The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission will meet on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Montgomery Park Business Center, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 330, Baltimore MD 21230. A portion of the meeting may be conducted in closed session. For additional information, please contact Marie Torosino at 410-230-8790.
CALL TO ORDER
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Open Session – May 28, 2015
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.
New Instant Ticket Games
- #231 Wizard of Oz $5
- #234 Penguin Doubler $1
- #235 Cookies and Cash $2
- #236 Tic Tac Dough $3
- #237 Holiday Lucky Times 10 $5
- #238 Let it Snow Tripler $10
- #239 Diamond 7s $10
VLT Games and Component Testing (5/14/15/ – 6/3/15)
Maryland Live! Casino Consent Agreement
Gaming License Application Denials
Lottery Retailer License Application Denial
OPERATOR REPORTS
- Hollywood Casino Perryville – Matthew Heiskell, General Manager
- Casino at Ocean Downs – Joe Cavilla, General Manager
- Maryland Live! Casino – Robert Norton, President and General Manager
- Rocky Gap Casino Resort – Scott Just, General Manager
- Horseshoe Casino, Baltimore – Chad Barnhill, Senior Vice President/General Manager
STAFF REPORTS AND COMMISSION ACTION ITEMS
Gordon Medenica, Director
Gina Smith, Deputy Director/CFO
Charles LaBoy, Assistant Director for Gaming
COMMISSION ACTION ITEMS
Table Games Regulations
Amended Regulations
- 36.05.04.02 Blackjack Tables and Card Reader Devices
- 36.05.04.06 Blackjack Wagers
- 36.05.04.13 Blackjack Payout Odds and Limitation
New Regulations
- 36.05.19.01 Double Draw Poker Definitions
- 36.05.19.02 Double Draw Poker Tables
- 36.05.19.03 Cards; Number of Decks
- 36.05.19.04 Opening a Table for Gaming
- 36.05.19.05 Shuffling and Cutting the Cards
- 36.05.19.06 Double Draw Poker Rankings
- 36.05.19.07 Wagers
- 36.05.19.08 Procedures for Dealing Cards from a Manual Dealing Shoe
- 36.05.19.09 Procedures for Dealing Cards from the Hand
- 36.05.19.10 Procedures for Dealing Cards from an Automated Dealing Shoe
- 36.05.19.11 Procedures for Completing a Round of Play
- 36.05.19.12 Payout Odds
- 36.05.19.13 Irregularities
- Commission Action: Discussion, consideration and possible action
- Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval
- Staff Memo
- Regulations
Rocky Gap Gaming Floor Expansion
- Commission Action: Discussion, consideration and possible action
- Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval
- Staff Memo
- Additional Information
John Martin, Assistant Director for Lottery
John Mooney, Assistant Director for Enforcement
- Report to Commission
- Apps and Fees
- Casino Compliance Report – Revised
- Compliance Stats
- eLicensing Report
- Lakes – Golden Organizational Charts
COMMISSION ACTION ITEM
Proposed Merger Agreement between Lakes Entertainment, Inc. and Sartini Gaming, Inc.
- Commission Action: Discussion, consideration and possible action
- Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval
- Staff Memo
- Executive Summary
Jaclyn Vincent, Assistant Director for Policy & Planning and Chief of Staff
Robert Fontaine, Principal Counsel, Assistant Attorney General
PUBLIC COMMENTS
CLOSED SESSION, if necessary
OTHER MOTIONS
- Next Commission Meeting: Lottery Offices, TENTATIVE Thursday, July 23 at 10 a.m.
ADJOURNMENT