Legalized sports betting in Maryland could start in the summer of next year after voters approved it on Election Day, but lawmakers still need to work out the details of how it will be implemented in the upcoming legislative session.
A separate constitutional amendment passed by voters to give the legislature more power in the state budget process won’t take effect until after Gov. Larry Hogan leaves office in 2023.
While all eight of Maryland’s U.S. House incumbents won reelection Tuesday, and Democrat Joe Biden won the heavily Democratic state’s 10 electoral votes in the presidential race, the results of the two statewide ballot questions have considerable fiscal ramifications for future years.
A comprehensive framework for sports betting passed unanimously earlier this year, but the coronavirus pandemic shortened the legislative session, and lawmakers asked voters to give the gambling expansion an up or down vote. That left the details on implementation to be worked out later.
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