A bill that seeks to spell out rules around real-time strategy games and multiplayer online battle arenas is among the proposals being considered by the Maryland General Assembly during this year’s three-month session in Annapolis.
“The eSports Act” got a hearing at Maryland’s House Ways and Means Committee, though committee members did not vote.
The bill aims to clarify the law to allow esports competitions to offer prize money or merchandise to winning participants. Without such a law, some companies would see a restriction on allowing Marylanders to participate or holding esports competitions in Maryland, said Del. Robin Grammer (R-Baltimore County).
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