Both houses of the Maryland General Assembly reportedly passed proposed legislation yesterday that would allow local voters to decide via a November referendum whether the state should legalize sportsbetting.
According to a Wednesday report from The Baltimore Sun newspaper, the measure seeks voter consent to award an unspecified number of successful candidate operators with licenses to open land-based and online sportsbooks although it does not yet specifically lay out who would be able to apply.
Gubernatorial necessity:
The newspaper reported…