Panel urges slot changes for Maryland
The commission set up by Maryland to award slot machine gambling licenses is urging state lawmakers to consider making substantial statutory changes in the states gaming laws to generate more revenues. In a Feb. 11 letter from Video Lottery Facility Location Commission Chairman Donald C. Fry to Sen. President Thomas V. Mike Miller, House Speaker […]
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