Hogan urges SWARC to act swiftlyĪs earlier mentioned, up to 17 entities were allowed to submit applications for Maryland sports betting permits last month. The three received the approval by the Commission earlier this month. Only three other applicants have cleared this hurdle so far – Live! Casino and Hotel in Maryland, Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore and MGM National Harbor. The approval by the state Lottery and Gaming Commission pushes the applicants to the second stage of the vetting process, where they will be evaluated by the Sports Wagering Applicant Review Commission (SWARC). Both casinos qualify to operate retail sportsbooks under Class A-2 permits, according to the state’s Sports Wagering Law. The facilities are among the 17 businesses allowed to submit their sports betting license bids by the MLGC when the application window opened last month. The two establishments that received a nod from the state regulator this week are Penn National Gaming’s Hollywood Casino in Perryville and Ocean Downs Casino in Berlin, which is owned and operated by Churchill Downs Incorporated. My wife and I were one of the unfortunate few who stayed longer than we probably should have.The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Commission (MLGC) has signed off on two more sports betting license applications. In retrospect, it was probably better off they left. Unfortunately, several of these customers left broke and upset without ever being able to obtain their well deserved promotional free play. There were several people who we spoke with who came just for the promotional free play who ended up loosing all their own personal money while waiting for promotional kiosks to work. Almost seemed intentional to get people playing using their own money during this time period. Fast forward 2+ hours later and the issue was finally fixed. Kept being told by different employees the issue should be fixed in 5 min. We arrived at 8:20am and upon arrival, we were informed the promotional kiosks were all down and inoperable and that they were working to resolve the issue.

My wife and I decided to make the long drive up. Saw a 4th of July Promotion for Ocean Downs regarding picking fireworks and winning free play.

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