State law brief
Maryland
Maryland publishes a direct agency position and named letters
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- Status on record
- Active enforcement
- Sweeps Coins redemption
- Not blocked by any state rule on our records
- Operators accepting players
- 39 scored operators, per our availability records
Is Maryland's cease-and-desist list a complete list of unavailable sites?
No. Maryland Lottery and Gaming expressly says its published list is not comprehensive. It is evidence of the agency's position and actions toward named businesses, not a complete catalog or a court ruling on every product.
What the law says
Maryland Lottery and Gaming says that licensed sports wagering and registered online fantasy competitions are the state's legal online gaming options, and that other forms of real-money online or mobile gaming and wagering are not operating legally. Its public cease-and-desist archive names sweepstakes brands including Chumba, LuckyLand Slots, McLuck, Stake.us, and Crown Coins. The agency cautions that the list is not comprehensive.
How it applies to dual-currency casinos
The statutory layer is different from that agency statement. Criminal Law section 12-201 defines a lottery device as an instrument promising money, property, or evidence of debt when an event or contingency occurs. That definition and the regulator's enforcement page support different parts of the record; neither should be presented as a court decision resolving every dual-currency system. For Maryland readers, the strongest current evidence is the combination of an official interpretation, published letters to named operators, and the underlying lottery-device language.
Enforcement on file
Maryland Lottery and Gaming publishes cease-and-desist records naming sweepstakes brands, including Chumba, LuckyLand Slots, McLuck, Stake.us, and Crown Coins, while warning that its list is not comprehensive.
Still unresolved
The open Maryland issue is how the regulator's broad online-gaming position and the lottery-device definition apply to a specific dual-currency product with a no-purchase route.
Sources we read
Information, not legal advice. State law, its enforcement and each operator's own terms change; for a decision that matters, talk to a lawyer licensed in Maryland. 21+ only.