Marylanders will soon be able to wager in person and online on the outcome of a sporting event, but poker players in Maryland remain unable to compete and wager online. With the ascendancies of sports betting, it is time for Maryland to join six other states — New Jersey, Delaware, Nevada, Michigan, West Virginia and Pennsylvania — in legalizing online poker.
Ten years ago, poker players in America did not have to dream about the possibility of making a wager. Online poker was popular and growing until April 15, 2011 — known as “Black Friday” to poker players — when the FBI and DOJ unsealed indictments against the biggest online poker sites effectively ending the possibility of placing a wager in an online poker game.
