Maryland Delegate Pamela Queen shared Thursday at a House committee meeting that her new sports betting bill was inspired by a recent segment on sports betting.
Queen's proposed Maryland sports betting legislation, House Bill 1087, would ban wagering on in-state college campuses. Queen spoke briefly about the bill at a Thursday meeting of the House Ways and Means Committee, and while there wasn't a vote on the bill, Queen shared that a segment from late January sparked the bill's generation.
“About three weeks ago they had a whole program about sports gambling, especially the issues around college students even using their tuition to bet,” Queen said. “So what is a possible solution to this?”
Queen went on to explain her bill, which would put a geofence around the state's college campuses.