Slot Machine News

Slot machines are consistently in the news – who is getting them, who wants them, who can’t have them. So today we thought we’d give you a little sampling of some of the news out there today.

In Maryland, Laurel Park is appealing the decision that says that they cannot have slot machines. The group was expected to pay $28.5 million with their application for slot machines, but put the money in escrow instead of the state’s hands and now the state says that they can’t qualify for the slot machine license. The group says that they didn’t give the money for slot machines because there was nothing in the rules that said that if they did not get the slot machines that they would get their money back.

In Baltimore County, Councilman T. Bryan McIntire has proposed a zoning amendment in the state which would keep slot machines fro coming to the Maryland State Fairgrounds. The state has already ruled out the location, but McIntire wants it made official that they cannot bring in slot machines. He says that his constituents don’t want slot machines or the crime that they bring with them near them, and want some sort of amendment that keeps them slot machine free.

The Baltimore Development Corporation is working on their own legislation to see if they can bring in slot machines. They say that the city needs zoning changes that would allow the slot machine parlor to be build near the M&T Bank Stadium. They say that they are moving forward with the slot machines, but they want to be sure to have taken all steps necessary before they break ground.

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