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Pr. George's Residents Warm to Proposed Casino: Poll
A survey of residents contracted by the Washington D.C. Building Trades Council found residents were mostly positive about a proposed National Harbor Casino.  Maryland Gaming5/22/2012
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No Prince George's legislators named to state gambling expansion work group
(Maryland) -- Senate President Mike Miller and House Speaker Mike Busch each picked three representatives to a state work group that will consider gambling expansion,...
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O'Malley announces new gambling commission
(Maryland) -- Eleven lawmakers and legislative aides have been appointed to a commission to study the expansion of gambling in Maryland, Gov. Martin O’Malley...
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OP/ED: O'Malley's slots gamble
(Maryland) -- Our biggest concerns about the push to expand gambling at the end of this spring's regular session of the General Assembly were that there had been...
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Work group must complete PG casino study by late June
(Maryland) -- A new state commission charged with crafting a bill to expand gambling in Maryland will have to overcome a short time frame and skepticism from House...
5/21/2012
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Maryland Lawmakers Dread Possibility of Gambling Special Session
(Maryland) -- Maryland state legislators are not happy about the prospect of being called back to Annapolis for a second special session focused on gambling issues.
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O'Malley names panel to study gambling expansion
(Maryland) -- Gov. Martin O'Malley named an 11-member work group Monday night to study a possible expansion of gambling in Maryland and announced that if the group...
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O'Malley, Leadership Name Commission Set Deadline For Next Special Session
(Maryland) -- Maryland's legislative leadership has announced a possible date for a special session to consider the expansion of gambling.
5/20/2012
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One special session down, another to go?
(Maryland) -- State Sen. Jamie Raskin likens the prospect of being called back to Annapolis for another special session to the plight of a middle school student being...
5/18/2012
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Gaming is complicated if next session takes up issue
(Maryland) -- One special session of the General Assembly just ended and plans already are under way for another this summer for lawmakers to discuss an expansion of...
5/16/2012
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O’Malley will call special session on gambling
(Maryland) -- Gov. Martin O’Malley said Wednesday afternoon that the Maryland General Assembly will convene in a second special session this year to address the...
5/15/2012
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Call for Special Session on Gaming
(Maryland) -- Following heated debate in special session Tuesday, Maryland senators passed an income tax increase on residents who make at least six figures, a measure...
5/13/2012
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Editorial: Gambling question remains
(Maryland) -- The special session of the state legislature to generate additional state revenue through tax increases is pretty much agreed to before the opening gavel...
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LETTER: Let's scrap Baltimore slots and put them in National Harbor
(Maryland) -- Dan Rodricks raises an interesting point but still only offers two possible solutions to the slots conundrum ("On slots: A deal's a deal, baby,...
5/12/2012
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Hollywood Casino Perryville Generates $10.7 Million in April Revenue
(Maryland) -- From the Maryland Lottery: The Maryland Lottery today announced revenue numbers for the state’s two casinos, Hollywood Casino Perryville in Cecil...
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LETTER: It's a bet Maryland pols will get it wrong on slots
(Maryland) -- Kudos to Dan Rodricks' hilarious column on gambling at National Harbor ("On slots, a deal's a deal, baby," May 10). Under one-party rule...
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OP/ED: Casino will bring problems
(Maryland) -- Casino gambling: It’s sad to see it is coming to Western Maryland. Some powerful people and organizations know of its danger and what it brings. Just...
5/11/2012
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O’Malley proposes work group to study gambling in Maryland
(Maryland) -- Maryland officials are forming a work group to study the potential effects of expanded gambling on the state in advance of a possible July special session.
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O’Malley wants fast action from Md. gambling work group
(Maryland) -- In a bid to resolve some of the most difficult gambling issues left over from the last legislative session, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) said...
5/10/2012
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Expanded Gaming Not Likely Part Of Md. Special Session
(Maryland) -- While the Maryland General Assembly will convene early next week for a special session largely devoted to unresolved state budget issues, it appears a...
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Police prep for Arundel Mills casino opening
(Maryland) -- The Anne Arundel County Police Department already has a presence in the Arundel Mills Mall area, but they'll be stepping it up once the new casino...
5/9/2012
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On slots: A deal's a deal, baby
(Maryland) -- The approach to National Harbor, where three highways meet on the Maryland side of the Potomac River, is pretty much a wow, with the arched 18-story atrium...
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P.G. casino bid headed for special legislative session
(Maryland) -- Gov. Martin O'Malley said he'll move this week to set up a commission to study the expansion of gambling in Maryland, and that a special session on...
5/7/2012
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April slots revenue down $2 million from March
(Maryland) -- State slots revenue fell nearly $2 million from March to April, the first month-to-month decrease in revenue from Maryland casinos since October 2011.
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Maryland casino revenue up 8% in April to $14.5M
(Maryland) -- Maryland's two casinos generated $14.5 million in April, up 8 percent from the same month a year ago.
