Maryland Live casino has accused MGM National Harbor — its soon-to-open rival on the Potomac — of hiring former Maryland Live hosts who allegedly improperly collected and retained names and contact information from their ex-employer’s private database of “high rollers.”
The three hosts “misappropriated Maryland Live’s trade secrets without authorization and are using them to advance their interests to the detriment of Maryland Live,” the Anne Arundel casino said a lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
Maryland Live alleged that the hosts, also named in the suit, worked with some of the most coveted customers in its rewards program. It says two of the hosts “misappropriated” names and contact information of players in the Chairman Club and Black Card tiers — its uppermost levels. Such players tend to wager large amounts and receive personal attention and free perks.
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