Delaware issues RFP for egaming legal counsel
State lottery will select at least one law firm to assist with implementation of gaming regulations by November 18
Delaware’s state lottery has issued an RFP to select a law firm to act as its legal counsel for online gaming activities.
The organisation will engage at least one firm, to be appointed by November 18, to assist it with the implementation of Delaware Gaming Competitiveness Act of 2012.
Responses to the RFP are due on 1 November and interviews and oral presentations will follow over the subsequent fortnight.
Having selected gaming software partners in the form of WMS and 888, the state has set a launch date for its first egaming site of late October. All games will be offered under the control and operation of the state lottery but the state’s casinos will run their own branded sites.
Should it meet the deadline it will become the first US state to offer a full online casino offering, with New Jersey set to follow in November.
It launched the first phase of its egaming operations in August with free-to-play slots, poker, blackjack and roulette games, with websites belonging to the three Delaware-based casinos directing visitors to IGT’s Facebook-based DoubleDown Casino offering.