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Slots supporters have the cash to back their cause
The horse-racing industry and gambling companies have pumped $3.8 million into a campaign to convince voters to approve slot machine gambling in Maryland, according to campaign finance documents released yesterday. Slots supporters have out-raised...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Peter Franchot, Casino and Gambling, Voting, Television Industry
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Maryland Million running with backdrop of slots vote
O, by the WayOn Saturday, I'll be covering my first Maryland Million Day. For fans who are unfamiliar with the event, it's a card of 12 horse races at Laurel Park (first post, 12:15 p.m.) where the horses are restricted to offspring of......Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Pimlico Race Course, Tim Keefe, Casino and Gambling
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Arundel slots proposal divides the community
Perhaps more than in any other place in Maryland, the debate over whether to allow slot-machine gambling hits home in Anne Arundel County, where the state's largest slots parlor might be built squarely in suburbia.
Royce Clark owns a small salon and...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Personal Service, Local Elections, Simon Property Group Incorporated, Casino and Gambling
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Magna gets another extension on due date
Magna Entertainment Corp., the owner of Maryland's Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, said yesterday it received another extension on the due date for its $40 million line of credit with a Canadian bank. It's the sixth time the deadline - now set for...Tags: MI Developments Incorporated, Pimlico Race Course
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Magna gets OK to use $2 million to promote slots
In a sign that pro-slots fundraising is heating up, the owner of Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park has secured permission from its parent company to use up to $2 million to encourage voters to authorize slot machine gambling in Maryland this November,...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Political Candidates, MI Developments Incorporated, Gaming and Lotteries, Casino and Gambling
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Cordish Cos. may enter slots license competition
Baltimore based Cordish Cos., which has built signature projects in the Inner Harbor and casinos in Florida, might compete for a slots license in Maryland if voters approve a November referendum legalizing the gambling machines, officials said. In an e-...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Political Candidates, T. Rowe Price Group Incorporated, Gaming and Lotteries, Penn National Gaming
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With public divided, campaign to pass slots measure heats up
With recent polls showing a drop in popular support for slot machines, pro-slots forces in Maryland are ratcheting up their campaign for November's referendum. And as a budget crisis worsens, Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to visibly promote the slots...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, National Government, Morgan State University, Political Candidates, Advertising
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Magna gets extension on line of credit
Magna Entertainment Corp., owner of Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, said yesterday that it has gotten another extension on the due date for its $40 million line of credit with a Canadian bank. It's the third time the deadline - now set for Aug. 15...Tags: Pimlico Race Course
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Shareholder challenges funding by Magna parent
The parent of Magna Entertainment Corp., which owns Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, must stop funding the racetrack company's operations at the behest of its founder, a dissident shareholder of MI Developments Inc. said yesterday in a regulatory...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, David Einhorn, Tourism and Leisure, MI Developments Incorporated, Pimlico Race Course
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A simple, honest version of the slots referendum
Supporters and opponents of Maryland slot machines are arguing over the wording of a slots-approval measure on November's ballot. The language goes on and on about education but says nothing about horse racing. Here's how an honest version would read:...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Gaming and Lotteries, Economic Policy, Juvenile Delinquency, Abusive Behavior
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Swung shut
O, by the WayThe Maryland Racing Commission had to weigh human hardship against business urgency yesterday and, some argued, the greater good of Maryland's racing community as it considered whether to delay the closing of the Pimlico Race Course backstretch. In a 4-3...Tags: Migration, National Government, Tourism and Leisure, Timonium, Government
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Laurel opens 10-day meet
Sun reporterMaryland's horsemen get a break today, returning to in-state racing for the first time in two months as Laurel Park opens for a 10-day mini meet. "As usual, you'd rather run at home," said Laurel Park-based trainer Rodney Jenkins, who will send High...Tags: Pimlico Race Course, Labor Day
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