Location: Maryland

Maryland mobile sportsbooks face tax hike

24 March 2025 at 6:50am UTC-4
Maryland Governor Wes Moore is proposing to tax online operators between 15% and 30% as part of the 2026 state budget. Moore and the Maryland General Assembly have come to the ...

High 5 Casino receives cease-and-desist from Maryland gambling regulator

21 March 2025 at 7:40am UTC-4
The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency has sent a cease-and-desist letter to High Entertainment LLC, the online casino content provider and operator behind sweepstakes ...

Australian sweepstakes casino receives cease-and-desist letter from Maryland regulator

18 March 2025 at 7:39am UTC-4
Australian sweepstakes casino operator Virtual Gaming Worlds, which is responsible for sites such as Chumba Casino and Luckyland Slots, has been sent a cease-and-desist letter by ...

Maryland online sportsbooks generate US$463.1 million in wagers in February

11 March 2025 at 8:10am UTC-4
Maryland’s online sportsbooks reported US$463.1 million in wagers in February, a year-on-year increase of 7.5% from US$442.5 million, according to figures from the Maryland ...

Illinois and Maryland consider legalization of DFS contests

30 January 2025 at 5:33am UTC-5
Lawmakers in Illinois and Maryland have introduced new bills to legalize DFS contests. Last week, Illinois senator Lakesia Collins introduced SB 1224, the Fantasy Sports ...

Maryland regulator sends cease-and-desist letters to sweepstakes platforms

16 January 2025 at 6:51am UTC-5
The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency has sent 11 cease-and-desist letters to sweepstakes operators. Despite six operators responding to the letters, none of the sites ...

Analyst: Maryland tax hikes would “rattle online sports betting sector”

15 January 2025 at 4:13pm UTC-5
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) sent a jolt through Wall Street today when he proposed steep tax hikes on gambling in the Free State. Taxation of online sports betting revenues would ...