Maryland News - Page 26

News Brief: Profits at Pimlico Race Course declined by 58% in 2003 when compared with the previous year while losses at its sister track Laurel Park ballooned.

News Brief: Sounding angry and dismayed, members of the troubled Maryland horse racing industry could envision only the accelerated decline of the sport yesterday.

ne ticket in the Friday, April 9, 2004 Mega Millions drawing matched all six numbers to win the estimated $105 million jackpot.

News Brief: Several avenues to a popular vote on slots this fall seemed to close Monday in Maryland, along with the chance of legalizing slot machine gambling this year.

News Brief: Pro-gambling lawmakers scrambled yesterday to assemble a significant tax package that could win approval from Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and free the administration's slots bill for a long-sought vote in the House of Delegates.

News Brief: Reversing a vote taken last month, the Cecil County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 last night to oppose casino-style slots in their county.

News Brief: Leaders in the Maryland House of Delegates hinted at passing Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s cherished slots initiative if he would bend on their proposed tax increases.

News Brief: Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and top administration officials told a key House committee that they are willing to bend on virtually every aspect of their gambling plan except for increasing taxes.

News Brief: The Baltimore City Council has approved a new development plan sought by owners of Pimlico Race Course, who plan to spend $400 million to expand the 140-acre site.

News Brief: As the battle over casino-style gambling heats up in Maryland, problem gambling groups and counseling services are waging their own fight for a piece of the action.

ews Brief: More than 100 gambling opponents testified in Annapolis yesterday against proposals to bring slot machines to Maryland, as anti-slots forces pinned their hopes on the House of Delegates to kill such legislation for the second year in a row.

News Brief: Aaron W. Meisner sees the bills aimed at bringing slots gambling to Maryland as monsters.

ews Brief: Legislators in Maryland and Pennsylvania are racing to legalize gambling, convinced that thousands of their residents are crossing borders every day to gamble away millions in New Jersey, West Virginia, Delaware and New York.

News Brief: An anti-slots legislator says he will seek to amend a budget bill that is up for a vote today to freeze the number of electronic video gambling devices in commercial bingo halls at the current level.

News Brief: Governor Robert Ehrlich says that slots on the Lower Shore could still be a possibility, but it will require a groundswell of public support that probably doesn't exist.

News Brief: Some Maryland lawmakers are pushing legislation to prohibit campaign contributions from anyone seeking gambling licenses in Maryland.

News Brief: As community after community scrambles to keep from being one of the potential sites for a casino-style slots den, leaders in the Northeast Maryland county of Cecil say they would welcome the devices if the state chooses to legalize them.

News Brief: Opponents of expanded gambling were stunned by news that the Maryland had played host to casino executives given the industry's keen interest in Maryland.

News Brief: With the possibility of legalized slot machines looming, the Piscataway Conoy Confederacy and Subtribes yesterday urged the General Assembly to pass legislation to circumvent the governor's office and secure their status.

News Brief: Some say this site in southern Prince George's County would be a fine site for a casino-style gambling venue while others find that idea appalling.