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Looks like Baltimore's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community has a big, flashy, deep-pocketed new ally in town in the Horseshoe Casino on Russell Street, which opened Tuesday. - 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.
- 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.
- Two Maryland casino operators are teaming up in hopes of opening a casino and resort in the Hudson Valley-Catskills area of New York, and are considering other projects in that state, the companies announced.
- Two companies that unsuccessfully bid to win a casino license in Prince George's County have agreed not to challenge the decision, according to the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- With one week left before they make their decision, members of a state casino site selection commission went over final details on Thursday of three competing proposals for a casino in Prince George's County.
- 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.
- 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.
- Penn National's track record as an employer in Maryland speaks well of its Prince George's casino bid.
- 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.
- 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.
- Raising the stakes among the three companies vying to build a casino in Prince George's County, Penn National Gaming promised Monday to plow nearly $320 million into the county's health and educational systems if it secures the coveted license.
- MGM Resorts International presented an early look Wednesday at the design for its proposed $800 million casino and resort at National Harbor in Prince George's County.
- 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.
- Three major casino companies are vying for Maryland's final license to operate a gambling facility in Prince George's County.
- With the deadline just hours away, two more bidders emerged Friday — one a surprise — to compete against MGM Resorts International for the right to build a casino in Prince George's County, which stands to reap millions from the project.
- Penn National Gaming and Greenwood Racing stepped up Friday to compete against MGM National Harbor for casino building rights in Prince George's County.
- Table games at Maryland Live Casino generated $8.4 million in revenue in their first month at the Anne Arundel County facility, on top of $38.2 million from its slot machines, the state reported Monday. Meanwhile, Penn National eyes Prince George's license with bids due Friday.
- On March 7, Hollywood Casino in Perryville will be the first casino in Maryland to open its table games – pending approval by the state Legislature, of course.
- The Cordish Cos., which developed and runs Maryland Live Casino at Arundel Mills mall, applied Tuesday for a gambling license in Massachusetts, the company said in a statement.
- Marta Mossburg's commentary on Gov. O'Malley based on fiction, not fact
- Maryland's casinos will be allowed to open 24 hours a day under new regulations approved Thursday by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission that also relaxed limits on lending to gamblers and ATMs in the facilities.
- Maryland Live is granted approval to operate 24-hours a day
- The campaign that won last month's referendum on expanded gambling spent almost $48 million, its share of the most expensive political fight in Maryland's history. But it didn't provide much of a direct cash infusion to the state's economy. Only 4 percent of its spending went to companies, nonprofits and individuals with Maryland addresses.
- Penn National Gaming was a $44 million loser in its bid to block expanded gambling in last month's election, but it came up a winner in terms of the percentage of money spent in Maryland.
- A broad coalition of donors — including casino giant MGM, Delta Airlines, a Washington nightclub and thousands of individuals across the country — together gave nearly $6 million to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland, providing a financial advantage that supporters say was critical to the campaign's success.
- The proposed 10-year revenue sharing and racing days deal between the Maryland Jockey Club and the horsemen provides the stability needed to revive the industry's business model.
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- Penn National's promise to support a lawsuit over Question 7 is just a stalling tactic to protect its profits
- One day after voters approved an expansion of gambling in Maryland, the state's largest casino said it would hire 1,200 new employees for table games – even as the ballot question's leading opponent suggested that it will turn to the courts.
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- After the most expensive political campaign in Maryland's history, proponents of a plan to expand the reach and variety of casino gambling in Maryland won a narrow victory.
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- Former Prince George's County Councilman Thomas Dernoga, a Laurel resident, filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the constitutionality of the expanded gambling referendum. If successful, the lawsuit could nullify the results of Question 7 on Tuesday.
- Candidates for office and advocates for some of Maryland's hard-fought ballot questions hit the streets Sunday in a final bid to drum up votes in Tuesday's election.
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- Two companies with a stake in voter approval of a casino in Prince George's County have turned over almost $1 million to former County Executive Wayne K. Curry to run a "grass roots" operation that hearkens back to the old Baltimore tradition of "walking-around" money on Election Day.
- Senator accuses Franchot of promoting West Virginia
- All over the state, Marylanders have been receiving robocalls from celebrities and elected officials delivering campaign messages.
- Casino fight dollars poised to exceed 3 governor races
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- As the Nov. 6 election nears, Marylanders are evenly divided on whether to make same-sex marriage legal in the state after opposition has grown in recent weeks, according to a new poll.
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