The closures created “pent-up demand among recreational gamblers, but also pent-up desperation among problem gamblers,” said Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling. Larry Hogan to help curb the spread of the virus. The state allowed casinos to reopen at 50% capacity in June after being ordered closed three months earlier by Republican Gov. He's pictured outside his offices March 3.
Benjamin Herbst, an attorney with the Herbst Firm in Baltimore, has represented more than 20 gamblers on the exclusion list.