Efforts to legalize online casinos in Maryland won’t move forward in 2024, according to Senator Ron Watson. Maryland legislators came to a budget agreement Wednesday, and online casino revenue wasn’t included as a funding source. The state’s legislative session officially ends Monday.
“Neither iGaming nor the referendum will move forward this session,” Watson told US Bets via email.
Watson sponsored one of the two bills that would’ve legalized mobile casino apps in Maryland. His bill, Senate Bill 603, never made it through the Senate. House Bill 1319, proposed by Del. Vanessa Atterbeary, passed through the House but stalled in the Senate.
Watson held out some hope earlier this session that lawmakers could still move forward with a referendum, even if they couldn’t agree on the components of a bill.
