(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.
Maryland Legal Code