![[photo, Montgomery Park Business Center, 1800 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/14doe/images/1198-1-656.jpg)
Donald C. Fry, Chair (chosen by Governor)
Appointed by Governor: Ella H. Pierce; Linda Read.
Appointed by Senate President: Rona E. Kramer; James J. King.
Appointed by House Speaker: Thomas P. Barbera; D. Bruce Poole.
Montgomery Park Business Center, 1800 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland, February 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
c/o State Lottery Agency
Montgomery Park Business Center, Suite 330
1800 Washington Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 230-8789
e-mail: rhowells@msla.state.md.us
web: www.mdlottery.com/slots
In November 2008, the Video Lottery Facility Location Commission was established (Chapter 4, Acts of 2007 Special Session; Code State Government Article, sec. 9-1A-36). The Commission conducts a competitive bidding process to award up to five licenses to operate a video lottery [slots gambling] facility in Maryland. With certain stipulations, one license may be awarded for each of five locations: Allegany, Anne Arundel, Cecil and Worcester counties, and Baltimore City. Once in operation, the Maryland Video Lottery Program is regulated by the State Lottery Agency.
For each georgraphic area in which a video lottery facility is located, a local development council is established. The council advises the county on the impact of the facility on the communities in immediate proximity to the facility, and on the needs and priorities of those communities. The Council also makes recommendations to the county and municipality in which the video lottery facility is located regarding the multi-year plans for expenditure of revenue from the facility (Code State Government Article, sec. 9-1A-31).
The first facility in Maryland with video lottery terminals [slot machines] was the Hollywood Casino, which opened at Perryville in Cecil County on September 27, 2010. The second such facility, Casino at Oceans Downs, opened at Berlin in Worcester County on January 4, 2011. A third gambling center - Maryland Live! - opened at Arundel Mills in Anne Arundel County on June 6, 2012.
The Video Lottery Facility Location Commission consists of seven members. Authorization for the Commission extends to January 1, 2015 (Code State Government Article, secs. 9-1A-01 through 9-1A-36).
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