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\"\"After what seems like an eternity, Maryland\u2019s<\/a> mobile sports betting platforms launched on Wednesday last week, just in time to reap the considerable commercial reward from a bumper weekend of sports action.<\/p>\n

And with a huge sports schedule over the Thanksgiving weekend Maryland proved it was right to go for legalising sports betting.<\/p>\n

The states sports books registered some 16.5 million betting transactions during the period to 27th<\/sup> November according to tracking firm GeoComply, that is very impressive given that a mature market such as New Jersey posted 17.1 million transactions for the same period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After what seems like an eternity, Maryland\u2019s mobile sports betting platforms launched on Wednesday last week, just in time to reap the considerable commercial reward from a bumper weekend of sports action. And with a huge sports schedule over the Thanksgiving weekend Maryland proved it was right to go for legalising sports betting. 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