Crab Sports Is Latest Maryland Online Sportsbook To Launch

Crab Sports Is Latest Maryland Online Sportsbook To Launch
Fact Checked by Jim Tomlin

The list of Maryland online sports betting operators is now at 11 as Crab Sports Maryland joins a growing lineup of choices Marylanders now have to bet on sports via computer or mobile device.

The Maryland Lottery & Gaming Control Commission announced that, on July 10, Crab Sports successfully completed a controlled demonstration of its online sports wagering platform. The platform is available at crabsports.com.

As part of the controlled demonstration, customers participated in live wagering as Maryland Lottery & Gaming staff ensured that Crab Sports was able to comply with all required procedures and that its systems functioned properly.

As a result, Maryland regulators issued a license to Crab Sports, Inc. and its operator partner, iGaming Cloud, Inc., for a Maryland sports betting app.

Crab Sports A Locally Focused Operator

Compared to some of its online competitors with national profiles, Crab Sports is a relatively smaller operator.

Previously, Crab Sports has described its business plan as “engaging local Maryland businesses to build market share through performance driven partnerships ensuring that all proceeds from sports wagering activities stay within the local community.”

One connection involving Crab Sports and a local company is a deal with Jimmy’s Famous Seafood in southeast Baltimore. Jimmy’s is a restaurant known in the Baltimore region and elsewhere for its crab cakes.

Best Sports Betting App Maryland Choices

Crab Sports joins a robust lineup of Maryland betting apps, including:

Barstool Sportsbook (operator for PENN Maryland/Hollywood Casino in Perryville)

Betfred Sportsbook (operator for Long Shot’s in Frederick)

BetMGM Maryland (operator for BetMGM Maryland Sports/MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill)

BetRivers (operator for Arundel Amusements/Bingo World in Brooklyn Park)

Caesars Sportsbook Maryland (operator for CZR Maryland Mobile Opportunity/Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore)

DraftKings (Crown MD Online Gaming)

Fantatics Sportsbook (operator for Maryland Stadium Sub, LLC)

FanDuel (operator for PPE Maryland Mobile/Live! Casino and Hotel in Hanover)

PointsBet (operator for Riverboat on the Potomac in Charles County)

SuperBook (SBOpco, LLC)

Also 10 Retail Maryland Sportsbooks

In addition to those companies, many of which offer Maryland sports betting promos, there are also these 10 retail sports wagering facilities in Maryland:

Bingo World in Brooklyn Park

Greenmount Station in Hampstead

Hollywood Casino in Perryville

Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore

Live! Casino in Hanover

Long Shot’s in Frederick

Maryland Stadium Sub at FedEx Field in Landover

MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill (from the company that offers BetMGM Maryland)

Ocean Downs Casino in Berlin

Riverboat on the Potomac in Charles County

Maryland Lottery & Gaming notes that additional mobile operators and retail locations are expected to launch in the near future.

In the recently concluded fiscal year (July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023), sports wagering contributed more than $25 million in taxes with proceeds mostly going to education. Plus, about $2 million in expired sports wagering prizes were paid to the Maryland Problem Gambling Fund, which supports responsible gambling programs, including free counseling for Maryland residents.

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Bill Ordine

Bill Ordine was a reporter and editor in news and sports for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Baltimore Sun for 25 years, and was a lead reporter on a team that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News. Bill started reporting on casinos and gaming shortly after Atlantic City’s first gambling halls opened and wrote a syndicated column on travel to casino destinations for 10 years. He covered the World Series of Poker for a decade and his articles on gaming have appeared in many major U.S. newspapers, such as the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald and others.

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