casino and gambling industry

• Highway and Road Transportation

Transportation, tourism officials preparing for debut of Horseshoe casino

About 10,000 people are expected to come to the city for the grand opening of the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore one week from today, a key early test for city officials and business leaders eager for a smooth launch.

• Maryland

Gambling with our future [Editorial]

• Opinion

In Md. governor's race, the pot calls the kettle black [Editorial]

The Maryland Democratic Party would have us believe it's Larry Hogan's use of public funds that's worrisome, not the casino interests funding Anthony Brown

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Battered by competition, Atlantic City casinos offer lesson for Maryland

Open gambling tables and slot machines were easy to find this week at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, now that the standing-room crowds once common to high tourist season at the world's most famous boardwalk have found other spots to visit and place their bets.

• Mental Health Research

Fort Meade reluctant to promote gambling

Maryland's largest and most lucrative casino threw an Independence Day party this month for one of its biggest neighbors: Fort Meade, the massive Army base just five miles down the road.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Cordish, Penn National file for New York casino license

The owners of Maryland Live casino – the largest in Maryland and one of the top revenue casinos on the East Coast – formally applied on Monday along with Penn National Gaming, Inc. for a license to develop a $750 million hotel and casino in the Hudson Valley region about 60 miles north of Manhattan.

• Gambling

Horseshoe Casino setting up the slots

The 2,500 slot machines being installed at Horseshoe incorporate the latest technology and pop-culture themes, ranging from "The Walking Dead" to the retro 1960s-era "Batman" television show. Unlike yesterday's one-armed bandits, today's machines are more akin to video games and some even mimic arcade rides, rocking your chair like a mechanical bull.

• Baltimore County

Baltimore County receives $1.5M small businesses, those owned by minorities, women

Baltimore County received $1.5 million to fund small, women and minority owned businesses through the Maryland Small, Minority and Women-Owned Business Loan Fund, according to a Wednesday, June 18 county-issued statement.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Dividing up the casino winnings

Since legalized gambling began in Maryland, tens of billions of dollars have been wagered in the state's casinos — spinning off funds for schools, the horse racing industry and local programs that have financed everything from paving and police to iPads and small business loans.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Maryland casino earnings jump 10 percent in May

Maryland's four casinos raked in about 10 percent more revenue in May than they did a year ago that month, although two of the four locations recorded slumps, according to figures released Thursday by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency.

• Baltimore City Paper

Bodog and Four Canadians Accused in Maryland of $100 Million-Plus in Illegal Online Sports Gambling

• Baltimore City Paper

The End

• Baltimore City Paper

Foxwoods Casino and its Portents

• Sports

Maryland racing industry embraces new optimism as Preakness approaches

Stakeholders in Maryland thoroughbred racing are as optimistic as they've been in decades, just a few years after the historic industry seemed on the verge of collapse.

• Opinion

Horseshoe Casino brings 1,700 jobs to Baltimore [Commentary]

When Horseshoe Casino Baltimore opens later this year, it will serve as more than just a proud new gateway to downtown Baltimore. The $442-million casino entertainment facility will create 1,700 new jobs downtown — infusing new tax revenue into the community and lowering property taxes for city residents.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Maryland casinos pull in nearly $71.5 million in April

Maryland's four casinos raked in nearly $71.5 million in revenue in April, mostly on the strong performance of Maryland Live Casino at Arundel Mills.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Horseshoe casino, city mount hiring campaign

Horseshoe Casino Baltimore is working with the city of Baltimore to hire about 1,700 people for jobs ranging from dealers to restaurant servers before it opens this summer. The city wants to help city residents get the jobs since its unemployment rate is currently about 8.3 percent.

• Food & Drink

Horseshoe Baltimore Casino reveals its chefs

John Besh and Aaron Sanchez will collaborate on a restaurant project at the Russell Street casino

• Gold and Precious Material

Annapolis-based McDonald's franchisee agrees to back wages for 138 workers

Operators of nine McDonald's throughout Maryland have agreed to pay more than $250,000 in back wages and damages to 138 workers after the U.S. Department of Labor found violations of minimum wage, overtime and child labor provisions.

• Baltimore City Paper

Place Your Bets

• Jobs

Casino, church team up to promote jobs to city residents

Baltimore Horseshoe Casino reaches out to city communities in attempt to hire local employees prior to launch.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Carroll-Camden area hopes Horseshoe casino brings luck

The owners of the Holiday Inn Express on Russell Street, as well as other businesses in the area, said they are betting on the Horseshoe casino to put Carroll-Camden on the map, and hope it will bring spillover economic development to the largely industrial zone.

• Harford

Time to stop horsing around [Editorial]

Such a change, however, is going to involve more than just more breeder incentives and bigger purses. Those changes, however, seem to have been a good start at sparking a revival.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Maryland reports $66 million in January casino revenue

January's cold likely chilled the take at Maryland's four casinos, which got a somewhat lackluster start to 2014. The casinos brought in about $66.2 million in revenue in January, the state said Wednesday.

• Carroll County Times

Carroll Delegates approve local legislation with minor changes

Carroll County Delegates approved ten pieces of local legislation Friday, including bills that would allow charitable organizations to host casino night fundraisers, increase the salaries of the sheriff and orphans' court judges, and increase alcohol license fees.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Five questions for Lorenzo Creighton

Though MGM Resorts International just won the state's Prince George's County casino license last month, the company has had a point man on the ground in Maryland for more than a year.: Lorenzo Creighton.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Maryland sees lowest casino revenue since spring

Maryland's four casinos brought in about $65 million in December, their lowest monthly revenue since the Rocky Gap Casino Resort opened in May.

