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O'Malley not looking past slots
By LIAM FARRELL Staff Writer
Published 05/23/09

While the slot-machine process slows to a crawl in Anne Arundel County, Delaware has upped the gambling stakes by legalizing sports betting and also is heading toward allowing table games.

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell signed a bill Thursday to raise more than $50 million through a sports lottery, but Gov. Martin O'Malley so far is focused on just getting the first wave of new gambling installed in Maryland.

A spokesman for the governor said O'Malley is only looking at implementing the "slots proposal that the voters overwhelmingly approved" in a November referendum.

"There is no plan or desire to expand gambling beyond...

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