The data reported to state regulators includes incidents handled by internal security, some of which do not result in a police response.

There were 32 physical altercations and 14 drug-related incidents, according to data provided by state gambling regulators.

Ten million people have visited Maryland Live to gamble, dine and attend concerts, yet records reflect few serious crimes and violent incidents have been rare.įrom January through August, Maryland Live reported 51 thefts and robberies, the most common problem. And they have deployed an array of security measures common in Las Vegas and Atlantic City but new to Maryland’s casino industry.Ĭasino officials, state regulators and local police say the effort is working. To avert crime, the casino’s operators have created a security apparatus that rivals the police forces of many small Maryland counties. Residents in northwestern Anne Arundel County had feared that the casino would draw not only gamblers but prostitutes, drug dealers and thieves. “The crime is not to the degree and volume that people were concerned it would be,” said Dixon, who regularly invites mall, casino and police officials to association meetings. Last month, Maryland Live agreed to pay $20,000 and take measures to prevent underage people from entering under a consent agreement with the state’s Lottery and Gaming Control Commission.

Maryland Live, the largest of the state’s four casinos, has seen the most crime - reporting to gambling regulators that police have responded to the facility more than 110 times this year - about half the number of incidents reported at all of them. “Safety and security is culturally part of everything we do” said Robert Norton, the casino’s general manager. And local police officers patrol the area around the casino, keeping in radio contact with casino security. Off-duty police boost security, especially on the busiest days when more than 40,000 people pass through the casino’s doors. Two hundred security officers keep watch over gamblers and escort big winners to their cars. Baltimore Sun eNewspaper Home Page Close MenuĪround the clock, teams watch surveillance footage from more than 1,000 cameras covering nearly every inch of the 2 million-square-foot Maryland Live casino, which includes restaurants, a music venue and a 5,000-space parking garage.

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