Another 50 machines are expected to be added in 2011, based on the preferences of casino customers. Ocean Downs will have about 700 computerized slot machines when it opens in January, fewer than half the number authorized by voters. From the outside it looks like a new public high school. Workers are finishing up the interior and parking lot of the casino pictured above. 50 and five miles west of the beach resort of Ocean City, Maryland. The racetrack-casino is located about a half-mile off Rt. It is one of five locations approved by voters for slot machine gambling in Maryland. Ocean Downs is a small rural track that’s held summer harness racing for more than 60 years. The new casino needs a final certificate from Maryland state gambling officials, and that is expected if all goes smoothly at a Dec. 589, announces casino gambling at Ocean Downs.Īfter many delays, the era of slot machine gambling is about to begin at Ocean Downs. Black billboard with gold lettering, at the intersection of Rt.
