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Maryland Gov. Bans State Employees From Insider Betting

4/28/2026

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Governor Wes Moore signed a directive banning Maryland state employees from betting with government data.
The order bans nonpublic information for private wagers, mandates reporting violations to the Attorney General’s Office and the governor’s office, and allows termination.
Lawmakers cited a U.S. soldier who won $409,000 betting on Nicolás Maduro’s removal and faced insider-information charges.
Investigators are probing March prediction-market bets on an Iran ceasefire that preceded the president’s announcement.

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Governor Wes Moore signed a directive banning Maryland state employees from betting with government data.
The order bans nonpublic information for private wagers, mandates reporting violations to the Attorney General’s Office and the governor’s office, and allows termination.
Lawmakers cited a U.S. soldier who won $409,000 betting on Nicolás Maduro’s removal and faced insider-information charges.
Investigators are probing March prediction-market bets on an Iran ceasefire that preceded the president’s announcement.