Not much new in this but....

http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore...e-live-in.html

key quote...
"The next meeting of the Maryland Lottery Gaming and Control Commission is scheduled for Nov. 15. The commission will set future schedules at that meeting, Martino said."

I wonder if that meeting will be open...

I'm guessing they will have to expand before they can get table games up and running. There's just not a lot of room there

Heres another article on what ML is pulling in from slots and how the taxes break down currently. ( I think we just voted for the tax rate to go from 67 to 50%).

http://www.capitalgazette.com/maryla...190a1986f.html

quote from article....

"Maryland Live! is the third-largest commercial casino in the United States and operates 4,750 slot machines and electronic table games. Last month, each machine earned $208 a day."

I want one of those.

I live in the College Park area and drove to AC many times for poker. I was really happy when table games arrived in Delaware and go to Delaware Park 2-3 times a month and also enjoy playing the tournaments at the Harrington Casino. After a few trips to Charlestown, I will never give them my business again. I can't wait to begin playing at Live and hope it is soon and. DP has a great poker room and will suffer once poker is available in Maryland.

Harrah's has already made statement about a WSOP Circuit in Baltimore..It's on the Baltimore web site...

WPT is idle speculation on my part...

Even though I do like the fact of having another poker option in the area I will not start digging a grave for Delaware Park yet. Just because a room is closer does not necessarily mean it will be better. We have no idea what the management teams for the new poker rooms will be like. MD is just the new pretty girl at the party. Lets not make any judgements until we talk to her.

If Perryville is anything like Charles Town I think you'll still find a lot of MD folks in the northern parts heading to Delaware Park. They've just put together too nice of an establishment to not have loyal players willing to drive another 20 minutes up 95 to play there. Of course Perryville will be very interested in doing everything they can to pull players away to help offset the massive losses they'll probably face at Charles Town.

I think this is good insight. Penn National is synonymous with high rake. CT's staff, to their credit, have evolved and appear to be very accommodating and reasonable compared to when they first opened, but holy **** they sucked for the first year or so.

Hopefully the rake will be lower and somewhat similiar to what AC does. It will also be interesting to see what short term effects it has on CT and if they do anything now to try and retain customers...

I think that is presumptuous. I do love Delaware Park, and I think there staff and setup are great. However, unless Perryville has obvious problems or a higher rake, then people will definitely spare the 20 minutes of driving (you forgot to mention the additional tolls...and if you already avoid tolls to DP, it is about an extra 25-30 minutes to DP then it would be to Perryville). 40 minutes round trip is a significant amount of time, and I think you underestimate how valuable people perceive their time to be. DP only offers 40 cents in comps per hour, which certainly doesn't help their case for player retainment.

I'm a poker dealer at a casino, I live in MD any idea how long before the casino's here start hiring dealers. Whenever I call to talk to HR I get the runaround. I can't even get transferred to HR at Maryland Live.

I'm just trying to start working close to home.

Yes I figured Harrahs baltimore would get one...

but someone asked about NH (National Harbor) and I was commenting on that

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...1.story?page=1

It seems that penn national has some real beef again. You know, I could tolerate the fact that they tried to get voters to vote against Q7.

But now that our elected Governor, elected legislature, and electorate have all said that we wanted table games these *******s need to accept it and move on.

The fact that they are trying table block us now in the courts is getting to the point where I feel I have to boycott Charles town.

Does anyone else feel as so?

Don't forget to boycott Rosecroft and Perryville too if you're going to boycott.

I don't care about the challenge you described because it's too silly to amount to anything. But if you feel like you need to boycott, go for it (especially if you're a good player -- the less of you @ CT, the better).

I feel that way too. Somehow the lawsuit feels like the last straw even though there were already plenty of huge reasons (ones that were more likely to be impactful than this suit) to not want to support CTown.

I would be more than happy to boycott any and all Hollywood establishments and just stick with DP, MD Live, and Harrah's further down the line.

Interestingly enough a lot of folks seem to be hitting on the theme of oversaturation, which was one of the main themes of the anti-Q7 crusade. I think Maryland could make do without Perryville, which will likely be one of the weaker establishments unless it really changes things up. Harrahs and MD Live! will be a bit close, but both should do well given their location in dense entertainment hubs. National Harbor will likely pull some action from the north, but a lot will likely come from VA where no casinos currently exist.

I personally hope that DP will continue to do well, that Perryville and Charles Town will wither away, and that MD Live!, Harrahs, and National Harbor will be the big three that have a decent share of the player pool with quality traffic, promotions, and comps.

Just read on WBAL TV site that Caesars is building a Horseshoe casino in Baltimore with a world series of poker room to hold series tournaments. Of course that will be awhile but more positive news for Maryland poker.

"Donald Fry, chairman of the panel, said he believes the commission will be able to put out a request for bids early next year and select a location before the end of 2013. Under the law, the earliest a Prince George's casino could open is 2016"

This I didnot know...I thought that 2016 was an estimate but it's in the Law...

While I agree this Lawsuit is rediculious to say the least... Penn National will try every angle to delay NH....

Saw this as well, and sounds like a notable upgrade. Will be nice to have an official WSOP room in state with circuit events.

MD Live! is remaining in the news for their ambition in filling about 1200 jobs and trying to get up and running as quick as possible.

As for Perryville, the only thing that I've heard is that the Hollywood chain is going to put together a Hollywood Poker Open (actually starting today - http://www.hollywoodpokeropen.com/) and Perryville could become a host in the next go-round. Other than that got the basic... "At this time, we are now moving into rules and regulations approvals with the commission so we are unsure of the exact specifics"

You know, I'm disappointed that it may take 4 years to get poker to National Harbor, but at least that means WMATA will have four years to prepare to get a bus going again Alexandria-NH.

Water Taxi!

National Harbor cannot come fast enough. Even on the worst traffic days I can't see it taking more than 20-30 minutes to go from my desk to my car to the card room.

Yeah, I'm in Crystal City. Assuming they start running a bus from, say, King St. or Eisenhower, then it'll be like a 10 minute Metro ride, then a 10 minute bus trip. Add in layovers and it'll be something like 30 minutes door to door.

Did anyone hear the grounds of the lawsuit...


"A lawsuit was filed last week in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court by two former state lawmakers who insist Maryland’s state Constitution requires a majority of all registered voters — not just a majority of those who turned out for the election — to pass an expansion of gambling."

Lawsuit was filed on Friday....

The language at question is from Article XIX, Section 1(e) of the state constitution, which reads:

"The General Assembly may only authorize additional forms or expansion of commercial gaming if approval is granted through a referendum, authorized by an act of the General Assembly, in a general election by a majority of the qualified voters in the State."

The suit argues that the term "qualified voters" means all registered voters, not just those who actually go to the polls on Election Day.




http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/...,3533819.story

Google "question 7 lawsuit" for more but they all say the same thing pretty much...

There is also more in the other MD threads,,