As Maryland state senator Craig Zucker was walking to a late January committee hearing regarding his bill that would legalize sports gambling in the state, someone asked him about the chances for such legislation passing.
Zucker, a Democrat from Montgomery County, responded: “I would bet on it.”
That attitude seems to be the prevalent mood in Annapolis, Md., where state lawmakers in both the senate and the House of Delegates are mulling several bills that would put the question of legal sports betting to the voters in the November general election.
Maryland’s constitution requires passage of a referendum bill by the General Assembly, the governor’s OK and, finally, approval at the ballot box.
