About 100 people filled the City Council chambers Wednesday evening for a hearing on a council resolution to address jobs and local hiring at the city’s planned $400 million casino.

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FLINTSTONE — The Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort near Cumberland is looking for card dealers. The resort inside Rocky Gap State Park is holding a job fair Wednesday to fill 100 dealer positions for a casino that will open ...

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With the state's casinos now allowed to operate table games, Maryland Live has more than 600 job openings for dealers. Applicants must go through a rigorous, 12-week "dealer school" training program before they have a shot at one of the coveted positions.

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DANVERS, Mass. — A Baltimore company that was a last-minute applicant for one of Massachusetts’ gambling licenses is considering a 100,000-square-foot slots parlor at a suburban Boston mall. Officials in the town of Danvers about 15 miles north of Boston ...

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State lawmakers seem convinced that the issue can be put aside in the General Assembly session that begins Wednesday.

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By some measures, financial results for the 2012 horse racing season improved from the previous year, according to the latest wagering figures, and several industry experts said those numbers demonstrate encouraging progress toward their goals of reinvigorating the troubled, once-lucrative sport in Maryland.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — The private company seeking a contract with Gov. Tom Corbett to run the Pennsylvania Lottery may not get paid unless its plans to expand lottery gambling are clearly legal under state law, Treasurer Rob McCord said Wednesday. ...

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Remember those wonderfully optimistic estimates of untold millions more dollars flowing into Maryland coffers if only we approved a sixth casino, slashed taxes on casino operators, let them operate around the clock and introduce dealer-led table games?

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David Cordish, president of The Cordish Cos., and Rob Norton, general manager of Maryland Live, announced Wednesday their plan to begin live table games and 24 hour operations at the casino. Cordish said these new additions will create 1,200 new jobs at the state’s largest casino.

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A few government and politics headlines.

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