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Maryland's two casinos bring in $14.5 million in April
(Maryland) -- Maryland's casinos brought in $14.5 million in April, with both locations increasing revenue compared with a year earlier, the state said Monday.
5/6/2012
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Maryland Mulls Gambling Expansion
(Maryland) -- The governor of Maryland, Martin O’Malley, is said to be considering ways to expand gambling in the state, it was confirmed this week.
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OP/ED: Forget gambling — Prince George’s should go all in on health care
(Maryland) -- The 2012 session of the Maryland General Assembly will be long remembered for the failed effort to expand casino gambling and the last-minute collapse of...
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Taxes, gambling and teacher pensions discussed at joint meeting
(Maryland) -- Questions about new taxes, teacher pensions and gambling remain for the Carroll County Board of Commissioners and Carroll County delegations to the...
5/5/2012
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O'Malley may move to stall gambling expansion
(Maryland) -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley may create a commission to study the expansion of gambling in the state, a move that could delay efforts to have gambling...
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Luck on Gambling Revenue Will Change
(West Virginia) -- An event last Thursday in Annapolis, Md., may affect West Virginians more severely than anything that happened in our state that day.
5/4/2012
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Gambling expansion study already getting under way
(Maryland) -- Though Gov. Martin O'Malley just called a May 14 special session to deal with budget issues Friday, the General Assembly’s staff and a consultant...
5/3/2012
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Commission may weigh Md. gambling expansion
(Maryland) -- Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) could soon create a commission to advise the legislature about a possible gambling expansion, an issue that factored into...
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O'Malley considering gaming commission sans timetable
(Maryland) -- Talk continues about a special legislative session to consider gaming, but the governor's not going to rush into the issue.
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O’Malley considering panel to study gambling
(Maryland) -- Gov. Martin O’Malley is considering creating a panel to study expanded gambling in Maryland. Raquel Guillory, a spokeswoman for O’Malley, said...
4/30/2012
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Is Maryland gambling Alexandria’s future?
(Maryland) -- As Maryland lawmakers debate whether casinos belong in Prince George’s County, Alexandria waits to see if — and how — a full-service...
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Nov. ballot on casino faces several obstacles
(Maryland) -- Supporters of a possible casino in Prince George’s County are holding out hope to get the issue through the General Assembly and onto this November...
4/27/2012
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June 6 opening for slots casino at Arundel Mills
(Maryland) -- Maryland’s largest planned slots casino will open June 6 at Arundel Mills mall, its developer said Thursday, promising a “world-class gaming...
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New Maryland Casino Sets Date for Grand Opening
(Maryland) -- Gamblers, mark your calendars! The highly anticipated Maryland Live! Casino in Anne Arundel County will open its doors Wednesday, June 6 at 10 p.m.
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Casino developer picked for Western Maryland resort
(Maryland) -- After three years of lackluster bids and lukewarm interest from developers, a company has been chosen to build a slots casino at a debt-ridden state-owned...
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Panel approves slots license for Maryland site
(Maryland) -- A Maryland commission approved a slot machine license Thursday for a casino at the Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort in western Maryland.
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Rocky Gap casino license awarded
(Maryland) -- Hoping to turn around the struggling resort, Maryland's slots location committee awarded a license Thursday for a casino at Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf...
4/26/2012
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Barry Rascovar: Two special sessions make sense
(Maryland) -- What’s your pleasure? Two special General Assembly sessions? Three? There is a distinct possibility a trio of legislative meetings could be called...
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Editorial: Special session needed for budget — but not for gambling
(Maryland) -- The muddle that is Maryland's budget future cleared a bit this week as the three most important people in cleaning up the mess edged closer to an...
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Laslo Boyd: Where’s the leadership?
(Maryland) -- Last week, as the finger-pointing and angst about the meltdown of the General Assembly session continued, Gov. Martin O’Malley’s office...
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LETTER: Senator Muse on Gambling
(Maryland) -- Whether you support casinos in Maryland or not, one thing is certain, the proposed expansion of gaming will have no direct impact on the fiscal year 2013...
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Opinion: Two special sessions? Call it a disgrace squared
(Maryland) -- So the General Assembly couldn’t get its basic task — approving a state budget — done during a regular session. And that was with a...
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O’Malley May Put Tax Hikes & Gambling On The Table In 2 Special Sessions
(Maryland) -- Taxes and gaming. Governor Martin O’Malley appears to be lining up not one but two special sessions in coming weeks. One for taxes, and the other for...
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With two special sessions possible, groups want their bills considered
(Maryland) -- As the clock struck midnight on Sine Die, many Annapolis insiders were struck by the number of significant bills, most notably the budget, that failed to...
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Officials hope fourth slots license will kick-start revenues
(Maryland) -- Maryland lottery officials are scheduled to decide Thursday whether to recommend approval of the state's fourth slots license, a move that could help a...
