Commission Meeting: 11/19/2015

The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission will meet on Thursday, November 19, 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.

AGENDA

MINUTES

CALL TO ORDER

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

  • Open Session – October 22, 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

  • #246 Fantasy 5s $5
  • #250 $250,000 High Rollers Club $10

VLT Games and Component Testing

Consent Agreements – Underage Violations

  • Hollywood Casino Perryville
  • Horseshoe Casino – Baltimore
  • Maryland Live! Casino
  • The Casino at Ocean Downs
  • Rocky Gap Casino Resort

Gaming License Application Denials

OPERATOR REPORTS

  • Hollywood Casino Perryville – Matthew Heiskell, General Manager
  • The Casino at Ocean Downs – Joe Cavilla, General Manager
  • Maryland Live! Casino – Robert Norton, President and General Manager
  • Rocky Gap Casino Resort – Skylar Dice, Vice President and General Manager
  • Horseshoe Casino – Baltimore – Chad Barnhill, Senior Vice President/General Manager
  • MGM Resorts International – National Harbor – Lorenzo Creighton, President

VENDOR REPORTS

  • Scientific Games – Stephen Smith, General Manager
  • Pollard Banknote – Julin Shaw, Manager, Interactive Sales and Marketing
  • GTECH – Gary Cherwinski, Account Development Manager

STAFF REPORTS AND COMMISSION ACTION ITEMS

Gordon Medenica, Director

Gina Smith, Deputy Director/CFO

Charles LaBoy, Assistant Director for Gaming

COMMISSION ACTION ITEM

Entity Approval – Information Technology Security Control Audits

John Martin, Assistant Director for Lottery

John Mooney, Assistant Director for Enforcement

COMMISSION ACTION ITEM

Bingo Transaction

  • Commission Action: Discussion, consideration and possible action
  • Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval
  • Staff Memo
  • Attachment

Proposed Amended Regulation – Gaming Provisions

COMAR 36.03.02.12D – Video Lottery Employee License
COMAR 36.03.02.13C – Manufacturers License
COMAR 36.03.02.14D – Contractors License
COMAR 36.03.02.16A – Denial of a License
COMAR 36.03.03.04 – Qualification by the Commission

  • Commission Action: Discussion, consideration and possible action
  • Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval
  • Staff Memo
  • Regulations

Robert Fontaine, Principal Counsel, Assistant Attorney General

COMMISSION ACTION ITEM

Proposed Amended Regulation – Administrative Procedures

COMAR 36.01.02.01 – Public Information Act Requests

  • Commission Action: Discussion, consideration and possible action
  • Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval
  • Staff Memo
  • Regulation

PUBLIC COMMENTS

CLOSED SESSION, if necessary

OTHER MOTIONS

  • Next Commission Meeting: Lottery Offices, Thursday, December 17 at 10 a.m.

ADJOURNMENT