Maryland News - Page 28

News Brief: Ten groups of investors have filed separate bids to buy Rosecroft Raceway in Oxon Hill, lured by the racetrack's potential to become an East Coast magnet for slot-machine gamblers.

News Brief: Commercial bingo operators are worried that they're one call from losing their game for slots are approved in Maryland.

News Brief: The new chairman of the Maryland Stadium Authority suggested Tuesday that downtown Baltimore would be a good location for a combination slot-machine facility, entertainment complex and racetrack.

ews Brief: Twelve interests submitted bids on November 21 to purchase Rosecroft Raceway, a Standardbred facility near Washington, D.C., that could be Maryland’s most lucrative site of slot machines if the Legislature approves expanded gaming at state racetracks.

News Brief: Governor Robert Ehrlich may have recruited a majority of Republican lawmakers, a group once solidly opposed to more gambling in Maryland, to accept legalization of slot machines.

News Brief: The massive overhaul planned for Pimlico Race Course faced a cloud of doubt when Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich Jr. expressed his support for a slot machine plan that would limit gambling licenses to one per company.

News Brief: The Maryland Tax Education Foundation has released a report refuting arguments made by the owners of horse racing tracks that they will wither if they do not get slot machines.

News Brief: A broad outline of a compromise deal is beginning to emerge, one that involves the electronic gambling devices, but no casino-style table games, at a handful of Maryland racetracks and other sites.

News Brief: Members of the House Ways and Means Committee who killed the Maryland governor's slot machines bill last session toured the Compulsive Gambling Center as they continued studying the effect of bringing more slot machines to the state.

News Brief: If Maryland decides to legalize slot machine gambling, an overwhelming majority of voters believe the state should maintain control over the machines rather than having them operated by racetrack owners, according to a poll released today.

News Brief: Recent studies suggest the Maryland Lottery generates an outsized share of its revenue from the poor, from minorities and from people with limited education.