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Panel approves slots license for Western Md. site
(Maryland) -- A Maryland commission approved a slot machine license Thursday for a casino at the Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort in Western Maryland.
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Rocky Gap slots license could get OK on Thursday
(Maryland) -- Donald C. Fry hopes the state slots commission he chairs will OK a casino license for Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort Thursday so the deal can go after...
4/25/2012
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Baker to business: Still not a pretty picture
(Maryland) -- Business owners continue to express faith in the ability of Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III to turn the county around, even as...
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O’Malley pushes two sessions on Maryland revenue, gambling issues
(Maryland) -- Gov. Martin O'Malley emerged Tuesday from a much-anticipated meeting with the state’s two leading lawmakers and revealed that he is not only...
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New casino sign towers over Perryville
(Maryland) -- It was a long time coming, but the new sign proclaiming "Hollywood Casino Perryville" high above the I-95 corridor is finally standing.
4/24/2012
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Annapolis leaders considering two special sessions
(Maryland) -- Gov. Martin O'Malley and top leaders of the General Assembly are considering the possibility of holding two special legislative sessions – one in...
4/23/2012
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Baker, unions push Md. lawmakers on gaming
(Maryland) -- Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III and several labor groups are calling on the governor and legislative leaders to consider...
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BLOG: Baker, Rawlings-Blake watching for special legislative session to press for gaming in Md.
(Maryland) -- As leaders in Annapolis ponder the scope of a possible special legislative session, the heads of two of Maryland’s largest jurisdictions are watching...
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Deadlock on special session could break soon
(Maryland) -- Gov. Martin O’Malley is expected to meet with legislative leaders Tuesday morning to discuss reconvening the General Assembly to finish work on the...
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Top Md. Democrats divided over gambling
(Maryland) -- Gov. Martin O'Malley and Democratic leaders in Maryland's General Assembly appear to be in agreement that the Democratic governor should call a...
4/22/2012
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Casino money could go toward public safety, education
(Maryland) -- When the Local Development Council met for the first time earlier this year, county officials asked the group for a recommendation on how to spend $15...
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High-end Prince George's casino in jeopardy
(Maryland) -- The $1 billion casino that Prince George's County's executive is counting on to bring much-needed revenue to the county is in jeopardy as Maryland...
4/21/2012
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Gambling committee chairman wants no gaming bills in special session
(Maryland) -- The chairman of the gambling subcommittee in the House of Delegates hopes there are no gaming bills in any special session called to fix the current budget...
4/20/2012
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Labor Unions Call On Lawmakers To Approve Gaming
(Maryland) -- Leaders of nearly a dozen unions, mostly in the construction trades, want lawmakers to approve an expanded gambling bill in a special session of the...
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Labor wants gaming bill in Md. special session
(Maryland) -- Maryland legislative leaders are divided over legislation that would allow table games at slots venues. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)A coalition of labor leaders...
4/19/2012
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Arundel to decide how to split the proceeds from new casino
(Maryland) -- Absent the colorful facade yet to come, the slots casino at Arundel Mills looks from the outside like a giant parking garage, but thousands of gambling...
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Caesars gives $100,000 to O'Malley-led group
(Maryland) -- Caesars Entertainment, the company hoping to win a state license to operate a casino in Baltimore, has contributed $100,000 to a Democratic group led by...
4/18/2012
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Delegate Turner blames Senate president's push for casino for budget failure
(Maryland) -- The debate over a proposed casino inPrince George's Countythat encompassed much of the time and attention of state lawmakers during the waning hours of...
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House gambling chairman wants no gaming bills in special session
(Maryland) -- The chair of the gambling subcommittee in the House of Delegates said Wednesday he hopes there are no gaming bills in any special session to fix the...
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Md. General Assembly: Senate leader Miller says impasse not about gambling bill
(Maryland) -- More than a week after Maryland’s legislative session collapsed, there was a fresh round of recriminations Wednesday but no discernible progress...
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Miller denies that gambling bill derailed budget
(Maryland) -- In a letter to Maryland senators, Senate PresidentThomas V. Mike Millersays there's been "tremendous misinformation" circulating about the...
4/15/2012
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BLOG: Should gambling be on a Maryland special session agenda?
(Maryland) -- As detailed Sunday in the pages of The Post, a long-festering rift over gambling played into the messy ending last week of Maryland’s 90-day...
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State lawmakers differ on necessity of special session
(Maryland) -- State lawmakers representing Washington County suspect they’ll be called back to Annapolis for a special session on budget matters.
4/14/2012
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Annapolis budget meltdown could sully leaders' reputations
(Maryland) -- Instead of the confetti, balloons and good will that typically mark the end of the General Assembly's 90-day session, the legislature adjourned Monday...
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Editorial: Gambling’s unholy grip in Maryland
(Maryland) -- CASINO GAMBLING was the cart driving the horse in Annapolis in recent weeks. In the closing hours of the Maryland legislature’s session, the cart...
