Commission Meeting: 5/28/2020

The next Maryland Lottery and Gaming Commission meeting was held on Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Due to COVID-19, the meeting was held via teleconference.

Listen to a recording of the Commission Meeting held on May 28, 2020 here. To download the recording, right click on the link and click “Save link as…”

AGENDA

MINUTES

CALL TO ORDER

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Open Session – April 23, 2020

CONSENT AGENDA
Items listed on the consent agenda are a variety of different contracts and items that are routine in nature. If requested by a Commissioner, an item on the consent agenda may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed under Staff Reports/ Commission Action Items for further discussion and consideration.

1. New Instant Ticket Games

• #496 ($2) Big Cash Bonus
• #497 ($5) “$”
• #498 ($10) $100,000 Crossword 4th Edition
• #499 ($20) Bonus Bingo x20

2. EGD Games and Component Testing

• Certified Lab Software, Hardware and Game Certifications VLTs, Table Game Components, and Instant Bingo Machines (4/9/20 – 5/14/20)
  • Attachment

3. Regulatory Violations

• Hollywood Casino – January 2020
• Horseshoe Casino – November 2019
• MGM National Harbor – January 2020

4. Gaming License Application Revocations

5. Staff Reports

• Financial Director’s Report
  • Director’s Report
• John Martin, Managing Director, Chief Revenue Officer
• James Logue, Managing Director, Gaming
• John Mooney, Managing Director, Regulatory Oversight
  • Report to Commission
  • Casino License Applications
  • Casino License Applications and Fees
  • Monthly eLicensing Statistic Report
  • Enforcement Statistics Report
• Leo Mamorsky, Managing Director, Chief Marketing Officer
• Carole Gentry, Managing Director, Communications
• Robert T. Fontaine, Principal Counsel, Office of the Attorney General
• James Butler, Managing Director, Organizational Compliance

OPERATOR REPORTS
1. Hollywood Casino Perryville Matthew Heiskell, General Manager
2. Ocean Downs Casino
Bobbi Sample, General Manager
3. Live! Casino
Anthony Faranca, Executive Vice President, General Manager
4. Rocky Gap Casino Resort
Skylar Dice, Vice President, General Manager
5. Horseshoe Casino – Baltimore
Randy Conroy, Vice President, General Manager
6. MGM National Harbor
Jeffrey Shrader, Vice President and Legal Counsel
Introduction of Jorge Perez, incoming President, COO

STAFF REPORTS

1. Gordon Medenica, Director

• April Dashboard

COMMISSION ACTION ITEMS

• Emergency Delegation of Authority by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to the Director of the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency for Reopening Casinos
  • Attachment

• Contract Renewal with Stout, Causey & Horning, P.A. (#2015-04)
  • Staff memo

2. Jim Nielsen, Assistant Deputy Director, COO

• Report

COMMISSION ACTION ITEM

• Amended Lottery Regulation – 36.02.06.05
  • Staff memo
  • Attachment

CLOSED SESSION, if necessary

OTHER MOTIONS
1. Next Commission Meeting will be Thursday, June 25th at 10 a.m.

ADJOURNMENT