Delta surveys customers about in-flight sports betting
The airline recently announced a partnership with DraftKings.
Key Points
- Gaming on aircraft is currently illegal in the US
- However, some states have proposed bills to make this legal
Delta has issued a new survey, asking its clients if they want “exclusive access to sports gambling (sportsbook) opportunities,” according to a report from View from the Wing.
The survey asked if customers would be interested in having sports gambling capability as a “trial or explore on your personal device through Delta’s Wi-Fi portal?”
Earlier this year, the airline announced a partnership with DraftKings, although no official agreements have been signed, according to the local report.
In the US, gambling aboard aircraft is currently illegal under the Gambling Devices Act of 1962. However, airports in jurisdictions where gambling is legal are permitted to offer gaming in their terminals.
But lawmakers in states like Connecticut have considered a bill to legalize sports betting on planes.
HB 6051 was created to allow in-flight sports wagering on flights “originating or terminating” in Connecticut. The amendment would also call for regulations to make sure betting activity on these flights would comply with the state’s established sports wagering laws, as well as with existing agreement that the state has with the Connecticut Lottery Corporation, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians.
The bill required 8% of the revenue generated from in-flight betting to go toward “supporting public education in the state’s rural and urban school districts.”
However, Senator Richard Blumenthal recently sent a letter to DraftKings CEO Jason Robins and Delta CEO Ed Bastian.
The Connecticut senator has asked the duo to “pause implementation of a recently announced partnership to offer in-flight gaming to passengers.”
Blumenthal wrote, “This new partnership advances the proliferation of sports betting, further fueling a crisis of problem gambling.
“Betting companies have leveraged data collected on consumers to entice them through bonuses and promotions to hook them on this addictive product – resulting in a public health crisis that is producing huge costs in addiction, financial ruin, family disruption and much more.”
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