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Our Say: Gambling lives down to its opponents' dire predictions
(Maryland) -- It took years of emotional debate to finally muscle a gambling bill through the General Assembly. And that success, paving the way for the 2008 vote that...
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Politicians in Annapolis gambling away the budget
(Maryland) -- Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to bury the notion of Governing. It has been suffering the ravages of age for some time now, so it perhaps would...
4/12/2012
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Officials worry over bill lifting casino restrictions
(Maryland) -- Ocean City officials and business owners have been worried for some time about the town's future commercial success if certain state government-...
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OP/ED: When it comes to casino revenue, don't look a gift horse in the mouth
(Maryland) -- Good news for Perryville's non-profit organizations – they are eligible to receive part of more than $100,000 in revenue left over from the town...
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With Casino in Doubt, Prince George’s Deals with Budget Woes
(Maryland) -- While the prospects for a casino in Prince George’s County remain on hold in the Maryland General Assembly, County Executive Rushern L. Baker is...
4/11/2012
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Bakers vows to keep pushing for Prince George’s casino
(Maryland) -- A proposed $1 billion, high-end casino at National Harbor was one of the most prominent casualties of the brinksmanship that marked the final day of the...
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Baltimore mayor wants gambling bill passed in special session
(Maryland) -- A special session to solve Maryland’s budget woes and complete the work left unfinished by the General Assembly should include a vote on a gambling...
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Casino games off the table, but for how long?
(Maryland) -- The Hollywood Casino in Perryville may see table games added to its venue, but probably not any time soon. The Maryland General Assembly had a slew of...
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In Prince George’s, Baker works on a ‘doomsday’ budget
(Maryland) -- Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III had hoped to wake up Tuesday morning with a big victory in hand. Instead, he was spending much...
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OP/ED: Gambling’s unholy grip in Maryland
(Maryland) -- CASINO GAMBLING was the cart driving the horse in Annapolis in recent weeks. In the closing hours of the Maryland legislature’s session, the cart...
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Rocky Gap Slots Plan Clears Hurdle
(Maryland) -- The Allegany County Commissioners and a casino developer have struck a deal removing a hurdle to slot-machine gambling at the Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf...
4/10/2012
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House-Senate deal collapsed in final hours
(Maryland) -- About 10:30 p.m. Monday, House Speaker Michael E. Busch walked across the State House and delivered a grim message to Senate President Thomas V. Mike...
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Md. Legislature Adjourns Without Revenue Plan
(Maryland) -- The Maryland General Assembly has adjourned after failing to pass a revenue plan needed to avoid roughly $250 million in budget cuts.
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Officials in Md. fail to vote on tax, casino bills
(Maryland) -- A package of tax increases on high-income earners and a measure to build a full-fledged casino in Prince George’s County collapsed in stunning...
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OP/ED: Debacle in Annapolis
(Maryland) -- It wouldn't be right to call the calamitous end of the General Assembly session a failure. The word "failure" implies that those involved...
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Time Runs Out For Table Games In Maryland [sub req'd]
(Maryland) -- A last-minute effort to salvage a gambling expansion bill in Maryland failed this week, scuttling efforts to authorize table games and a sixth casino near...
4/9/2012
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Baltimore delegates oppose Senate gambling bill
(Maryland) -- Baltimore’s delegation chairman in the House of Delegates opened the General Assembly’s final day with some political hardball Monday, vowing...
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Casino bill raises concern
(Maryland) -- There are good reasons for Ocean City officials and business owners to be wary of the potential effects of Senate Bill 892, which passed 35-11 in late...
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City delegation gets what it asked for in exchange for gambling bill
(Maryland) -- Del. Curt Anderson, head of the Baltimore city delegation, told Baltimore lawmakers to hold their votes on the Prince George's casino until they are...
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City House delegation sets conditions for casino votes
(Maryland) -- Baltimore members of the House of Delegates will vote unanimously against any expansion of gambling in Maryland unless at least three conditions are met,...
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Committee OKs slots expansion and table games
(Maryland) -- After a long afternoon of negotiations behind closed doors, a new version of a bill that could bring a sixth slots casino to Prince George’s County...
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Future of last-minute gaming bill unclear
(Maryland) -- The chairman of a House subcommittee that considers Maryland gambling legislation says it is unclear if a last-minute bill that would expand gambling in...
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House asks tough questions during gambling hearing
(Maryland) -- House lawmakers this morning had the first crack at asking questions about a new Senate-passed bill to expand gambling.
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House Ways and Means passes a gambling bill
(Maryland) -- The House Ways and Means Committee passed a bill that would allow gambling in Prince George's County and table games at all Maryland casinos on a 14 to...
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Maryland lawmakers seek extended session over taxes, casinos
(Maryland) -- Maryland lawmakers, deadlocked on critical issues over how to increase state taxes to fill a budget gap and whether to expand casino gambling, asked Gov....
