casino and gambling industry
- MGM Resorts International says it would build a resort and casino at National Harbor near Washington if the state authorizes a site there —but only if Maryland lowers the tax rate on gambling revenue and allows table games.
- The developers of National Harbor announced Friday they have reached an agreement with Las Vegas giant MGM Resorts International to develop a luxury casino at the proposed gambling site on the Potomac River.
- It wasn't exactly crickets chirping, but the response to Harford County Executive David Craig's casino proposal from other elected officials was not overly enthusiastic.
- Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker says Maryland's gambling law has been a disappointment and that the state would be best served by legalizing table games and allowing a casino at National Harbor.
- In his role as one of 11 members of state Work Group to Consider Gaming Expansion, Turner's questions and comments to presenters during the panel's June 1 and June 12 meetings indicate he hasn't changed his mind about the need to let the five authorized facilities get up and running before the state approves a sixth.
- Rosy projections for revenue from a sixth Maryland casino and the legalization of table games ignore the practical and political realities that make a summer special session unwise.
- The staff of the General Assembly and its consultants told a work group on gambling expansion Tuesday that Maryland's market is not saturated and could absorb a new casino in Prince George's County.
- David Craig's full statement to state panel on potential gaming in Harford County
- Appeals court rejects casino developer Michael Moldenhauer's Baltimore bid, saying it's not in city's 'best interest.'
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- Though the latest call by Harford County Executive David R. Craig for the state to pass legislation to allow a casino to be built in the county has all the trappings of a campaign talking point, the idea is and has been a good one.
- City should seek more from casinos and billboards before turning to residents
- With the opening of the Maryland Live Casino at Arundel Mills mall, the number of slot machines operating in the state more than doubles — and, officials hope, so will tax revenue from slots.
- Harford County Executive David Craig says he wants his county to be considered as a future casino gambling site.
- Maryland's two casinos took in about $14.6 million in May, with both facilities' revenues increasing compared with a year ago, according to state regulators.
- A Maryland gambling expansion work group was impaneled by Gov. Martin O'Malley to consider gaming expansion and adding a sixth casino in Prince George's County.. During its first meeting June 1, which lasted more than five hours, the panel received a presentation from the Department of Legislative Services and testimony from operators of the state's existing and planned slots facilities.
- Nearly two years since Maryland's first casino opened, the state has yet to dole out any of the $3.6 million in slots revenue that has accumulated for small, minority- and women-owned businesses.
- Harford County Executive David R. Craig has asked a state work group studying gambling expansion to consider Harford as a casino site despite the proximity of an existing slots parlor in neighboring Cecil County.
- The short life spans of Cordish's prior gaming undertakings raises the question of how long the developer will maintain a stake in Maryland Live, especially if it fails to stop a large casino from being built in Prince George's County.
- The owner of the soon-to-open Maryland Live! at Arundel Mills and proponents of a new casino in Prince George's County squared off Friday as a work group set up by the governor and legislative leaders began looking at the issue of possibly expanding gambling in Maryland.
- Maryland's slots work group can't make a good judgment in time for a July 9 special legislative session.
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- Maryland legislators ended their special session on budget issues last week knowing there's a strong likelihood they may be summoned back to Annapolis in July to contend with the thorny issue of expanded gambling.
- Preakness 2012 comes at a time when slots-subsidized purses are breathing new life into Maryland horseracing.
- Slots money has injected new life into Maryland horse racing.
- Maryland's casinos brought in $14.5 million in April, with both locations increasing revenue compared with a year earlier, the state said Monday.
- Baltimore City Council approves Rawlings-Blake's 9-year plan; several oppose bill
- Proposal relies on projected revenue from slots
- The state has awarded a casino license to the sole applicant at the struggling Rocky Gap resort in Western Maryland.
- Gov. Martin O'Malley and top leaders of the General Assembly are considering the possibility of holding two special legislative sessions this year – one in May to deal with the state budget and another in summer to consider an expansion of casino gambling in Maryland.
- An advisory committee is recommending that Anne Arundel County spend two-thirds of the $15 million from the new slots casino on public safety, the rest on education, transportation and job training.
- The debate over a proposed casino in Prince George's County that encompassed much of the time and attention of state lawmakers during the waning hours of the General Assembly session April 9 was so crazy that Del. Frank Turner had to hide from reporters and lobbyists.
- Maryland House Republicans on Tuesday disputed the need for a special legislative session, arguing that the so-called "doomsday" budget state lawmakers adopted last week is far from draconian and that there's no need to raise taxes.
- The debate over a proposed casino in Prince George's County that encompassed much of the time and attention of state lawmakers during the waning hours of the General Assembly session April 9 was so crazy that Del. Frank Turner had to hide from reporters and lobbyists.
- The NFL relaxed its policy last week, allowing franchises such as the Baltimore Ravens to accept casino ads in game programs, on limited signs at stadiums and on local radio.
- The expansion of gambling in Maryland, again, distracts lawmakers from the more immediate concern of the state's budget.
- Good news for Perryville's non-profit organizations – they are eligible to receive part of more than $100,000 in casino revenue. And there will be more to come in subsequent years
- Mike Miller's tying of a gambling bill to Maryland's budget shows the corruption at the heart of Annapolis.
- General Assembly lets table games bill die, what this means for the Hollywood Casino in Perryville
- Laurel's District 23 Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters' bill to authorize Maryland to have a sixth gambling site in Prince George's County is being revised in the House of Delegates.
- A high-stakes bill to expand gambling is still unsettled in Annapolis, but one thing seems clear: The payout right now is going to lobbyists.
- Another $12 million in gross gaming revenue was generated by the Hollywood Casino Perryville's video gaming devices during March, the Maryland Lottery said Thursday.
- Gambling is picking up as Maryland's two casinos reported $16.3 million in slots revenue last month, the largest combined total since the two facilities have been in business.
- A Senate bill to add another slots parlor and legalize table games amounts to a massive giveaway to casino operators but would produce little for the state.
- The Maryland Jockey Club -- the financially-strapped operator of the state's major thoroughbred racetracks -- substantially cut its losses last year thanks to state slots subsidies, but it still falls short of becoming financially stable.
- A measure that would pave the way for a casino in Prince George's County picked up support Friday from Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, even as some city lawmakers raised concerns that it would endanger the gambling venue planned near M&T Bank Stadium.
- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's proposal to trim tax rate 20 cents by 2020 depends on revenue from the planned slots casino.