In one corner of the Maryland casino landscape is Maryland Live at Arundel Mills mall, where crowds on Fridays and Saturdays are so large that a seat cannot be found in front of any of the casino’s 3,200 slot machines.

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ANNAPOLIS — A months-long argument among the state’s most powerful elected officials over whether to expand gambling in Maryland is creeping toward its conclusion, with Gov. Martin O’Malley and the presiding officers of the General Assembly apparently close to an ...

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A lawsuit filed in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court claims that a bill passed by the General Assembly illegally targets a Chesapeake Beach mini-casino, which is being forced to shut down while similar facilities continue operating.

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A special session of the General Assembly won’t happen this week, and many legislators are cool toward convening at all this summer. But lobbying efforts for and against the casino-focused session are still heating up. A coalition of Washington, D.C.-area ...

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Poll data released Thursday suggests solid support for expanding gambling among Baltimore and Prince George’s County residents, two groups that have been targeted by casino advocates in a series of radio and television ads. The poll, commissioned by National Harbor ...

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The opening of Maryland’s largest casino accounted for the lion’s share of a record month for the state’s fledgling and embattled gambling program. But June’s revenues — which jumped to $40.8 million from $14.55 million in May, a 180 percent ...

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Stephen L. Martino, director of the Maryland State Lottery Agency, says his job is to implement gambling policy as he’s instructed to do so by the governor, General Assembly and voters. But a few ideas left on the table when ...

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The gambling debate appears alive in Maryland, which must leave at least one member of the House of Delegates feeling better. Though delegates who were allowed a vote in the work group were unanimous in voting against the majority plan ...

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Count State Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot as a state official pleased by the work group considering expanded gambling’s failure to reach consensus prior to its final meeting Wednesday. Franchot opened the Board of Public Works meeting Wednesday by saying that ...

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There was plenty to be argued about during the second meeting of the work group considering expanded gambling and not all that much was agreed upon. But a fairly basic question — why the slots program was started in the ...

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