Ocean Downs
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News... 10218 Racetrack Road
Berlin, MD 21811
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Local: (410) 641-0600
Ocean Downs is located in Berlin, Maryland and is a casino. Ocean Downs currently has limited or no dining options.
Website:
www.oceandowns.com
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Ocean Downs Casino Set To Open
wboc.com,
Monday, January 3, 2011 at 11:41:24 PM
The Casino at Ocean Downs is scheduled to open to the public at 1 p.m. Tuesday, following a ribbon cutting by state officials and Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley.
Ocean Downs will be Maryland's second operating slots parlor since a referendum allowing the facilities was approved by voters in 2008.
The racetrack was the first facility in the state approved for slots, but construction delays prevented it from opening before Hollywood Casino in Perryville in September.
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Ocean Downs casino to open in January
Baltimore Sun,
Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 7:00:44 PM
The slots parlor at Ocean Downs racetrack in the Eastern Shore will open on Jan. 4, the casino announced Thursday.
The Casino at Ocean Downs! in Berlin will be the second slots facility to open in Maryland. Hollywood Casino Perryville in Cecil County opened in late September.
The $45 million gaming facility in Ocean Downs will feature 700 slot machines and employ more than 200 people.
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Ocean Downs awarded first slots license
Washington Post,
Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 12:33:00 AM
Maryland awarded its first license for slot machine gambling Wednesday, giving Ocean Downs racetrack on the Eastern Shore permission to operate up to 800 machines as early as Memorial Day.
Marking a milestone in Maryland's long-running battle over legalizing slots, a state commission unanimously approved the first of five sites authorized by voters in last year's election.
"By our action today, we are showing this is moving forward," said Donald C. Fry, chairman of the seven-member commission, which began weighing bids in February after a bitter legislative debate over the issue that dominated state politics for years.
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