After Maine somewhat surprisingly legalized online casino in January, attention soon shifted about halfway down the Eastern Seaboard. The neighbor states of Maryland and Virginia stood out as two jurisdictions with as good a shot as any of joining Maine in 2026.
But Virginia, despite encouraging progress, punted in early March to next year, and later that month, Maryland did the same.
That little 68-square-mile-or-so district in between those two states, however, was paying attention.
Washington, D.C. got its own bill to legalize iGaming moving in April, and if a hearing Monday before the DC Council’s Committee on Human Services is any indication, our nation’s capital is giving legitimate consideration to regulating the much-debated gaming vertical.
