To hear one lifelong resident tell the story, most folks around here knew right away that Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort was doomed.

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With dice rolling and cards being shuffled for the first time at Maryland’s largest commercial casino, statewide gambling revenue ticked up to $59 million in April, a new record that may also have indicated the evolving market has started to settle.

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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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Gov. Martin O'Malley strolled up to a press conference the Monday before Election Day singing a song that had become a ubiquitous advertisement on Pandora's Internet radio.

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The ads have been all over local television and radio: It’s Vegas in your backyard, they say, trying to create excitement for the missing link of Maryland’s fast-growing casino industry: live-action table games.

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Maryland Live casino opened 122 live-action table games at midnight Tuesday, including blackjack, craps and poker. Cordish Cos. President David Cordish says the addition of table games will allow the casino to compete better with those in neighboring states.

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Maryland Live Casino at Arundel Mills mall will hold a ceremonial first roll of the dice at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, celebrating the start of table game play at the state's largest commercial gambling facility.

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Buoyed by the first month of table game play at Hollywood Casino Perryville and a record month at Maryland Live Casino at Arundel Mills mall, the state’s three commercial casinos combined to generate a record $58 million last month.

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More than 100 table games were shipped into Maryland Live casino Wednesday morning and placed in their pits on the casino floors. Crews installed the table games, including blackjack, craps and poker, in preparation for the public opening April 11.

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s largest casino says table games are arriving. Maryland Live says the games including poker, blackjack, craps and roulette will be arriving Wednesday. The casino next to Arundel Mills Mall in Hanover plans to open the games to ...

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