Maryland News

With the final day of the Maryland legislative session, April 8, having come and gone uneventfully, we can officially say that the online casino legalization effort is dead for this year. So, what killed it? For all practical purposes, hope was already extinguished last week when lawmakers didn’t include online casino revenue in the state’s budget. However, a […]

Maryland’s legislative session will end on Monday, April 8, meaning we’re now on the last play of the game when it comes to hopes for an online casino referendum this November. There’s clear momentum in the state, as the House passed a bill in March. However, the Senate has proven stubborn, and hopes of a last-minute change of […]

On March 26, Del. Vanessa Atterbeary presented her Maryland online casino bill to the Senate Budget & Taxation Committee, emphasizing its importance to the education budget and the efforts made in the bill to address concerns about employment in the retail sector. Although this year’s iGaming effort began in the Senate, those original bills are now dead. Atterbeary’s […]

Maryland Senators will hear testimony at noon on March 26 about the online casino bill that originated in the House. If Senators approve HB1319, Marylanders will be asked in November if they want to legalize iGaming. After the referendum on the online casino and poker bill, the state regulator would need time to create rules […]

Ultimately, “the people” will decide whether Maryland gains legal real-money online casino and poker gambling, the sponsor of HB1319 has said. That November ballot measure is coming closer to happening now that Del. Vanessa E. Atterbeary‘s bill has crossed over from the House to the Senate on March 16. If the Senate approves HB1319, voters will […]

A November online casino referendum in Maryland is looking more likely than ever, as the state’s iGaming legislation has now completed hearings in both halves of the legislature. On Feb. 26 and 28, Maryland lawmakers accomplished something that has proven impossible in any other state this year — finding traction for online casino and poker […]

Most of Maryland’s retail casinos expressed support for the state’s iGaming plan during a Feb. 26 hearing, but resistance from workers’ unions remains. The online casino bill’s sponsor, Del. Vanessa E. Atterbeary, showed her commitment as she took no breaks during a seven-hour-long committee hearing that included five hours of testimony from HB1319 stakeholders. About […]

Legalizing online casino and poker gambling in Maryland inched closer to fruition on Feb. 9 as Del. Vanessa E. Atterbeary filed a House equivalent to the Senate’s online casino bill. Sen. Ron L. Watson’s legislation is already working its way through that body. Atterbeary, D-Howard County, saw fast movement on the proposed legislation she filed on Feb. […]