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Developer David Cordish's demands for concessions to help Maryland Live if the state expands gambling likely presage a special interest feeding frenzy at next week's General Assembly session.

Maryland's newest slots casino is expanding Thursday evening, opening additional floor space with more than 500 additional gambling machines and another bar.

A senior member of the House of Delegates leadership said Wednesday that Gov. Martin O'Malley is likely to call a special session to deal with the issue of expanded gambling in the next couple of days.

Towson Circle III, the $85 million downtown Towson development from Cordish Companies and Heritage Properties, has been re-branded Towson Square.

Baltimore-based real estate developer and casino operator The Cordish Cos. has arrived at a $3.5 million settlement agreement with the bankrupt owner of a racetrack and casino outside Indianapolis, according to court records.

Maryland Live Casino raked in a huge amount of dough during its first partial month of operation, the state announced Tuesday.

Penn National Gaming spent far more than any other company on lobbyists in Annapolis in the past six months, laying out $877,432 to make its case before lawmakers, according to a new report from the state ethics commission.

Chances dim for a summer special session

The developer of the city-owned land over Shot Tower Metro station wants to again revise its plans for the parcel, which has sat unused since 2004, the city's development corporation said Wednesday.

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.

Celebrity chef is serious about hamburgers.

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.

For years, restaurants in Power Plant have served food and drinks on floating piers in the Inner Harbor, allowing tourists and locals to enjoy in the summer sunshine. But recent plans to expand or improve the facilities have triggered hefty bills from state regulators.

The director of the Maryland Lottery approved the operations license for Maryland Live!, the state's third casino, set to open Wednesday night.

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.

AG's office advises Assembly it has right to expand gambling

Maryland's high court ruled Wednesday that The Cordish Cos.' Power Plant and Pier IV Office buildings on Baltimore's Inner Harbor are worth, for property tax purposes, more than $38.1 million — the amount established by city tax assessors.

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The developer of a casino scheduled to open next month at Arundel Mills will temporarily restrict southbound access to the mall beginning next week as it puts in place a new system.

The state has awarded a casino license to the sole applicant at the struggling Rocky Gap resort in Western Maryland.

Gamblers in Maryland will have a new slots facility to spend their money when Maryland Live! Casino at Arundel Mills opens at 10 p.m. June 6.

Baltimore breaking news for Thursday, April 26

Baltimore-based The Cordish Cos., known for pairing urban-style entertainment districts with sports venues, will work with the San Francisco Giants to build a $1.6 billion waterfront development near the club's ballpark and is planning three more sports-anchored projects in Las Vegas, Portland and St. Louis..

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General Assembly lets table games bill die, what this means for the Hollywood Casino in Perryville

General Assembly leaders reached tentative agreement Monday night on a state budget for the coming year and an income tax increase to help pay for it. But the full Assembly had yet to vote on the tax measure as the session's midnight end approached.

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.

Future of Camden Yards depends on continued evolution. Orioles will need to continue adapting to changing ways that fans want to use the stadium.

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.

Constantine Peter "Buzz" Beler is bringing the refined retro style of the Prime Rib to Maryland's newest casino.

Executives of Caesars Entertainment, the leading bidder for a slots parlor in Baltimore, gave lawmakers explicit assurances Friday that their company will not abandon the city for Prince George's County if the General Assembly approves a casino there.

The installation of the first set of machines at Maryland Live! Casino Wednesday was the latest development for the facility, scheduled to open in three months.

A proposal by the Prince George's County executive to single out National Harbor as the only good site for a casino in the county ran into fierce opposition on multiple fronts Wednesday in Annapolis.

Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III is dropping the county's long-standing opposition to a casino within its borders and endorsing construction of a $1 billion, Las Vegas-style gambling palace – a kind of Bellagio on the Potomac – at the riverside development known as National Harbor.

David Cordish, chairman of the Baltimore-based Cordish Cos., celebrated the completion of major construction at the $500 million Maryland Live! Casino at Arundel Mills mall Wednesday morning.

A centuries-old family cemetery in downtown Towson will be preserved as a part of the Towson Circle III development.

State says it mistakenly undervalued Montgomery Street home by $393,000

One of the nation's largest movie theater companies will anchor the Towson Circle III development, becoming the first announced tenant of a delayed project officials hope will spur revitalization in the heart of the Baltimore County.

Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold told the county's members of the House of Delegates Friday that anticipated slots revenue would likely stave off the need for public employee furloughs.

Melissa Schehlein's recently published book contrasts the largely vanished old Towson with the new

Phillips Seafood to join Cordish Cos. at Maryland Live casino

Mayor Rawlings-Blake to join in "major" announcement at ribbon-cutting for Phillips Seafood at Power Plant