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A ticket for New Jersey Lottery Powerball at Food Mart Liquor and Convenience Store on Market St. on Monday, April 6, 2026, in Elmwood Park. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Apr 9, 2026

MD among unluckiest states for Powerball winners

What are the luckiest states to play the Powerball in? Has a jackpot winner ever come from your state? In Maryland, the answer is: yes, but barely. 

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott in September 2025. (J.J. McQueen)
Mar 5, 2026

Sweepstakes casinos face lawsuit from Baltimore

Baltimore City sued six social casino operators, alleging they run illegal online gambling operations disguised as free games and sweepstakes.

Andrea Joy Campbell, Attorney General of Massachusetts, speaks to the media, on the day Supreme Court justices listened oral arguments over President Donald Trump's bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on May 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo)
Jan 20, 2026

Kalshi cannot operate sports-prediction market in Massachusetts, judge rules

A judge ruled that prediction-markets operator Kalshi cannot let Massachusetts residents bet on sports through its online platform.

Tom Goldstein, a top U.S. Supreme Court attorney and publisher of the SCOTUS blog news website arrives for jury selection in his trial on charges of tax fraud, at U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, January 13, 2026. (REUTERS/Leah Millis)
Jan 16, 2026

Prosecutors accuse lawyer Tom Goldstein of deception in tax trial over poker winnings

Prosecutors told a jury that Washington lawyer Tom Goldstein lived a double life of deception as a high-stakes poker player.

A rendering of the $1.4 billion master plan of the Live Gaming & Entertainment District, scheduled to be built in Petersburg, Virginia, and codeveloped by Baltimore-based The Cordish Companies with Bruce Smith Enterprise. (Photo courtesy of The Cordish Companies)
Jan 16, 2026

MD-based Cordish opening VA casino preview with 900+ slot machines

Baltimore-based The Cordish Cos. is helping open a temporary casino with 900 slot machines and 30 table games – but no poker or sportsbook.

Tom Goldstein, a top U.S. Supreme Court attorney and publisher of the SCOTUS blog news website arrives for jury selection in his trial on charges of tax fraud, at U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, January 13, 2026. (REUTERS/Leah Millis)
Jan 13, 2026

Has Tom Goldstein’s luck run out? Prominent lawyer on trial in MD over poker cash

Former Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein is wagering that jurors will reject federal tax evasion charges brought against him.

An aerial image taken this summer showing construction of the temporary casino. (Photo courtesy of Live! Casino Virginia)
Nov 24, 2025

Baltimore developer announces opening date for temporary Virginia casino

The temporary Live! Casino Virginia will open Jan. 22, 2026, pending regulatory approval, Baltimore-based The Cordish Cos. said.

NCAA President Charlie Baker speaks during the Division I Business Session at the annual NCAA convention on Jan. 15, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
Nov 24, 2025

NCAA won’t let athletes or athletic department staff bet on pro sports amid gambling scandals

NCAA athletes and athletic department staff will not be allowed to bet on pro sports after the organization rescinded a rule change.

Mobile sports betting in Md. won’t be in place for start of NFL season
Nov 20, 2025

Baltimore’s lawsuit against DraftKings sent back to state court

A federal judge sent Baltimore’s lawsuit against DraftKings and FanDuel back to state court, where all agree the city has an advantage.

NCAA President Charlie Baker speaks during the Division I Business Session at the annual NCAA convention on Jan. 15, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
Oct 29, 2025

NCAA delays rule change letting college athletes bet on pro sports

The NCAA is delaying a rule change that will allow athletes and athletic department staff members to bet on professional sports.

Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups leaves a federal court after his appearance on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Oct 27, 2025

Experts: Criminal intent will be key in prosecuting NBA player, coach in gambling cases

NBA coach Chauncey Billups and guard Terry Rozier are being charged in illegal schemes related to sports betting and gambling activity.

The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Oct 24, 2025

How a 2018 Supreme Court decision paved the way for meteoric growth in legal sports betting

Supreme Court’s 2018 sports betting ruling faces scrutiny after arrests in schemes involving NBA figures and Mafia-linked gambling operations.

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There is little to show for an ambitious project to redevelop 14 acres of property in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

Poppleton development lawsuit dismissed by 4th Circuit

6/5/2026
This photo, courtesy of the Maryland State Police Aviation Command, shows the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the shrinking amount of steel wreckage remaining in Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Federal Channel. Unified Command cleared a 400-foot-wide swath of the federal channel May 20, permitting all pre-collapse, deep-draft commercial vessels transit of the Port of Baltimore. Unified Command continues to clear wreckage from the bottom of the Patapsco River, projecting to fully restore the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original 700-foot width and 50-foot depth by June 8-10. (Maryland State Police Aviation Command)

Key Bridge litigation: Some witnesses fear criminal consequences ahead of trial

5/5/2026
Sen. Arthur Ellis protests Senate leaderships' decision to not bring a bill to redraw Maryland's congressional districts to the floor on Feb. 5, 2026. (Hannah Gaskill/The Daily Record)

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