ANNAPOLIS — Gambling has been the issue du jour in Maryland since it apparently tied up budget negotiations in the final weeks of the General Assembly. It should come as no surprise, then, that a gambling company spent the most ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Baltimore’s delegation chairman in the House of Delegates opened the General Assembly’s final day with some political hardball Monday, vowing to oppose the Senate’s new gambling expansion plan without protections for the planned city casino and restoration of ...

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The head of the state video lottery commission said table games might be a good idea in Maryland but that the commission would take no position on a potential casino in Prince George’s County. Legislation passed by the Senate (SB ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland House panel has scheduled a hearing for later this week on a bill that would allow a high-end casino in Prince George’s County. Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker has backed a plan that would put ...

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FORT WASHINGTON — Owners of Rosecroft Raceway say slots or other casino-style gambling are essential to their plan for the horseracing track to survive. Penn National Gaming bought the bankrupt track last year for $12 million and reopened it to ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A measure introduced in the Maryland Senate on Monday night would allow table games like blackjack at casinos and make it possible to build a casino in Prince George’s County. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters, ...

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It seems food was never far from the minds of The Daily Record’s online readers in 2011. News about the comings and goings of supermarkets in Baltimore and Maryland are among the most-viewed business stories of the year online. The ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker III says he is open to adding a slot-machine gambling in the county as a way to help generate funding for new projects. Baker told The Washington Post on Monday in Annapolis ...

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Maryland’s thoroughbred industry is once again racing through December without a plan to keep two struggling racetracks afloat in the new year. The Maryland Jockey Club and thoroughbred owners and breeders missed a Dec. 1 deadline to propose a long-term, ...

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FORT WASHINGTON — Horse racing will return to Rosecroft Raceway for the first time in three years on Friday night, but the track’s new owner says it is unlikely to survive long-term without slot machines, a tough sell in Prince ...

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