Perhaps I accidentally made a bet, but I thought you couldn't leave a screen mid-game. However, I quickly noticed that I had $98 in credits only. After I put a $100 bill in the machine I started pressing buttons to see the video poker pay tables.

From previous reviews, I have learned security does not like middle-aged men walking about the casino taking notes. In taking notes for video poker and video keno, I put a bill into a bar top machine, to look more like a real player and less like a spy. I didn't have a great deal of time, so spent about 90 minutes wandering about the casino taking notes for this review. I would roughly estimate that 25% of tables were open and about 5% of slots were being played. As you might expect early on the Thursday morning, the casino was very quiet. I visited the Live at about 8:00 AM on Thursday, April 25 (the perfect date), 2019. A floor supervisor told me that a draft beer costs $5 and a bottled beer costs $6. Maryland law forbids giving free alcoholic beverages. They also have self-serve soda machines scattered about the casino. I am told they have a separate Orchid Casino that does allow smoking, but it wasn't open at the time I was there early in the morning. However, as far as I know, there is no permanent show that you can see on a regular basis. Their web site lists 11 restaurants and signage promotes various promotions and live shows. Despite it's huge size, there isn't a great deal to do besides gamble.

310-room 17-story hotel and conference centerīy way of comparison, the MGM in Las Vegas has 2,470 slots, 178 table games, and 22 poker tables, according to our own Las Vegas hotel guide.Īs you can see from these statistics, the Live is ENORMOUS.

Here are some statistics about the Live, according to Wikipedia: They now have a large and free parking garage that serves both the casino and mall. It was built in the parking lot of the Arundel Mills Mall. The Live is located in Arundel Mills, which is a nice suburb of Baltimore, located near the Baltimore-Washington airport. As of this writing in 2019, the Live is one of six Maryland casinos. Maryland legalized full casino gambling in 2012.

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