Documents & Resources

SWARC License Award Decision Statements

Licensee Diversity Plans

Each mobile and retail entity that is awarded a license through SWARC’s competitive process must submit a diversity plan to SWARC within 30 days of its license award. Click below to view these plans.

Legislation

• Maryland’s Sports Wagering Law: Chapter 356 of 2021 (House Bill 940)

Pertinent Documents and Resources

• Mobile Licensees’ Diversity Plans Press Release (Jan. 18, 2023)
• Mobile License Awards Press Release (Nov. 16, 2022)
• FINAL — SWARC Mobile Application (Sept. 6, 2022)
• FINAL — SWARC Facility Application (Sept. 6, 2022)
• SWARC Letter to Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR) (Aug. 26, 2022)
• Dr. Jon Wainwright’s Review of the Keen Independent Research Report with NERA’s 2017 Disparity Study: Business Disparities in the Maryland Market (Aug. 17, 2022)
• Keen Independent Research Analysis of the Sports Wagering Industry and Relevant NAICS Codes (June 2022)
• Small Business Sports Wagering Assistance Fund (SWAF) Brochure (Aug. 3, 2022)
• DRAFT — SWARC Proposed Regulations (July 22, 2022)
• DRAFT — SWARC Facility Application (July 11, 2022)
• DRAFT — SWARC Mobile Application (July 11, 2022)
• [Video] Spectrum Gaming/Taft Sports Wagering Summit (May 6, 2022)
• SWARC Sports Wagering Industry Survey (Jan. 19, 2022)
• SWARC Sports Wagering Industry Survey: Response Summary (March 16, 2022)
• SWARC Outreach to Maryland Businesses: Sports Wagering Opportunities (Jan. 19, 2022)
• Keen Independent Research Analysis of the Sports Wagering Industry and Relevant NAICS Codes (Sept. 30, 2020)
• NERA Review of Keen Report with NERA’s 2017 Disparity Study: Business Disparities in the Maryland Market (Oct. 22, 2020)
• Taft, Stettinius & Hollister Report on Current State of the Sports Wagering Industry (Nov. 15, 2021)

Map of Designated Licensees

Click here to view a map showing the locations of the entities that were designated by law to offer retail sports wagering. The map also shows the exclusion zones around each location, within which other sports wagering facilities are prohibited by law, as well as enterprise zones and opportunity zones. Use the search bar at the top left to enter an address to see whether it is located in any of these zones. The map is for reference only. Final determination about whether an address is located in an exclusion, enterprise or opportunity zone will be made by SWARC.

Maryland Lottery and Gaming Sports Wagering Page

Click here to view the Sports Wagering section of Maryland Lottery and Gaming’s website (mdgaming.com). In its regulatory oversight capacity, Maryland Lottery and Gaming is responsible for conducting criminal and financial background investigations of all sports wagering applicants to determine their qualifications for licenses. Maryland Lottery and Gaming also drafted, and ensures compliance with, the state’s sports wagering operational regulations and produces monthly reports on sports wagering revenue.