Opened nearly two years ago by the Cordish Cos., Maryland Live brought in nearly 80 percent of the March revenue received by the state's four casinos, a share that analysts expect to shrink once Horseshoe opens. Until the state's sixth casino opens in Prince George's County, possibly in 2016, Maryland Live and Horseshoe will be the state's largest casinos and the closest together geographically.

'There's going to be a competition for employees and for customers when it comes down to it,' Rob Norton, Maryland Live's general manager, said. The competition for qualified workers presages the looming battle between the two casinos for gamblers. Maryland Live, about a dozen miles south of the Horseshoe in Hanover, employs about 3,000 people and plans job fairs in May and June, aiming to fill about 300 jobs, including dealers, cashiers, cooks, bartenders and security personnel. Horseshoe needs to fill its jobs even as Maryland Live, the state's largest casino, continues to hire. 'There's competition for employees in the hospitality industry as a whole,' Chad Barnhill, Horseshoe's general manager, said. Those crimes include, but are not limited to fraud, treason, theft, perjury and forgery, said a spokesman for the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency.Īs Horseshoe gets closer to opening, Clinch said he wouldn't be surprised to see 'some pilfering from other casinos' for employees, as well as heightened competition with local restaurants for workers. The state gaming license requirements exclude anyone from working in a casino in any capacity who cannot pass a drug test and who in the previous seven years has been convicted of a 'crime of moral turpitude,' as the law puts it.

He said the city has done a good job organizing these sorts of employment drives in the past, but he expects its goal of landing most of the jobs may be difficult because of the screening requirements. Is it going to be a stretch? Yes,' said Clinch, who has worked as a consultant on gaming in the past for the state and Penn National Gaming, the original and previous owner of Hollywood Casino, Perryville, Maryland's first casino. 'The question is, can they fill it in a six-month time frame? Yes. Richard Clinch, a Maryland economist with Battelle Memorial Institute, said trying to fill so many jobs is daunting, but doable.

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