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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland lawmakers are gathering for a special session to take up gambling legislation.

The Senate will convene Thursday.

The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee is scheduled to meet in the afternoon and likely vote on the measure that would allow table games like poker and baccarat, as well as a new casino site in Prince George's County. The new casino near the nation's capital would be open to competitive bidding. It could not open until 2016.

Voters would have to approve the gambling expansion

Lawmakers also are considering legislation to address a ruling by Maryland's highest court that pit bulls are "inherently dangerous" animals. Lawmakers want to address landlord and third-party liability for dog bites by putting liability for bites by any type of dog on their owners.

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