Zona de Azar USA – Maryland Casinos Begin Accepting First-Time Bets on Horse Racing

USA.- May 23, 2022 www.zonadeazar.com For the first time, bettors in Maryland won’t need to travel to Pimlico to place a wager on the Preakness Stakes. Now, citizens can travel to local casinos within the state and place bets there instead.

Since December of 2021, sports betting has been legal in Maryland at five of the state’s casinos. From December to January, bets jumped from $16m to nearly $32m. Total casino gaming revenue in Maryland has gone up nearly 18% for the fiscal year 2022 from 2021, from $1.4bn to $1.6bn.

Since December, bettors have placed $132,544,146 in sports wagers at Maryland casinos. Since the legalization of sports betting, Maryland casinos have brought in $12.6m in revenue.

In regards to sports betting, Horseshoe Casino VP of Marketing Tom Yorke said: “It just gives something else that our customers wanted. They’ve been asking for sports gambling for a long time, and they’re having a lot of fun with it.”

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