{"id":10484,"date":"2020-03-06T15:58:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=10484"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:58:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:58:09","slug":"marylands-legal-sports-betting-bill-passes-state-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/marylands-legal-sports-betting-bill-passes-state-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland\u2019s Legal Sports Betting Bill Passes State Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/maryland.jpg\" alt=\"Maryland\" title=\"Maryland\u2019s Legal Sports Betting Bill Will Now Be Reviewed By State Senate\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1331\" \/>Residents of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\/states\/maryland\">Maryland<\/a> may soon be able to make a legal wager on sports events. This because the State Senate has unanimously voted on passing a legal sports betting bill recently. <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MD\/text\/SB4\/id\/2088185\/Maryland-2020-SB4-Introduced.pdf\">Senate Bill 4<\/a> was voted in by the state\u2019s Budget and Taxation Committee. <\/p>\n<p>The result of this bill is to have a state referendum be part of the upcoming election in November. If voters support it, the state will then be able to offer nine sports betting licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Six of those nine licenses will be shared between the various sports betting interests in the state. This means half will go to the three main state sports locations. <\/p>\n<p><strong>WUSA9<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XbYW41h7EeE?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This includes <em>Pimlico Race Course<\/em> and <em>Laurel Park<\/em> and the <em>State Fairgrounds in Timonium<\/em>, where the main racetracks are in Maryland. The <a href=\"https:\/\/redskinswire.usatoday.com\/2020\/01\/22\/snyder-wants-betting-in-new-stadium\/\">new Washington Redskins stadium<\/a> will be getting one as well. The other three licenses will go to the state\u2019s casinos. All of them will be paying $2.5 million for the privilege, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\/legal-us-online-casino-sites\">casinos<\/a> with less than 1,000 slot machines only paying $1.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>The bill will also grandfather in the state\u2019s four off-track betting parlors. They already receive wagers on races but they can receive bets on professional and college athletics if the bill passes. Additionally, the bill sets out the recipients of the state\u2019s tax revenue from gambling. Most of it will go to fund K-12 public education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sen. Craig J. Zucker<\/strong> (D-Montgomery) who is the main sponsor of the bill said that Marylanders were eager to place legal sports bet and this bill gives them the opportunity to do so. The funds generated from taxing the sports betting industry will be used to develop education in the state. <\/p>\n<h2>Further Details<\/h2>\n<p>The bill would also allow license holders the right to a \u201c<em>skin<\/em>\u201d which means that they can support an online betting app. The licenses are set for five year periods. They can be extended for another five years after paying a renewal fee. As for the division of the revenue, <strong>licensees will be getting 80 percent of the net revenue<\/strong>. The <strong>state government will take 19 percent<\/strong>, while the remaining one percent will go to a minority contracting fund.<\/p>\n<p>Experts are estimating that <strong>Maryland could potentially generate $21 million a year<\/strong> from sports betting so that will be a sizable chunk of funds for the state. The bill still has to go through the state legislature though and multiple amendments may change its shape. Voters will need to make a decision in November if they want a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\/legal-us-online-betting-sites\">legalized sports betting market<\/a> in the state!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Maryland may soon be able to make a legal wager on sports events. This because the State Senate has unanimously voted on passing a legal sports betting bill recently. Senate Bill 4 was voted in by the state\u2019s Budget and Taxation Committee. 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