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The Rocky Gap Casino Resort said Tuesday it will expand its parking lot by 150 spaces, less than a year after its 550 slot machines and 10 table games started operations.

The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency gave approval Wednesday for the opening of the state's fourth casino — the Rocky Gap Casino Resort — in a rural area near Cumberland.

Western Maryland resort was one of original slots locations but has been plagued by financial woes

Hollywood Casino in Perryville, owned by Penn National, got preliminary permission Tuesday to open 20 table games to the public starting March 7. Maryland Live, the state's largest casino, does not plan to offer table games until April 11.

State's casinos plan to create 1,500 jobs by middle of the year

Maryland officials gave the go-ahead for a two-story casino near the Camden Yards stadium complex in Baltimore Tuesday while letting the developers of a Western Maryland casino scale back their plans for Rocky Gap.

Rocky Gap license holder wants to scale back casino

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.

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

Representatives of the two competing bidders descended on the long struggling Rocky Gap resort in Western Maryland Tuesday afternoon and presented vying plans to transform a state-backed development failure into a revenue generating casino.