Residents of the Old Line State are supportive of gambling and have consistently voted to expand gambling laws, most recently to include sports betting. It was not a huge leap for the state Maryland already has six casinos and is home to the second-largest horse racing industry in the country. Legalizing sports betting was discussed by legislative leaders in Maryland since PASPA was overturned in 2018. Betting is legal, so why is it still delayed? Like so many other things, mobile betting took a long time to come to Maryland partly because of COVID. This is like someone asking you at a bbq if you want a hot dog and when you say yes, no one gives you a hot dog. Mobile sports betting is legal in the state but operators have just begun applying for licenses. But mobile sports betting didn’t arrive in the state until November 2022.
Voters in Maryland approved sports betting in November 2020, the legislature passed and the governor signed into law legislation outlining the regulatory structure, and the rulemaking agencies finished their work in July 2021.