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O'Malley says he would likely sign gambling bill
(Maryland) -- Gov. Martin O’Malley says he likely will sign a measure to expand gambling in Maryland. O’Malley said Monday night that he would “...
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Officials in Md. fail to vote on tax, casino bills
(Maryland) -- A package of tax increases on high-income earners and a measure to build a full-fledged casino in Prince George’s County collapsed in stunning...
4/8/2012
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Gambling again at forefront even as Maryland General Assembly session winds down
(Maryland) -- When Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) brokered a compromise on slots in 2007, he cast it as a way to move beyond a divisive issue that had paralyzed...
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Lobbyists win big with Md. gambling measure
(Maryland) -- The future of gambling in Maryland has dominated the General Assembly unlike any issue this year.
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Maryland bills, budget in race toward midnight
(Maryland) -- The 2012 General Assembly is scheduled to close Monday with lawmakers working frantically to approve a budget and decide the fates of hundreds of bills in...
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OP/ED: Slots brinkmanship
(Maryland) -- There's no question that the National Harbor development in Prince George's County has the potential to be an extremely successful casino site. It...
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Senate gives initial OK to doubling Md. flush tax
(Maryland) -- Maryland is on its way to becoming the first state to ban an arsenic additive in chicken feed and a doubling of the state's "flush tax"...
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Senate passes last-minute, alternative gaming bill
(Maryland) -- State senators unveiled an alternate plan to expand gaming into Prince George’s County Saturday amid concerns that an earlier bill hadn’t...
4/7/2012
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Complex plan may kill PG casino
(Maryland) -- A complex plan unveiled late Friday by the chairman of the House subcommittee responsible for gaming would allow Prince George’s County to have a...
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Gambling Debate Goes to Wire in Md.
(Maryland) -- Maryland’s House of Delegates is working against a tight deadline to expand gambling in the state to include table games.
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Gambling Debate Goes to Wire in Md.
(Maryland) -- A Maryland Senate committee has passed a new gambling bill that would allow 1,000 slot machines at a proposed casino in Prince George's County and...
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House approves subsidy for Ocean Downs
(Maryland) -- Maryland's House of Delegates narrowly approved a bill Saturday that would provide $1.2 million to the owner of a racetrack and casino on the Eastern...
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Lawmakers pitch competing gambling bills for P.G. casino
(Maryland) -- Maryland state senators are pushing a simplified referendum on slots for the 2012 ballot, one that would preauthorize a casino in Prince George’s...
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Maryland Senate approves referendum on P.G. casino
(Maryland) -- The Maryland Senate passed a bill Saturday that would let state voters decide in November whether a sixth Maryland casino should be built in Prince George...
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Md. track subsidy passes House
(Maryland) -- The Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill Saturday night that would steer up to $1.2 million a year in operating assistance to an Eastern Shore horse...
4/6/2012
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Baker continues late-hour push for Prince George’s casino
(Maryland) -- Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III said Friday morning that he remains hopeful that state lawmakers will pass a bill authorizing a...
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Baker talks compromise as casino debate is delayed
(Maryland) -- As a crucial subcommittee vote on bringing expanded gambling to Prince George's County was pushed back another day, County Executive Rushen L. Baker...
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Casino bill might not beat the House
(Maryland) -- A proposal to expand gaming into Prince George’s County and allow table games at existing venues hit a snag in the General Assembly this week,...
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Delegate outlines House gambling plan
(Maryland) -- Table games like blackjack and roulette would be allowed in a new Prince George's County gambling venue and at five casinos currently allowed in...
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House leaders to scrap Senate casino plan
(Maryland) -- With only three days remaining in the General Assembly's session, House leaders plan to scrap a Senate plan that would expand gambling in Maryland and...
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Md. House leaders propose no-slots casino for Pr. George’s
(Maryland) -- A proposed casino in Prince George’s County could have Las Vegas-style table games but no slot machines under a late-hour, alternative plan floated...
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OP/ED: No gamble for Prince George’s
(Maryland) -- Gaming or gambling is about chance and trying to beat the odds. Some people play for recreation, and others take a more calculated approach. Players who...
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P.G. county executive makes final push for casino
(Maryland) -- Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker said he is willing to phase in slot machines at a casino in the county, or even reduce the number of...
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Revised Prince George's casino bill faces committee vote Saturday
(Maryland) -- 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...
4/5/2012
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Annapolis lobbyists see big win from gambling
(Maryland) -- A high-stakes bill to expand gambling in Maryland is still unsettled in Annapolis, but one thing is clear: Right now, the payout is going to lobbyists.
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Bill Easing Casino Restrictions Worries OC
(Maryland) -- The resort’s future is being threatened as a result of a bill proposing to drop restrictions from casinos throughout the state, including at Ocean...
