Following two years of planning and construction, the $442 million Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore is set to open this month. We’ll survey the Maryland gambling landscape with James Karmel, an expert on gambling in the mid-Atlantic. We’ll also look the imminent closures of Atlantic City’s Showboat and Trump Plaza casinos and how that could affect Maryland’s revenues. Sean Sullivan, a reporter from nj.com, who has written about Atlantic City's industry, also joins us.
Maryland Casinos
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