2 More Sports Wagering Applications Forwarded To State Committee; Five Casinos On Track To Open Sportsbooks By December

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two much sports wagering licenses person been forwarded to a authorities committee for last approval, and sportsbooks astatine 5 casinos successful the authorities are connected way to unfastened this month, the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission said Thursday.

The applications from Long Shots, a edifice and off-track betting installation successful Frederick, and Riverboat connected the Potomac, an lawsuit abstraction with food, off-track betting and lottery games located successful Colonial Beach, Va., volition beryllium sent to the Sports Wagering Application Review Commission (SWARC) for consideration. Riverboat’s sports gambling abstraction volition beryllium located successful Maryland, the gaming committee said.

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In a release, the gaming committee touted some arsenic “small businesses with number and women owners,” addressing immoderate concerns astir the diverseness of licence recipients. Both establishments were connected a database of 17 entities designated for sportsbooks successful the authorities instrumentality legalizing sports wagering, the committee said.

“We’re highly blessed to spot these 2 locally owned businesses determination forward, and we’re anxious to proceed moving with them successful the coming weeks to motorboat their sports wagering operations,” said Maryland Lottery and Gaming Director John Martin.

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The SWARC connected Nov. 18 approved sports gambling licenses astatine the Horseshoe Casino successful Baltimore, Live! Casino and Hotel successful Hanover, MGM National Harbor successful Oxon Hill, Hollywood Casino successful Perryville and Ocean Downs Casino successful Berlin.

Martin said Thursday that Maryland Lottery and Gaming unit are scheduling 2 days of controlled demonstrations astatine the 5 casinos, a process helium likened to a formal rehearsal.

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“Everything is connected gait for the archetypal nationalist openings to hap successful December,” Martin said. “The facilities and the nationalist are anxious to get started, and truthful are we.”

CBS Baltimore Staff