(AP) The Board of Public Works has approved a contract renewal for Maryland to spend up to $200 million to lease and maintain slot machines over five years. The board voted 2-1 Wednesday, with Gov. Martin O’Malley and Treasurer Nancy ...

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The 52-table poker room at Maryland’s largest casino is set to open to the public. Dealers will start shuffling cards at Maryland Live Casino in Hanover at noon on Wednesday. A grand opening ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. ...

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A few government and politics headlines for Monday.

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When Maryland Live Casino at Arundel Mills mall and Hollywood Casino Perryville were ready to shed slot machines from overcrowded gambling floors, they ran up against some resistance from Maryland's gambling regulators.

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MEDO Executive Director Robert C. Brennan spoke with The Daily Record at length this week about the lodge, a project that he said failed as a hotel, conference center and golf resort but succeeded from an economic development perspective, driving some tourism to Allegany County.

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Penn National Gaming Inc. said Monday it intends to install 3,000 slot machines at Rosecroft Raceway, despite providing an initial licensing fee to the state that only pays for 500 slots.

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A casino in Rocky Gap State Park is still a few weeks away from opening, but the new owners of what was once a state-owned vacation and conference center have already debuted the resort's new digital presence.

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David S. Cordish put on quite the show at his Maryland Live Casino Wednesday -- but the show is even better in Pennsylvania, he said.

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State gambling officials are considering using slot machines removed from the state’s two largest casinos to furnish a future casino at Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort in Allegany County.

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Two out of three Maryland casinos showed year-over-year decreases in October revenue as the trio combined to generate $39.6 million last month, the first time since June the state’s slots parlors failed to break $40 million.

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