The Orioles and SuperBook Sports, a national gambling company, agreed to what the ballclub described as a “long-term partnership” in 2022. Since then, SuperBook began accepting mobile wagers in Maryland and the company opened a branded lounge at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Last week, though, SuperBook stopped accepting sports bets in Maryland, just over a year after initially launching its platform in the state. It was one of eight states the mobile sportsbook exited from, although it will remain active in Nevada, where it has operated since 1986.
There will be no changes, though, to the SuperBook lounge at Camden Yards this season, according to a person familiar with the partnership. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because the terms of the deal are not public.
Ahead of the Orioles matchup with the San Diego Padres on Friday, Baltimore’s first home game since SuperBook announced it was ceasing operation in the state, the company’s signage around the park — such as its “good teams win, great teams cover” advertisement on the outfield scoreboard — remained.
The terms of the contract between SuperBook and the Orioles were not disclosed in 2022. Neither the gambling company nor the Orioles replied to a request for comment Thursday.
The status of the team’s partnership with SuperBook is unclear beyond this season. The company’s branded bar and restaurant, which opened last year, replaced Dempsey’s Brew Pub, named for former Orioles catcher Rick Dempsey.
Following a national trend and a statewide law change, Maryland first accepted online sports wagers in 2022. In April 2023, SuperBook became the ninth mobile sportsbook operator in Maryland, but it struggled to carve out a portion of the online gambling market.
In June, for example, SuperBook’s handle — the amount of money gamblers wagered — represented only 0.1% of the $373 million bet on sports in the state. Meanwhile, sports betting giants FanDuel and DraftKings accounted for 44% and 34% of the handle, respectively.
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SuperBook Bar & Restaurant opened at Camden Yards in 2023.
Sports wagering has grown nationally since a 2018 Supreme Court case opened the door for its legalization on a state-by-state basis and its popularity in Maryland has been even larger than some expert predictions anticipated.
People in Maryland placed roughly $5.4 billion on sports bets — primarily using online platforms rather than retail sportsbooks — over the most recent fiscal year, receiving just over $4.8 billion in prize money back. That amounted to roughly a $570 million loss for gamblers across the state, raising $60 million for a statewide education fund.
Baltimore Sun Media reporter Sam Cohn contributed to this article.