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We give you a rundown on Horseshoe Casino Baltimore, which opened as the first full-service casino in the city.
By By Jess Blumberg Mayhugh | September 2014
 
lucky charm
Lucky horseshoes stem back to 969 AD when the patron saint of blacksmiths used one to ward off the devil.
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