Tag Archives: Maryland
US – Penn National buys Hollywood Casino Perryville in Maryland
Penn National Gaming is buying Hollywood Casino Perryville in Maryland for $31.1m from Gaming and Leisure Properties, giving it a stronger foothold in the upcoming sports betting market in Maryland. Penn will enter into a lease with GLPI for the real estate assets associated with the Hollywood Casino Perryville facility with annual rent of approximately…
US – Penn National Gaming to acquire Hollywood Casino Perryville operations
Penn National Gaming, has reached agreement with Gaming and Leisure Properties to acquire the operations of Hollywood Casino – Perryville in Maryland for $31.1m in cash, subject to certain customary working capital adjustments. Simultaneous with the closing of the transaction, Penn National will enter into a lease with GLPI for the real estate assets associated…
US – Maryland votes in sports betting with General Assembly to shape sector in January
Whilst the detail and the timelines are not yet known, Maryland voters have said yes to sports betting with 66.3 per cent wanting its introduction. The General Assembly will finalise the finer detail in January with early estimates that in-person and mobile betting could generate over $18m in taxation. MGM, which operates the largest casino…
US – Maryland to put basic sports betting bill to referendum
Maryland, a state surrounded by live legal sports betting in Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, has approved a sports betting bill with no framework and no detail, which locals will now vote on in a referendum. Due to the coronavirus crisis, the General Assembly adjourned three weeks early and didn’t have time to debate the…
US – Maryland could hold 2020 referendum on sports betting
Maryland’s state legislature opens for business on January 8 with a sports wagering proposal, Senate Bill No. 58, asking for a voter referendum in November on the expansion of gambling to allow the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue sports betting licenses. Sports betting licenses would only be offered to Video Lottery Terminal…
US – Caesars Horseshoe Baltimore to launch 150 slot/20 table smoking terrace
Caesars Entertainment will open a smoking terrace at Caesars Horseshoe Baltimore which at 10,500-square-foot and with 150 slots and 20 tables is as big as an entire casino in many other markets. Complete with a roof and adjustable awnings, the patio will offer a controlled environment which can be changed in conjunction with the weather….
US – Galaxy Gaming receives licensing approval in Maryland
Galaxy Gaming, a developer and distributor of casino table games and enhanced systems, announced today that it has received its Manufacturer’s licensing approval from the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency. “We are very excited to receive our license in Maryland, and the significance it represents for Galaxy. We have received this license as a…
US – Maryland’s six casinos set new revenue record in 2018
The Maryland casino sector set a new revenue record in 2018 reaching $1.746bn, up 8.1 per cent from 2017’s $1.614bn. Slot revenue accounted for almost $1.1bn in 2018, increasing from less than $1bn in 2017 whilst table revenues were up 6.3 per cent to $654m. Five of the six casinos in Maryland saw an increase…
US – Gary Platt supplies chairs for Ocean Downs’ expanded casino area
Maryland’s Ocean Downs Casino recently opened its expanded casino area, complete with exciting new table games and new high limit slot area. Visitors to the casino are relaxing in the unsurpassed comfort of chairs by Gary Platt Manufacturing, which exclusively provided slot machine and table games chairs for the casino. The new contract was an…