• Harford

With more competition, Perryville casino holds own, manager says

The Hollywood Casino in Perryville, which caters to a clientele from the Philadelphia-Baltimore corridor, grossed more than $5.5 million in November. But, total revenue was down in November for the past two years since Maryland's first casino opened its doors in 2010.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

In saturated East Coast casino market, MGM deal in Maryland stands apart

By the end of 2016, MGM Resorts International plans to have built a nearly $1 billion facility at National Harbor in Prince George's County — high on a bluff above the Potomac River — that analysts say will transform the Maryland gambling market, potentially raising the state's profile as a destination for high rollers from around the world.

• Opinion

MGM was the right bet [Editorial]

There's reason to believe a proposed National Harbor casino would be the most lucrative of the three proposals the state chose from, but big risks remain in Md.'s latest gambling expansion.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

MGM chosen for Prince George's casino license

MGM Resorts International has been selected by a state commission to build an $925 million casino resort in Prince George's County. The panel voted 5-2 in favor of awarding a license to MGM, which proposed a massive casino beside Interstate 95 at National Harbor.

• Opinion

Mixed feelings about Baltimore's coming casino [Letter]

The rise of Baltimore's casino produces mixed feelings.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Casino bidder calls Prince George's site selection process flawed

With less than a week to go before state officials are expected to award a Prince George's County casino license to one of three final bidders, one of those bidders is crying foul.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Consultants say National Harbor would be most lucrative site for Prince George's casino

Putting a casino at National Harbor would bring in more money than two other proposed sites vying for the state's sole casino location in Prince George's County, consultants say.

• Opinion

The banana republic of Maryland [Commentary]

KO Public Affairs is the poster child for Maryland Democratic crony capitalism. Their business model relies on getting their friends in government to take more dollars from taxpayers to give to their corporate clients.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Bidders for Prince George's casino license enter home stretch

By the end of December, the location of the state's newest casino will be determined in Prince George's County, and one of three companies will begin spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build it.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Maryland casinos rake in nearly $66.4 million in October

Revenue from Maryland's four casinos totaled nearly $66.4 million last month, up $1.04 million in September, the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency reported Tuesday.

• Law Enforcement

Police, security say crime is low at Maryland Live casino

Ten million people passed through the doors of the Maryland Live casino over the past year, seeking fortune — or at least entertainment — at slot machines and poker tables. But some ended up leaving without their cellphones or wallets, becoming victims of petty crime at the state's largest casino.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

MGM proposes $925 million casino for P.G. County

Playing the final hand of the week in a round of bidding for the right to build a casino in Prince George's County, MGM Resorts on Friday proposed a $925 million resort at National Harbor.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Greenwood antes up for P.G. County casino

Aiming to secure a license for a Prince George's County casino, Greenwood Racing Inc. said it would ante $100 million into local road improvements and generate $30 million a year in tax revenue for the state, in part by accepting a higher state tax rate than required by law.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

State 'concerned' about Caesars allegations

Maryland gambling control officials said Tuesday they're "concerned" about allegations in other states involving the company building Baltimore's casino, Caesars Entertainment Corp., and are gathering information.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Caesars acknowledges federal probe, says won't affect Baltimore plans

The parent company of Baltimore's casino said Monday that one of its businesses is the subject of a federal investigation into money laundering — and that it was pulling out of a $1 billion casino venture in Boston.

• Baltimore County

In candidates' proposals for expanded pre-K, details will matter [Editorial]

Maryland has one of the best-educated populations in the nation, but it also has an achievement gap between children of poverty and those who have more advantages. The proposal by two candiates running for governor to expand pre-K has potential to help close that gap, but it is not a panacea.We have questions like, what will it cost, will overcrowded schools have the space and will it be mandatory or optional.

• Harford

Casino funds increase, state funds decrease to Harford schools

More money has been rolling into the state's casinos, but changes would have to be made at the legislative level for more of the funds to go to schools.

• Politics

Gansler expands pre-K proposal

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler suggested Thursday capping the amount of casino cash given to the horse racing industry and spending the rest on early childhood education, an investment Gansler said would be among his most important priorities if he is elected governor.

• Politics

Brown proposes making public pre-K available to all

Offering his take on an emerging issue of the 2014 election for governor, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will roll out a plan Tuesday to make pre-kindergarten education available to all Maryland public school children.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

September revenue for Maryland casinos reaches $65.3 million

Maryland's four casinos pulled in $65.3 million in revenue for September, a drop from $71 million from the month before, the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency reported Monday.

• Casino and Gambling Industry

Expanded bonus program boosts Maryland's horse industry

A new incentive program aimed at revitalizing Maryland's sagging horse industry started Thursday with the opening of the Fall Meet at Laurel Park, offering expanded bonuses for Maryland-bred horses that win, place or show.

• Lifestyle and Leisure

Penn National clears a hurdle needed to bid for Prince George's casino

Penn National Gaming Inc. took another step Thursday toward being able to bid for a casino license in Prince George's County after Maryland gaming officials approved a corporate restructuring for the owner of Hollywood Casino Perryville.

• Lifestyle and Leisure

Maryland Live casino's revenue up 64% in August

Maryland Live casino's August revenue spiked 64 percent compared with a year earlier, a nearly $21 million increase in a month that saw the debut of the gaming facility's 52-table poker room, the state said Thursday.