State legislatures across the US will consider legalising online casino in 2025, including Maryland and Virginia, where bills have been filed.
Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary, chair of the Maryland house ways and means committee, will again try to move an online casino bill in Maryland. HB 17 would allow for igaming regulated by the Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission (MSLGCC). It was pre-filed in December and it will officially be filed on 8 January, when the legislative session opens.
The bill is similar to one she filed last year that passed the house but didn’t get to the senate floor. Concerns about how digital gambling would cannibalise retail casinos became a sticking point. A senate bill suffered the same fate.
Atterbeary’s latest version would allow for existing video lottery operators and sports betting facilities to apply for icasino licences. The MSLGCC would also be able to issue five licences for applicants who “meet the requirements for an internet gamin..