Seven people have been appointed to the Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission, Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Friday, including the chairman of a work group that failed to reach consensus on gambling legislation last summer.

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Spending to influence Maryland’s referendum that would expand casino gambling has exceeded $50 million, according to state campaign finance records. Proponents have retaken the lead in the money race, with MGM Resorts International Inc., which is angling to build a ...

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The chair of the House of Delegates gambling subcommittee who defended the expansion of gambling that will appear on the ballot this fall is telling constituents he “would have voted against the bill” if he hadn’t been the floor leader.

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Up to $1.6 billion in Maryland money has been spent at a West Virginia casino in the last decade, according to a study paid for by proponents of expanding gambling in the Free State, making it vital that voters approve table games and a sixth casino.

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The Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission will not hold a special meeting this week, suggesting that a potential deal between a pair of casino operators is not imminent.

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Calling ads opposing Maryland’s expanded gambling referendum “a bunch of West Virginia hooey,” Gov. Martin O’Malley on Wednesday slammed Penn National Gaming Inc. and its CEO, Peter M. Carlino, saying that the Pennsylvania-based gambling company is deliberately lying to protect its business interests.

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The Maryland State Lottery Commission discussed a potential transaction involving two state casino operators in the closed portion of its monthly public meeting Thursday.

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The assistant general manager of a Bossier City, La., casino will be the first general manager for Harrah’s Baltimore, the proposed gambling facility on Russell Street.

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Companies interested in the future of Maryland casino have combined to spend $19.4 million to influence the November voter referendum that will decide the industry’s fate, more than double the amount spent on the referendum that started the state’s casino program four years ago.

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The city’s design review panel has rejected renderings for a 3,750-slot machine casino in Southwest Baltimore, saying the proposed entryways were not fully developed and a huge parking garage that would hold 4,000 vehicles resembled “a prison.”

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