{"id":195293,"date":"2025-12-03T18:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=195293"},"modified":"2025-12-03T18:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:16:32","slug":"maryland-cracks-down-on-sweepstakes-casinos-and-prediction-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=195293","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Cracks Down on Sweepstakes Casinos and Prediction Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency (MLGCA) has intensified its scrutiny of unlicensed sweepstakes casinos, signaling that the state is ready to confront operators that skirt the boundaries of gambling law. The regulator also sent an official letter to the state\u2019s regulated sportsbooks, warning that any expansion into prediction markets could result in the [\u2026&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamblingnews.com\/news\/maryland-cracks-down-on-sweepstakes-casinos-and-prediction-markets\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency (MLGCA) has intensified its scrutiny of unlicensed sweepstakes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lse-mrkt"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/195293-maryland-cracks-down-on-sweepstakes-casinos-and-prediction-markets.jpg",700,350,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/195293-maryland-cracks-down-on-sweepstakes-casinos-and-prediction-markets-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/195293-maryland-cracks-down-on-sweepstakes-casinos-and-prediction-markets-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/195293-maryland-cracks-down-on-sweepstakes-casinos-and-prediction-markets.jpg",640,320,false],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/195293-maryland-cracks-down-on-sweepstakes-casinos-and-prediction-markets.jpg",640,320,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/195293-maryland-cracks-down-on-sweepstakes-casinos-and-prediction-markets.jpg",700,350,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/195293-maryland-cracks-down-on-sweepstakes-casinos-and-prediction-markets.jpg",700,350,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/195293-maryland-cracks-down-on-sweepstakes-casinos-and-prediction-markets.jpg",700,350,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/195293-maryland-cracks-down-on-sweepstakes-casinos-and-prediction-markets.jpg",700,350,false],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/195293-maryland-cracks-down-on-sweepstakes-casinos-and-prediction-markets-590x350.jpg",590,350,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=26\" rel=\"category\">London Market<\/a>","tag_info":"London Market","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=195293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/195294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=195293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=195293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=195293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}