Maryland Live! at Arundel Mills is now the third-largest casino in the United States, based on the number of slot machines.

On Wednesday, the Maryland Lottery and Maryland Live!’s developers unveiled 1,043 new slot machines at the Hanover casino, bringing its total to 4,750 machines.

The two biggest casinos in the nation are both in Connecticut: Foxwoods with 7,000 machines and Mohegan Sun with more than 6,400. 

The casino in Anne Arundel County opened June 7. Since then, the entertainment facility has added The Cheesecake Factory restaurant and Rams Head Center Stage. 

In addition to celebrating the new slot machines, a Sept. 12 media event highlighting completion of the casino's second phase of development featured the grand opening of the main entrance for Maryland Live!—near Modell’s Sporting Goods. Previously, it had been under construction.

Still to come is The Prime Rib, which casino officials said would be open in the next few weeks.

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