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Eye Opener: Baltimore casino could be approved July 31
The Video Lottery Terminal Location Commission — more commonly known as the slots commission — has announced that it will meet July 31. The biggest ticket item on the agenda? The award of the license for a downtown Baltimore casino, for which only CBAC Gaming LLC — a group headed by Caesars Entertainment Corp. — […]
Board of Public Works OKs slots deal for Rocky Gap
ANNAPOLIS — After years of delay stemming from a lack of interested and quality bidders, a group that will build a slots parlor at the debt-ridden Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort was approved Wednesday by the Board of Public Works. Evitts Resort LLC will build a 50,000-square-foot, 850-slot facility that could open by mid-2013 […]
Panel’s deliberations on Baltimore casino have slowed
ANNAPOLIS — As the gambling expansion work group nears a Wednesday deadline to recommend changes to the state’s casino gambling law, the panel’s deliberations have slowed the final decision on a facility planned for Baltimore. The 11-member work group held a closed-door meeting on the third floor of the House of Delegates’ office building Monday […]
Maryland Live! may hurt Hollywood Casino’s take
When the Maryland Live! casino opens at Arundel Mills mall on June 6, the state’s biggest gambling facility will be on line. But that facility is likely to take a big chunk out of Hollywood Casino‘s business in Perryville. Stephen L. Martino, director of the Maryland State Lottery Agency, said that Maryland Live! could take […]
Rocky Gap casino license awarded to Evitts Resort
ANNAPOLIS — Former Washington County lawmaker D. Bruce Poole, a member of the state slots commission, said black bears in Western Maryland turned gray while waiting on a license to be awarded for the construction of a slots casino at Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort in Allegany County. Though it took longer than some […]
Slots commission eyes late-April decision on Rocky Gap license and other gambling news
The state slots commission could decide on the licensee for the state’s fourth slots parlor this month. The Video Lottery Terminal Location Commission will meet April 26, and could make a decision on the license for a slots parlor at Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort at that time. A major hurdle was cleared last […]
4 local investors seek to join Caesars group
Four local equity partners want to join the investment group bidding for the license to build and operate a Harrah’s casino in downtown Baltimore, a spokesman for the group said. The investment group, led by Caesars Entertainment Corp., is the only suitor being considered for the project. The state Video Lottery Terminal Location Commission has […]
