Maryland Ban is Bad for Education 

Maryland’s schools are concerned about a ban on machines that resemble slot machines. The state ban on a machine that has become instrumental in the amount of money that comes into the state’s schools is seriously hurting them. 

Allegany County’s Gaming Administrator says that the machines that are currently being banned are not slot machines, but that they do a lot of good for the school. He said that the state ban on electronic gambling machines will lead to a decrease in revenue for the education system in the state. He said that the state’s schools will get roughly $170,000 less this year than they got last year. 

In addition, local fire and police will get $57,000 less – leaving them in an economic crisis as well. They say that the solution is easy – the legislature simply needs to correct the ban on the electronic games, or make it more specific to what defines a slot machine so that they can continue offering them. 

The slot machine type games dispensed pull tabs, which is a popular form of gambling in the area. The problem is that with slot machine parlors coming in across the state, their government wants to make sure that there is nothing that interferes with that move. As their county is one of those that is scheduled to get a slot machine parlor it is even more important that they get rid of the games. However, the only people who are really suffering from the move is the schools.