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| 22 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 23 | 17 | | |
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| 24 | 18 | | Sports Wagering – Independent Evaluation of Sports Wagering Content – 2 |
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| 25 | 19 | | Required 3 |
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| 27 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring, rather than authorizing, certain sports wagering licensees 4 |
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| 28 | 22 | | and sports wagering operators that advertise in the State to contract with certain 5 |
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| 29 | 23 | | independent evaluators for certain purposes; and generally relating to the evaluation 6 |
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| 30 | 24 | | of sports wagering content. 7 |
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| 31 | 25 | | |
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| 32 | 26 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8 |
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| 33 | 27 | | Article – State Government 9 |
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| 34 | 28 | | Section 9–1E–17(d) 10 |
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| 35 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 36 | 30 | | (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 |
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| 38 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 39 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 40 | 34 | | |
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| 41 | 35 | | Article – State Government 15 |
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| 42 | 36 | | |
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| 43 | 37 | | 9–1E–17. 16 |
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| 45 | 39 | | (d) A sports wagering licensee or sports wagering operator that advertises in the 17 |
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| 46 | 40 | | State [may] SHALL contract with an independent evaluator licensed under subsection (b) 18 |
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| 47 | 41 | | of this section to evaluate and rate the sports wagering licensee’s sports wagering content, 19 |
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| 52 | | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1 of this Act is 1 |
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| 53 | | - | contingent on the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission issuing licenses as 2 |
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| 54 | | - | required under § 9–1E–17 of the State Government Article to at least three independent 3 |
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| 55 | | - | evaluators. 4 |
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| 57 | | - | SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 5 |
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| 58 | | - | July 1, 2025. 6 |
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| 63 | | - | Approved: |
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| 64 | | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 65 | | - | Governor. |
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| 66 | | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 67 | | - | President of the Senate. |
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| 68 | | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 69 | | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. |
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| 44 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 21 |
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| 45 | + | 1, 2025. 22 |
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