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Gambling, offshore-wind bills stall in Md. General Assembly
(Maryland) -- Maryland lawmakers made little progress Thursday in advancing proposals to legalize table games and bring offshore-wind energy to the state.
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Md. House will ‘fix’ or ‘kill’ gaming bill, delegate says
(Maryland) -- National Harbor, a potential Maryland casino location. (Photo courtesy of Peter Fellows)With the Maryland legislature scheduled to adjourn Monday, House...
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Table games measure has 1st House hearing
(Maryland) -- If the members of the House Ways and Means Committee were inclined to play cards, Wednesday’s hearing on legislation to allow table games in Maryland...
4/4/2012
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Committee Scrutinizes Gambling Expansion That Would Benefit Casinos
(Maryland) -- The House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday scrutinized a plan for a referendum that could bring table games and a sixth licensed casino to Maryland. Key...
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Md. House members say changes needed to gaming bill
(Maryland) -- Members of the House of Delegates say a measure to expand gambling in Maryland will have to be significantly altered to earn approval of their chamber.
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P.G. County Council now split on slots
(Maryland) -- Support for Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker’s $1 billion casino proposal is growing in Upper Marlboro, where the County Council...
4/3/2012
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Caesars CEO Loveman: Not interested in Prince George's casino
(Maryland) -- Caesars Entertainment Corp., the gaming giant that wants to build a 3,750-machine slots parlor in South Baltimore, won’t seek to build a casino in...
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Committee scrutinizes gambling expansion that would benefit casinos
(Maryland) -- The House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday scrutinized a plan for a referendum that could bring table games and a sixth licensed casino to Maryland. Key...
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House lawmakers want casino bill changed to benefit Md. more
(Maryland) -- House lawmakers said Tuesday that they want to change casino legislation approved by the Senate so that Maryland benefits more from dramatically enhanced...
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Maryland casino bill hits resistance in House
(Maryland) -- State legislation that would allow a full-fledged casino in Prince George’s County ran into major resistance Tuesday as members of a House panel...
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OP/ED: Maryland should not fall again for gambling’s siren song
(Maryland) -- THE PROMISE of slot machine gambling was so wildly oversold to Maryland voters, who approved it three years ago, that it’s a wonder the General...
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Prince George’s council splits on gambling; six members say they now back casino bill, referendum
(Maryland) -- A majority of the Prince George’s County Council, whose members have been closely divided about bringing gambling to the county, said Tuesday they...
4/2/2012
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Baker supports $800 million casino amendment
(Maryland) -- Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) supports an amendment to state legislation that would likely require a private investor to...
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For Prince George’s gambling opponents, a big week ahead
(Maryland) -- Gerron Levi, a former Prince George’s delegate turned anti-gambling activist, is planning a push this week to highlight opponents’ views that...
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Opponents gear up to protest gambling bill
(Maryland) -- Prince George's County civic leaders and clergy plan to be out in force Tuesday to protest a bill that would allow a sixth Maryland casino in the...
4/1/2012
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Maryland bill would let casinos add table games
(Maryland) -- The crackle of fresh playing cards and the clackety-clack of a roulette ball could one day accompany the ding-ding-ding of slot machines at Ocean Downs.
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Measure would guarantee $800m casino in Prince George's
(Maryland) -- Prince George's County lawmakers plan to propose an amendment to the state Senate's gambling bill that would require an $800 million minimum...
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P.G. county executive, delegate clash over gambling
(Maryland) -- Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker says he has the support of the county’s House delegation for his proposed $1 billion casino, but...
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Prince George’s delegates talk about amending casino bill
(Maryland) -- A view of National Harbor, a potential casino site in Prince George’s County. (Courtesy of Peter Fellows) Advocates of a proposed casino in Prince...
3/31/2012
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District 8 residents split on anteing up on Baker’s casino proposal
(Maryland) -- Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) met Saturday with more than 200 Oxon Hill area residents, some of whom passionately voiced...
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Our Say: Local legislators should lead charge against PG casino
(Maryland) -- We are disappointed but hardly surprised that legislation to put a casino site in Prince George’s County has passed the state Senate.
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Potential Maryland Casino Developers Clash
(Maryland) -- The proposed casino in Prince George’s County is facing stiff opposition from an unlikely source … another casino. Officials from the Maryland...
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Sides forming in slots battle
(Maryland) -- Whenever two members of the Prince George’s delegation greet each other in the halls of the Lowe House Office Building these days, it quickly comes...
3/30/2012
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Baltimore mayor backs expanded gambling bill
(Maryland) -- Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Friday she supports expanding gambling in Maryland to include table games and a casino in Prince George's...
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Likely developers of Md. casinos battle over customers
(Maryland) -- A turf battle over Maryland’s gambling market intensified Friday as companies with opposing views of a proposed Prince George’s County casino...
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Mayor backs casino bill as debate moves to House of Delegates
(Maryland) -- 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...
