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MGM to open information center at National Harbor
MGM Resorts International will open a visitor center at National Harbor next week as part of its campaign to win approval to build a "destination" casino at the site on the Potomac River. The international casino and entertainment company said it will...Tags: Harbor, Personal Service, Rushern Baker, Economy, Business and Finance, Movies
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National Harbor funds Curry push for casino measure
Two companies trying to win approval of a Prince George's County casino have turned over almost $1 million to former County Executive Wayne K. Curry to run a "grass-roots" operation to deliver votes for Question 7 on Election Day. The Peterson Cos.,...
Tags: Local Elections, Gaylord Entertainment Company, Voting, Politics, Prince George's County
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Casino campaign money poised to exceed 3 governor races combined
Spending in the mammoth media battle over a proposed expansion of gambling in Maryland is approaching $70 million and is poised to exceed the totals for the last three gubernatorial contests -- combined -- before Election Day. New figures reported by the...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Executive Branch, Politics, Regional Authority
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Casino backers tout police, fire, NAACP support
On a day when campaigning over gambling expansion was otherwise muted by storm cleanup, proponents of a new casino in Prince George's County flaunted the endorsements of police and fire unions and the state NAACP and pointed to their support in a...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Executive Branch, Movies, Entertainment, Politics
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Both sides of marriage camp spending rapidly
The campaigns to support and oppose same-sex marriage in Maryland have this in common: Both have nearly emptied their coffers. The Maryland Marriage Alliance, which opposes same-sex marriage, had $95,000 left in its bank account for the final stretch...Tags: Human Rights Campaign, Voting, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Gays and Lesbians
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W. Va. official hopes Question 7 goes down
Handing ammunition to proponents of gambling expansion, West Virginia Lottery Director John Musgrave has publicly expressed hope that Marylanders will vote down a proposed expansion in gambling that could mean more competition for casinos in his state....Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Entertainment, Movies, Prince George's County, Penn National Gaming
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MGM pulls ahead in casino money war -- for now
MGM Resorts International has pulled narrowly ahead of rival Penn National in one measure of the spending orgy surrounding gambling expansion by allocating another $6.7 million to the effort to win approval of Question 7 on Maryland's Nov. 6 ballot. MGM,...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Prince George's County
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O'Malley, county execs appear in new casino ads
Proponents of expanded gambling have enlisted four leading political figures — including Gov. Martin O'Malley — to make television ads assuring voters that the additional tax revenue expected to flow into state coffers will go to education....Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Martin O'Malley, Judges, Voting, Crime, Law and Justice
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Rawlings-Blake, Ogden star in pro-casino ad
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake brings on the muscle in a just-released ad warning voters that casino owners in West Virginia are behind the opposition to the proposed gambling expansion plan on the Nov. 6 ballot. In the ad, the former Ravens star...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Montgomery County (Maryland), Lifestyle and Leisure, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Politics
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Governor makes ad for casino proponents
Gov. Martin O'Malley has made a television ad in support of the gambling expansion plan he sponsored during a General Assembly session this summer, assuring viewers that the money raised will go to education. Opponents financed by Penn National Gaming...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Lifestyle and Leisure, Entertainment, Movies, Executive Branch
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Curry to bring grassroots touch to pro-casino campaign
Armed with a $500,000 war chest donated by the developer of National Harbor, former Prince George's County Executive Wayne K. Curry plans to conduct a grassroots campaign on behalf of the gambling expansion question on the Nov. 6 ballot. Curry's campaign...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Rushern Baker, Politics, Prince George's County, Penn National Gaming
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Baltimore TV stations get boost from gambling ads
Baltimore television stations expected little in the way of political advertising this election year. Then the fight over expanded gambling in Maryland erupted, pitting deep-pocketed casino companies against each other. The barrage of ads urging...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Advertising, Montgomery County (Maryland), Voting, Same-Sex Marriage
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