Gambling

 The wet carpet has been removed, but the mystery still remains: Why did a 13,000-gallon aquarium suddenly break Sunday morning at Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino?   "We don't know where the fault is," Director of Gaming Mike Couch said. "It could be...

Comptroller Peter Franchot on Wednesday denounced a revised deal that allowed the company licensed to operate a casino at the Rocky Gap resort in Allegany County to reduce the scale of the project as a "complete bait and switch" on the part of the...

As the state is poised to add several new casinos and possibly table games such as poker, the University of Maryland School of Medicine said Thursday that it would create a center aimed at training thousands of health professionals to help gambling...

Give the new television ad asking voters to approve Maryland's Question 7 credit for one thing: It is spot on in accusing the opposition of being bankrolled by an out-of-state gambling company worried about losing revenue at its marquee location in West...

Gambling giant Penn National Gaming Inc. has spent $5.5 million to limit gambling in Maryland — the latest move in a casino-vs.-casino battle that could saturate the airwaves and overwhelm other ballot initiatives this fall. The Penn National...

PIX11's Hilary Whittier took a tour of Revel, the new Atlantic City hotel. There are some big concerts scheduled at their concert hall, including the Eagles on 9/1 and 9/2 and Barry Manilow on 9/8. Revel is a new destination for uncommon recreation....

Could poker be legal?  A New York federal judge has made a major decision that could affect players online and in poker rooms everywhere. The federal judge said poker was a game of skill, not of chance, so it's not gambling and not illegal. Teresa...

The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Summer Splash Poker Open is in the midst of its 65-event series, which takes place in the ballrooms. There's a variety of buy-in levels and games, and opens with a $350 buy-in No-limit Hold’em event with a $300,...

A strange quirk of Maryland's governance is the degree to which the state legislature needs to act on certain laws that really should be the sovereign responsibility of the counties. For example, thanks to the latest version of what has become the annual...

Florida casinos operated by the Seminole Tribe of Florida are adding the roulette and craps games that first appeared at Magic City Casino in Miami and later at the Isle Casino and Racing in Pompano Beach. The games, created by the Slovenian company...

Gov. Martin O'Malley's special session on casino gambling should have been called a rubberstamp session. Because there really was no legislative session, let alone public debate or analysis regarding the negative economic and social impact that will...

Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation Wednesday asking voters to approve expanded gambling in Maryland as supporters and opponents prepared for what could be a bruising referendum campaign this fall. The governor's action capped a whirlwind special...