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Monday, March 4, 2013

Blackjack, Other Live Table Games Coming to Maryland in April

Maryland Live Casino plans to open 122 tables on April 11.

  Arundel Mills’ Maryland Live! Casino will debut 122 tables of live action games on April 11, according to a Washington Post article. Last November, Maryland voters approved Question 7, allowing Maryland Live and two other gambling establishments to not only offer table games in 2013, but to stay open 24 hours a day. To make room for the table games, more than 400 slot machines are being removed. The initial live table games will include so-called “carnival” variations of poker such as Pai Gow, three-card and Mississippi stud, as well as blackjack and craps. According to The Post, casino officials plan to add a split-level poker room in Summer 2013. Dealers for the table games were required to take a 12-week course at the Maryland Live …

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Blackjack, Other Live Table Games Coming to Maryland in April

Maryland Live Casino plans to open 122 tables on April 11.

  Arundel Mills’ Maryland Live! Casino will debut 122 tables of live action games on April 11, according to a Washington Post article. Last November, Maryland voters approved Question 7, allowing Maryland Live and two other gambling establishments to not only offer table games in 2013, but to stay open 24 hours a day. To make room for the table games, more than 400 slot machines are being removed. The initial live table games will include so-called “carnival” variations of poker such as Pai Gow, three-card and Mississippi stud, as well as blackjack and craps. According to The Post, casino officials plan to add a split-level poker room in Summer 2013. Dealers for the table games were required to take a 12-week course at the Maryland Live …

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Casino Revenue Essentially Flat in January

Maryland Live! saw revenue decline slightly despite the first full month of 24-hour gambling.

Revenue at the Maryland Live! casino was essentially flat between December and January, despite the first full month of 24-hour operations.  The casino pulled in $35,943,756.19 in January, a decline of just under $100,000 from December. Casino revenue across the state dropped by about $900,000, as the state’s three casinos brought in $44.3 million combined. Maryland Live! is by far the largest casino, with 4,750 machines.  The Hollywood Casino in Perryville pulled in $5,455,111 in January, down from $5,956,140 in December. The Casino at Oceans Downs collected $2,928,919.55, down from $3,335,925.98 Casino revenue generated $14.6 million for operators with the rest going to the state’s Education Trust Fund, local impact grants, and the horse…

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Revenue Up at Maryland Casinos in December

All casinos in the state saw increases in revenue in the final month of the year, though revenue from Hollywood Casino and Ocean Downs was lower than in 2011. Maryland Live! pulled in $229 million in 2012.

The Maryland Live! casino pulled in $229 million in revenue in 2012, comprising more than 60 percent of all gambling revenue statewide, despite opening in June. The Maryland Lottery reported that the casino at Arundel Mills finished the year with $35 million in revenue in December, up from $34 million the month prior. Across the state, Maryland's three casinos pulled in $45.2 million in the last month of 2012, up nearly 5 percent from November.  However, December revenue from Ocean Downs and Hollywood Casino was $3.19 million, 25 percent less than in 2011, when Maryland Live! was not yet open.  Maryland Live! is the largest of the three casinos, with 4,750 game terminals. Its per-terminal revenue of $244 in December was nearly double that …

Revenues Increase at Maryland Casinos in December

All casinos in the state saw increases in revenue in the final month of the year, though revenue from Hollywood Casino and Ocean Downs was lower than in 2011. Maryland Live! pulled in $229 million in 2012.

  The Maryland Live! casino pulled in $229 million in revenue in 2012, comprising more than 60 percent of all gambling revenue statewide, despite opening in June. The Maryland Lottery reported that the casino at Arundel Mills finished the year with $35 million in revenue in December, up from $34 million the month before. Across the state, Maryland's three casinos pulled in $45.2 million in the last month of 2012, up nearly 5 percent from November.  However, December revenue from Ocean Downs and Hollywood Casino was $3.19 million, 25 percent less than in 2011, when Maryland Live! was not yet open.  Maryland Live! is the largest of the three casinos, with 4,750 game terminals. Its per-terminal revenue of $244 in December was nearly double …

Monday, January 7, 2013

Revenues Increase at Maryland Casinos in December

All casinos in the state saw increases in revenue in the final month of the year, though revenue from Hollywood Casino and Ocean Downs was lower than in 2011. Maryland Live! pulled in $229 million in 2012.

