# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 11. Horse Racing

### Subtitle 2. State Racing Commission

#### Section 11-210

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Commission may:

  (1) adopt regulations and conditions to govern racing and betting on racing in the State; and

  (2) approve or disapprove:

    (i) prices that a licensee may set for admission to a race, a service performed, or an article sold at a track; and

    (ii) the size of the purse, reward, or stake to be offered at a race.

(b) The Commission may not adopt regulations that allow:

  (1) racing a breed of horse not now authorized by law; or

  (2) holding currently unauthorized:

    (i) intertrack betting;

    (ii) off-track betting; or

    (iii) telephone betting other than telephone account betting.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)