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- Key senators on the committee that handles casino-related matters rejected the notion of taking up the issue of Internet gambling during next week's special session
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Internet gambling, which could bring slot machines from the casino floor to every home office or cell phone, moved from the periphery of Maryland's debate over expanded gambling this week to center stage under pressure from one of the state's most powerful gambling moguls. - Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is urging Baltimore legislators to resist the temptation to use a state gambling bill as leverage for a wish list of the city's other needs.
- After months of planning, a group led by gambling giant Caesars Entertainment is expected to get the green light today to build a 3,750 slot-machine casino ringed with restaurants a few blocks from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.
- Gov. Martin O'Malley said Friday that he would call lawmakers back to Annapolis for the second time since the General Assembly adjourned in April — this time to vote on a proposal to add table games to the mix of gambling choices in Maryland.
- Maryland's newest slots casino is expanding Thursday evening, opening additional floor space with more than 500 additional gambling machines and another bar.
- With time growing short for a decision on a special session on an expansion of gambling, House Speaker Michael E. Busch plans to huddle with his Democratic leadership team Wednesday as top legislators try to assess whether there are enough votes to justify calling lawmakers back to Annapolis
- Gov. Martin O'Malley's promise of an additional $223 million from allowing a sixth casino and table games doesn't quite add up.
- During this year's General Assembly, as politicians were locked in a debate over expanding Las Vegas-style gambling to the banks of the Potomac River, the legislature quietly passed a law that will let casino-like gambling spots in Anne Arundel and Calvert counties continue to operate.
- Gov. Martin O'Malley said Friday he won't bring lawmakers back to Annapolis next week to expand the state's gambling program as initially planned, but he will continue pushing the issue.
- Maryland Live Casino raked in a huge amount of dough during its first partial month of operation, the state announced Tuesday.
- It's unlikely a special session will be called this summer to pass legislation authorizing a sixth casino in Prince George's County and sending the issue to voters in November.
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- Franchot opposes special session, OKs Rocky Gap deal
- After sinking millions of dollars into the dream of a world-class tourist destination in the mountains of Western Maryland, the state is poised to cut its losses and turn the Rocky Gap hotel and conference center over to a private company that will open a casino at the lakeside resort.
- Members of a state work group on expanding gambling met behind closed doors for about four hours Monday, agreeing to recommend that Maryland allow table games at its casinos and keep its current cap of 15,000 slot machines statewide, according to several people who attended the session.
- 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.
- 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.
- A look at the games, restaurants and other amenities at the new Arundel Mills complex
- High-end restaurants, concert venue among efforts to compete with Atlantic City, other destinations.
- High-end restaurants, concert venue among efforts to compete with Atlantic City, other destinations.
- 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.
- AG's office advises Assembly it has right to expand gambling
- A recent audit of the State Lottery Agency found inadequate security protections for its computer systems and insufficient oversight of its video lottery terminal program.
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- The state has awarded a casino license to the sole applicant at the struggling Rocky Gap resort in Western Maryland.
- 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.
- If ever there were a matter of public policy that exemplifies the hypocritical and disjointed state of Maryland's legislative processes, it is gambling, in general, and the legislative inaction on gambling legislation in the General Assembly in the recently concluded session.
- 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.
- Pushing legislative brinkmanship to its limits, the General Assembly will go into the last scheduled day of its 90-day session Monday without an agreement on the one thing it must get done under Maryland's Constitution: pass a balanced budget.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Even so, it remains to be seen if slots in fraternal organizations' lodges remains a matter of local courtesy. At this point, there's legitimate reason to believe a slots parlor at a legion post in northern Harford would take away from what's played at the Hollywood Casino in Perryville. Since the state government has an interest in making sure that private venture does well, there's every reason to believe the legislature as a whole will want to protect the large casinos, even if it means
- 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.
- Measure would put gambling developments to a referendum in November
- The Maryland Live! Casino says it is opening an employment center to help fill more than 1,500 positions at its new Anne Arundel County slots parlor.
- Maryland's slots commission Friday threw out a bid by former state Democratic Party Chairman Nathan Landow to build a casino at the Rocky Gap resort, leaving a single offer on the table to construct a Western Maryland casino
- Maryland Del. Luedtke hopes to stop spread of 'backdoor slots'
- Board of Public Works approved spending of $168 million to equip the Maryland Live! Casino with 4,719 electronic slot machines.
- Maryland should take a cautious approach to web-based lottery ticket sales despite their potential as a lucrative fix to the state's ailing budget