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Voters may get final word on PG casino
(Maryland) -- A bill to allow a sixth casino in Maryland and open the way for table games appears likely to clear the House of Delegates before the session ends on April...
3/29/2012
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Lobbying efforts in high gear over proposed Prince George’s casino
(Maryland) -- With little more than a week before the Maryland legislature folds for the year, players on all sides of the late-breaking debate over a proposed Prince...
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Prince George's casino may put dent in Baltimore’s future gaming dollars
(Maryland) -- In Maryland’s casino race, National Harbor could be the horse that comes from behind to take the lead on the final turn. Its come-from-behind pace...
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Senate Bill Relaxes Ocean Downs Casino Restrictions
(Maryland) -- An expansion to table games at approved slots venues in Maryland moved closer to becoming a reality this week as the Senate approved legislation that would...
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Table games law clears Senate as House takes over
(Maryland) -- The advent of table games such as poker and blackjack at the Casino at Ocean Downs and the other Maryland casinos is becoming more of a possibility...
3/28/2012
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Md. Senate votes to expand gaming, add a PG casino
(Maryland) -- The Maryland Senate has passed legislation to legalize table games such as blackjack and roulette and cleared the way for a new 4,750 slot-machine casino...
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Prince George’s slots plan approved by Senate
(Maryland) -- A bill that would allow slots and table games in Prince George’s County, creating a sixth casino in the state, passed the Senate on Tuesday morning...
3/27/2012
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Baltimore casino license could be approved by end of June
(Maryland) -- The state's slots commission is moving forward on background checks for the developers of a planned $310 million South Baltimore casino, despite the...
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Casino, table game bill moves to Maryland House
(Maryland) -- The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that could bring a casino to Prince George’s County and table games to the state, but the proposal faces a tougher...
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Maryland Senate approves gambling expansion
(Maryland) -- The Maryland Senate approved legislation Tuesday morning that would allow a sixth casino license in Prince George’s County and expand gambling to...
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Md. Senate approves casino bill
(Maryland) -- The Maryland Senate voted 35 to 11 on Tuesday morning for a bill that would allow a full-fledged casino in Prince George’s County and Las Vegas-style...
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Md. Senate approves casino bill
(Maryland) -- A bill that would allow a full-fledged casino in Prince George’s County and add Las Vegas-style table games at Maryland’s five other slots...
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Md. Senate approves gambling expansion
(Maryland) -- Legislation to expand gambling in Maryland with table games and a Prince George's County casino passed the state Senate on Tuesday.
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Prince George’s slots plan gains preliminary approval in Senate
(Maryland) -- The Senate amended an expanded gambling bill Monday night to allow casino operators in Maryland to run up to two facilities in the state.
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Senate approves gambling bill; sends measure to House
(Maryland) -- Maryland's Senate approved a bill this morning that would allow a sixth casino in Prince George's County, sending the measure to the House, which...
3/26/2012
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Gambling bill gets preliminary Senate approval
(Maryland) -- State Senators gave preliminary approval Monday night to legislation that would expand gambling across the state of Maryland and allow a sixth casino site...
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Maryland Sens. Give Preliminary Approval To Gaming Bill
(Maryland) -- The state Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill to expand Maryland gambling to include table games like blackjack and roulette.
3/25/2012
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Amendments to Maryland gambling bill seek to help Prince George’s
(Maryland) -- Before voting on a gambling bill, a Maryland Senate panel is expected to consider a couple of measures Friday that would sweeten the pot for Prince George...
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Colonial Beach Casino Could Benefit Charles County
(Virginia) -- Last week, members of the Charles County Delegation in the Maryland House of Delegates introduced legislation that will amend the Maryland constitution to...
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Senate panel OKs Maryland casino bill
(Maryland) -- A state Senate panel approved legislation that would allow a sixth gambling site in Maryland, this time in Prince George's County, and add Las Vegas-...
3/24/2012
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Baker to unveil government accountability tool in Prince George’s
(Maryland) -- The fate of his Annapolis wish list — a casino, the 5-cent bag fee and ending a tax inequity — may not become clear until the final hours of...
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Mathias withdraws from racing subsidy bill
(Maryland) -- Maryland Sen. Jim Mathias said Wednesday that he would withdraw as a co-sponsor from legislation that would provide up to $1.2 million a year in operating...
3/23/2012
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Gambling bill on the Senate floor
(Maryland) -- Table games would be allowed in Maryland along with a sixth casino in Prince George's County, if a measure on the Senate floor tonight is passed by the...
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Lawmakers OK Bill To Add 6th Casino And Table Games In Maryland
(Maryland) -- A panel of state Senators is supporting legislation to expand gambling in Maryland. The Budget and Taxation Committee voted 10-2 Friday afternoon to move...
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Maryland Senate panel OKs expanded gambling plan
(Maryland) -- A Senate panel on Friday approved a bill that would allow slots and table gambling in Prince George’s County if voters in the state and county...