The Maryland Live! casino pulled in $229 million in revenue in 2012, comprising more than 60 percent of all gambling revenue statewide, despite opening in June. The Maryland Lottery reported that the casino at Arundel Mills finished the year with $35 million in revenue in December, up from $34 million the month before. Across the state, Maryland's three casinos pulled in $45.2 million in the last month of 2012, up nearly 5 percent from November.  However, December revenue from Ocean Downs and Hollywood Casino was $3.19 million, 25 percent less than in 2011, when Maryland Live! was not yet open.  Maryland Live! is the largest of the three casinos, with 4,750 game terminals. Its per-terminal revenue of $244 in December was nearly double that…

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Maryland Casino Revenue Down 28.5 Percent

Three Maryland casinos hauled in a combined total of $43 million last month.

With another casino on its way in Maryland, possibly in Prince George's County, a new report shows that gambling revenue is down. Although the three Maryland casinos—Hollywood Casino Perryville, Maryland Live Casino and The Casino at Ocean Downs—brought in a revenue of $43 million last month, the gaming revenue is still down 28.5 percent—or $3.478 million—from last year. This number doesn't factor in Maryland Live, since it opened earlier this year. Hollywood Casino Perryville generated more than $5 million in November, while Maryland's three casinos combined to generate $43 million. Still, the Cecil County facility continues to see a major dip in revenue over last year. Hollywood Casino saw a 40.5 percent decrease in money earned compared…

sotiredofitall

5:27 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012

MoCo only has itself to blame if its being taxed out of existence....it keeps electing the same greedy, self-serving losers year after year, what does it expect. You might as well just hand Annapolis your blank checkbook as you exit the voting booth.   more ›

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Concerns Over Gambling Addiction Grow with the Passage of Question 7

Almost 90 percent of Marylanders have gambled in their lifetime with 22 percent gambling monthly, CNS Maryland's Kelsey Pospisil reports.

  TELL US: Do you think gambling addiction will grow in the state of Maryland if a new casino opens in Prince George's County?

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Katie Griffith

12:02 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Good point, Michael! Thanks for the comment. I'm interested to see what others have to say.   more ›

Concerns Over Gambling Addiction Grow with the Passage of Question 7

Almost 90 percent of Marylanders have gambled in their lifetime with 22 percent gambling monthly, CNS Maryland's Kelsey Pospisil reports.

TELL US: Do you think gambling addiction will grow in the state of Maryland if a new casino opens in Prince George's County? Join the discussion in our comments.

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Pachacutec

2:05 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

If memory serves me, the local and state poltiicians DID bring up the "addiction" angle, as well as the morality of gambling and so on back in the days when local charities were running table games (that was part of their argument, anyhow). However, at that time the government wasn't getting a cut of the action. Guess as long as they're getting their share of the pie, they can afford to look the …   more ›

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Ballot Breakdown: Chevy Chase Votes Against Question 7 by Slim Margin

Chevy Chase voters voted against the gambling referendum by fewer than 50 votes.

Chevy Chase residents went against the grain last week, when they voted—50.20 percent to 49.80 percent—against Question 7, which asked Marylanders if they supported the introduction of table games to the state and the addition of a sixth casino in Prince George's County. Question 7 passed by a narrow margin in Maryland—51.9 percent to 48.1 percent—but six of Chevy Chase's nine precincts voted against the referendum. In all, Chevy Chase voters voted against the referendum by only 47 votes. Strongest support for Question 7 in Chevy Chase was shown by precinct 07-26 (whose voters vote at the Friendship Heights Village Center). The precinct with the greatest percentage of voters voting against Question 7 was precinct 07-21 (voting at the Chevy…

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