LEGALIZE ONLINE CASINO GAMING
Every day, people across Maryland are placing bets on online casinos — they’re just doing it on unregulated platforms that ignore consumer protection laws and generate no state revenue. Legalizing online casino gaming (or iGaming) would protect people and bring in hundreds of millions in revenue to fill state budget holes, at a time when Maryland is facing a fiscal crisis.
THE FACTS:
- Maryland loses out on $500 million in new revenue every year to unregulated iGaming.
- These online sites operate with no licenses or verifiable consumer protections, putting Marylanders — especially minors — at risk.
- Unregulated online casino gaming deprives the state of over half a BILLION in new revenue every year — that’s money we simply can’t afford to lose for critical state programs like education.
A WIN-WIN FOR MARYLAND
Tell your legislator it’s time to make iGaming legal.
In the eyes of many gaming corporations, not to mention lawsuit plaintiffs and state regulators, sweepstakes casinos act as traditional casinos, only without the oversight, consumer protections and tax laws
Unlike regulated sportsbooks and casinos, sweepstakes casinos don’t have to offer responsible gambling services, age verification or other consumer protections. Yet more than a million Americans play each month, and the games drew nearly $6 billion in player purchases last year, including $1.9 billion in net revenue, according to Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, a research analyst firm. The firm predicts those numbers will more than double next year.