But because of two votes at the Delaware House of Representatives, his plan didn’t succeed.

The idea of Markell was to expand also gaming at the state’s three racetrack/casinos and a larger state share of slot machine incomes to prevent additional cuts in the fiscal 2010 budget.

Besides, he also proposed an 8% salary cut for all state workers. The racetrack/casinos were against this proposal, because they claimed that such a thing would just drive them out of business.

Patty Key, who is the CEO of Harrington Raceway, expressed her opinion to Wilimington News-Journal, telling that the larger state take of slot machine income would cost the track $ 3. 2 million and that it wouldn’t make any money from sports betting.