Gambling Policy in the State of Maryland

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This paper looks at the public policy issue of whether slot machine gambling should be legalized in Maryland. The paper looks at the benefits of putting such a policy into action, as well as what the negative effects would be if such a policy were not enacted.

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"The major policy issue presented in the July 5, 2004 Washington Post article "Pa. Lawmakers Approve Slots, Troubling Ehlrich" is whether the State of Maryland should revisit its current gambling policy of not allowing slot machines to operate in the state, and instead change the policy to legalize slot machine gambling in Maryland. The issue of slot machine gambling has some urgency, arising from the State of Pennsylvania recently passing legislation allowing 61,000 slot machines at more than a dozen sites in the state. Following the actions of legislators in Pennsylvania, the State of Maryland is now surrounded by states with legalized slot machine gambling. The fear of proponents for slot machine gambling in Maryland, including Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R), is that the state will continue to see money leave the state as residents go elsewhere to gamble. Money will not only leave the state as residents gamble elsewhere, but the state government's revenues will be adversely impacted as well, since new revenues through in-state gambling will not be realized under the current policy. The current policy of not allowing gambling could therefore impact other economic, social and environmental policies."

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