibited in any significant way so far.
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