say their racetracks<\/a> and off-track parimutuel facilities should be able to incorporate sportsbooks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n“What sports betting will do for us is that people will want to come to the racetrack,” said Robert Enten, a lawyer representing the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association. “It’s not going to dilute in any significant fashion the number of people who want to go to a casino. But it is going to help us, because those people are going to come to the racetrack and maybe they’ll bet on the sports and hopefully, on the horses as well.”<\/p>\n
Adding further complexity is Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder, who wants to put a sportsbook lounge inside his NFL team’s stadium in Landover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lawmakers in Maryland are moving forward with legislation that seeks to remove powers from the general public regarding the expansion of commercial gambling in the state. Introduced by Sen. Nancy King (D-Montgomery), Senate Bill 325 proposes to amend the Maryland Constitution by repealing a prohibition that limits the power of the General Assembly to authorize […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":127317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Maryland Lawmakers Seek to Strip Voter Power Regarding Gaming<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n