Two Charged in Counterfeit Poker Chip Scheme

Baltimore Sun – The Northern Virginia couple throwing down $100 tokens at Maryland Live casino last month may have looked like aspiring high-rollers, but police say they were gambling with fake chips. Maryland State Police have charged a husband and wife from Annandale, Va., with conspiracy and theft after determining that they were using counterfeit chips at the Hanover casino. Authorities are looking for two other suspects in a similar, but unrelated, case. According to police, Rosa A. Nguyen, 36, purchased $150,000 worth of counterfeit casino chips — which had been altered to appear to be Maryland Live chips —…

Does Maryland casino boom worry Atlantic City?

From Baltimore Business Journal Atlantic City tourism officials should be getting quite an eyeful on Wednesday. That’s the day New Jersey releases its casino revenue figures. And it just might also be the day when Garden State officials get a sense of how big a bite Maryland’s casinos have taken out of the boardwalk. On Friday, the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency reported that revenue for the state’s four casinos, jumped to $66.5 million in June, up 57 percent from June 2012. New Jersey’s revenue figures for May show that Atlantic City’s 12 casinos had a combined $227.5 million…