Video Lottery Facilities. The first facility in Maryland with video lottery terminals slot machines was the Hollywood Casino, which opened at Perryville in Cecil County on September 27, 2010. The second such facility, Casino at Oceans Downs, opened at Berlin in Worcester County on January 4, 2011. Maryland slot machine casino gambling consists of six land-based casinos with video lottery terminal (VLT) slot machines. Cruise ships traveling in international waters also offer onboard gambling options. A minimum theoretical payout limit was been set by Maryland law. However, no actual return statistics are publicly available. Multi-Match is Maryland’s very own jackpot game with multiple ways to match and win. Players select the first line of six numbers and automatically receive two more lines of six randomly selected numbers, all for $2. The jackpot starts at $500,000 and goes up from there when no one matches all six balls on a.
This is a list of casinos in Maryland.
List of casinos[edit]
| Casino | Opening | Location | VLTS | Tables | Revenue[1] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Gap Casino Resort | May 22, 2013 | Flintstone | 631 | 18 | $46,082,330.36 | Built on the grounds of Rocky Gap State Park. First proposal was rejected due to failure by the developer to pay licensing fees. The Maryland Lottery subsequently lowered the casino tax rate for this location and allowed a second round of bids for new proposals, however, no developers submitted any bids. During the third round of bids, three developers submitted bids and licensing fees, two of which were rejected. The license went to the remaining developer and was awarded in late April 2012. Construction began after receiving approval by the Board of Public Works. The developer bought the entire existing resort in addition to building the casino. [2][3][4] |
| Horseshoe Casino Baltimore | August 26, 2014 | Baltimore | 2,202 | 178 | $289,452,530.23 | |
| Hollywood Casino Perryville | September 17, 2010 | Perryville | 850 | 22 | $77,269,240.74 | The first casino to open in the state. |
| Live! Casino & Hotel | June 6, 2012 | Hanover | 3,994 | 206 | $629,732,519.82 | The first phase, with 3,200 slot machines and electronic table games, opened on June 6, 2012. Phase II, with 1,550 additional machines, opened in September 2012. Traditional live table games began operation on April 11, 2013. A two-story Poker Room opened on August 28, 2013.[5] |
| Ocean Downs | January 4, 2011 | Berlin | 800 | 0 | $55,889,525.90 | The casino opened in 2011, complementing a facility which already featured live horse racing. |
| MGM National Harbor | December 8, 2016 | Oxon Hill | 3,139[6] | 165 | $49,944,074 (April '17) | On December 20, 2013, MGM Resorts International was awarded the license to construct a $925 million casino resort in National Harbor. The figure subsequently went up to an approved $1.2 billion.[7] |
Expansion of table games[edit]
Governor Martin O'Malley promised to look to expand Maryland's array of gambling in the 2012 legislative session. On February 7, 2012, Senator Douglas JJ Peters introduced legislation in the Maryland State Senate that would legalize an additional casino in Prince George's County. His legislation would legalize a certain number of slot machines and table games in Prince George's as well as table games for the other two open and three yet-to-open casinos in Maryland. The legislation would set aside 2.5% of the Prince George's County casino revenue for an economic development fund and an additional 2.5% of revenue to fund the construction of a new hospital in the County.[8] Such legislation must be approved by the House of Delegates, Senate, Governor, statewide voter referendum, and county-wide voter referendum. At the time, there was speculation that a casino license in Prince George's County would be awarded to a company that plans to build it at either National Harbor or Rosecroft Raceway. While this proposal failed during the regular 2012 legislative session, Governor O'Malley championed a special session in July of that year to address the issue of gambling expansion, which passed in the Maryland legislature. The casino legislation required it to pass a Maryland referendum in November. On November 6, 2012, the casino referendum passed, allowing table games at the existing authorized casinos and allowing a sixth casino to be built in Prince George's County.[9] On December 20, 2013, the Prince George's County casino license was awarded to MGM Resorts International for a casino resort, which opened on December 8, 2016, at National Harbor.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^http://gaming.mdlottery.com/maryland-casinos-generate-95-17-million-in-revenue-during-december/
- ^'Strike one: Rocky Gap slots proposal rejected'. Cumberland Times-News. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^Haber, Gary (13 January 2012). 'Md. slots commission rejects Landow's Rocky Gap bid'. Baltimore Business Journal. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^Dresser, Michael; Cho, Hanah (26 April 2012). 'Rocky Gap casino license awarded'. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^Kilar, Steve (3 June 2012). 'With new casino opening, a look back at Cordish's gambling record'. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^https://smnewsnet.com/archives/418572/maryland-casinos-generate-135-7-million-revenue-april/
- ^Rector, Kevin. 'MGM chosen for Prince George's casino license'. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^Associated Press (6 February 2012). 'Bill would OK table games and casino site in P.G. Co'. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^Wagner, John (21 May 2012). '2nd Md. special session could be week of July 9'. The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 June 2012. On November 6, 2012, Question 7 has voted legalizing table games
External links[edit]
- Media related to Casinos in Maryland at Wikimedia Commons
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Veterans organizations in Maryland can apply next week for a license to have up to five instant lottery pull tab machines at their facilities to help raise money for veterans, but it is expected to take months before the machines will be playable because regulations still need to be adopted.
The provision, which takes effect Monday, was included in the gambling expansion measure passed in a special session in August. While the main components of the measure to allow table games like blackjack at casinos and a casino site in Prince George’s County require voter approval in November, the provision for veterans does not.
“We’re looking forward to it,” said Joe Peters, commander of VFW Post 2632 in California in southern Maryland. “The more money we can make off of pull tabs, the more veterans we can help.”
The law does not include the Eastern Shore — where slot machines are allowed at veterans organizations. It also does not include Montgomery County, where lawmakers asked not to be included.
A number of factors make it unclear how much money will be generated. For one thing, the state’s lottery commission still needs to determine how much money goes out in prizes. In other states, the amount returned to players has been about two-thirds. Veterans organizations will get 5 to 6 percent of gross sales. The lottery will get the rest that is not returned to players, and in fiscal year 2015, the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund will get 10 percent of that money.
Carole Everett, a spokeswoman for the lottery, said officials are still gathering information about the number of groups that will be interested.
“The lottery is still gathering information on veterans organizations that are out there and eligible for this program, and we will try to move this along as quickly as possible,” Everett said.
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Other laws approved to help veterans also are taking effect on Monday.
A Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans and the Courts is being formed to study military service-related mental health issues and substance abuse problems that may arise in civil, family and criminal cases. It will explore recommendations regarding a special court for defendants who are current or former service members who may suffer from mental illness, substance abuse or post-traumatic stress syndrome related to military service and the readjustment to civilian life.
The panel will report findings and recommendations by Dec. 1, 2013.
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A new law also extends the date they can apply for the Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship from June 30, 2016, to June 30, 2020. The Office of Student Financial Assistance also may continue to renew the scholarships after the June 30, 2020, deadline for veterans who received the initial scholarships before the deadline. In fiscal year 2012, an estimated 120 veterans received scholarships totaling about $550,000.
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