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Md. Legislature Moving Toward Full Casino Gambling
(Maryland) -- A bill that would allow full casino gambling in Maryland got a strong endorsement, Friday, from the Senate's Budget and Taxation Committee. The panel...
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Prince George’s casino bill advances in Senate
(Maryland) -- A Maryland Senate committee voted 10 to 2 Friday to advance a controversial bill that would authorize a full-fledged casino in Prince George’s County...
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Amendments to Maryland gambling bill seek to help Prince George’s
(Maryland) -- Before voting on a gambling bill, a Maryland Senate panel is expected to consider a couple of measures Friday that would sweeten the pot for Prince George...
3/22/2012
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Anti-casino group delivers petition signatures to House Speaker
(Maryland) -- A coalition that wants to stop a high-end casino from being built in Prince George's County says they delivered more than 2,000 petition signatures...
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Boulevard at The Capital Centre pitched as alternative casino site
(Maryland) -- Largely lost in the debate over a potential casino at National Harbor or Rosecroft Raceway is another, long-shot site in Prince George’s County: the...
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Maryland Senate to consider procedural change in purchase of slot machines
(Maryland) -- The Maryland Senate is expected to weigh a change Friday in the state’s costly practice of acquiring slot machines for privately owned casinos.
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Prince George’s Council outlines conditions for county casino
(Maryland) -- The Prince George’s County Council has been unhappy about proposals to bring gambling to the county, and this week, the nine-member body outlined in...
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Senate panel vote expected on expanded gambling
(Maryland) -- A Senate committee is expected to vote on a measure to expand gambling in Maryland. A vote by the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee could come as soon...
3/20/2012
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Amid Pr. George’s casino debate, a crackdown on illegal slot machines
(Maryland) -- In the far left aisle at Margarita’s Grocery, next to a freezer packed with corn on the cob, tamales and lima beans, customers were offered a product...
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Waiting and wanting work at Maryland Live! Casino
(Maryland) -- Have you ever gotten in line at 4:30 in the morning to apply for a job? One person did that Saturday for a chance to work at Maryland Live! Casino, said...
3/19/2012
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Podcast: Slots pushed for National Harbor
(Maryland) -- Some want Maryland to expand slot machine gambling, and one possible site is National Harbor in Prince George’s County. The House Ways and Means...
3/18/2012
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P.G. County lobbies for casino
(Maryland) -- Prince George’s County officials are urging state lawmakers to act quickly in passing a bill that could pave the way for a $1 billion casino in the...
3/17/2012
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Caesars says it's true to Baltimore
(Maryland) -- Executives of Caesars Entertainment, the leading bidder for a slots parlor in Baltimore, gave lawmakers explicit assurances Friday that their company will...
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Caesars supports gambling bill despite Baltimore investment
(Maryland) -- Caesars Entertainment Corp., which heads a group of investors bidding on a casino in downtown Baltimore, supports legislation to expand gambling in...
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National Harbor casino proposal gets unlikely ally in potential competitor
(Maryland) -- Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) picked up an unlikely ally Friday in his push for a billion-dollar casino at National...
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Prince George's casino draws skepticism from other Baltimore-area lawmakers
(Maryland) -- Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker, seeking a referendum on slots to bring a $1 billion casino to National Harbor, says he is confident he...
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Arundel Casino is Hiring
(Maryland) -- One of the biggest casinos in the world is now scheduled to open in Maryland's Anne Arundel County in early June. The "Maryland Live Casino"...
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Hundreds attend casino job fair in Hanover
(Maryland) -- Hundreds of people lined up on sun-drenched asphalt Saturday to see if they could get regular payouts, in the form of paychecks, from the new Maryland Live...
3/16/2012
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Arundel Casino To Hold Job Fair This Weekend
(Maryland) -- The new Maryland Live casino in Anne Arundel County is holding a job fair this weekend to fill hundreds of positions to get ready for its opening this...
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Caesars says it supports Md. gambling expansion
(Maryland) -- A representative of Caesars Entertainment, the lead investor in a proposed Baltimore casino, said Friday morning that the company supports legislation that...
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City lawmakers grill Caesars execs
(Maryland) -- Baltimore lawmakers had tough questions for Caesars executives during a Friday morning delegation meeting in Annapolis, with elected officials grilling the...
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Potential Baltimore casino owner supports gaming expansion bill, opposes sixth Md. license
(Maryland) -- Officials representing the sole applicant hoping to put a slots parlor in downtown Baltimore say they support a bill that would create a sixth casino in...
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Report: Md. Paying 2 Times More Than What it Expected for Slots
(Maryland) -- Maryland is paying more than double for each slot machine that officials acquired to fill the state's first three casinos. An analysis by The...
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February Casino Figures Up From Year Ago
(Maryland) -- The February figures for the Casino at Ocean Downs were released last week, revealing an increase over the prior month and an increase in revenue from the...
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