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Slots panel member wants to adjust Maryland gambling plan

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland -- As reported by The (Baltimore) Sun: "As Maryland's slots selection commission takes shape, one newly appointed member wants the panel to go beyond awarding potentially lucrative gambling licenses to consider advising the legislature on adjustments for the just-approved gambling plan.

"'I think some of the first work of the commission is to study the legislation in the reality of the current economy,' said D. Bruce Poole, a Hagerstown attorney and former lawmaker, and determine whether the plan approved by voters last month will yield 'viable' bidders.

"Poole was appointed yesterday as one of House of Delegates Speaker Michael E. Busch's two picks for the seven-member panel.

"A slots opponent who said he voted against the November referendum that legalized them, Poole insisted yesterday that he wants to ensure high-quality slots parlors in Maryland. Some gambling analysts and gaming companies have said Maryland's plan to take 67 cents on every dollar collected by operators, and the requirement of huge upfront investments, might dampen enthusiasm for the licenses..."

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