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MGM ranks first and Live! second in a Maryland Wire report pairing Maryland casino revenue rankings with lobbying disclosures. The report examines which lobbyists represent the casinos in Annapolis.
Revenue Rankings Frame the Lobbying Report
The Maryland Wire published its casino revenue and lobbying analysis on Oct. 26, 2026, placing MGM ahead of Live! in the headline’s ranking.
Author J. Barry O’Connell says the ranking uses the state’s own casino revenue numbers. He then matched each casino to its lobbyists through the State Ethics Commission’s public portal.
The report presents those pairings as a map of Maryland gaming influence, using casino revenue as its organizing measure.
Public Disclosures Identify Casino Representation
O’Connell describes the report’s focus as:
“Who lobbies for Maryland’s gambling money — ranked by the dollars, not by the noise”
The approach brings together two distinct types of information: the casinos’ revenue ranking and their disclosed lobbying representation. Its focus is the land-based casino industry and its presence in Annapolis, rather than an online casino launch or a new gambling rule.
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Source: As reported by themarylandwire.com.
