The Maryland Racing Commission said Wednesday it will create rules for how it’s going to split up money from the state’s casinos that is ticketed for Maryland’s two harness racetracks. According to state law, 9.5 percent of total slots money ...

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Penn National Gaming Inc. announced Thursday that it will sell its share of the Maryland Jockey Club to Stron-MJC Limited Partnership. MI Developments Inc., Penn National’s joint venture partner, will also transfer its interest in the jockey club to an ...

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A hearing is being held Thursday to approve a settlement filed by the trustee of Rosecroft Raceway between the bankrupt race track and the Maryland Jockey Club and various horse and racing associations as part of the harness track’s Chapter ...

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Penn National Gaming Inc. is close to divesting its 49-percent share of the Maryland Jockey Club, including its ownership of Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park. D. Eric Schippers, a spokesman for the Wyomissing, Pa.-based company, said Tuesday that the ...

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LOS ANGELES — For years, fans of greyhound races have faced off against animal welfare activists who say the dogs are kept muzzled in small cages, fed inferior food, injected with steroids and frequently injured at the track. Dog breeders, ...

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MIDWAY, Ky. — As star-struck visitors approached a lush green paddock at Three Chimneys Farm, the stately thoroughbred Big Brown was right on cue. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner ambled up to the plank fence and calmly posed like ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Millions of dollars in grants and loans needed to save horse racing in Maryland is in jeopardy in the legislature. Gov. Martin O’Malley said Monday the compromise measure he hammered out to divert slots money to cover operating ...

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The Maryland Jockey Club has filed a motion to move a $600 million lawsuit by the Cordish Cos. to Anne Arundel County from Baltimore City. The jockey club, along with Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course co-owners Penn National Gaming ...

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ANNAPOLIS – The General Assembly is scheduled to approve legislation Thursday that would require Maryland’s casino owners to play nice as the state struggles to get its nascent gaming industry up and running. The House of Delegates gave preliminary approval ...

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City’s 11 casinos reported their gross operating profit fell by nearly 28 percent last year as fierce competition from casinos in neighboring states continued to batter the nation’s second-largest gambling market. Year-end tax data released ...

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