State of Maryland Looking at Slot Machine Contract 

The state of Maryland is looking at approving a contract that would allow them to start bringing in the slot machines. The contract, worth $800 million would allow them to begin the long process of bringing in 15,000 slot machines to the state, and they would then be distributed across the state of Maryland. It is called a “master contract” but there are those that have concerns about one of the companies that the state is looking at. 

The slot machine contract could be with GTECH and many residents are fearful of doing business with the company. They do not have the best track record, and many say that they don’t trust them. The company was just investigated for bribery and kickbacks going back as far as the 1990s – leaving many to say that this is not necessarily the company that they want to get into bed with. 

The Board of Public Works is reviewing the nine companies that are vying for the slot machine final contract, so it is possible that GTECH will ultimately lose their bid to handle them for the state. There is a new law that the state has that would allow one company to supply the slot machines, and another to operate them. They feel that this might hold off any possibilities of corruption within the industry. 

Others think that this is just a waste of time as if there is going to be corruption it is going to be on one end or the other – and splitting the duties is not going to change that.