Maryland officials who provide oversight of the state lottery have reversed course for the second time in two months, extending an already lengthy and controversial process over which company secures one of the state’s most important and lucrative contracts.
The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission voted on Thursday not to advance a $371 million bid from the state’s longtime lottery operator to continue in that capacity.
The company, Scientific Games, was the recommended vendor by Lottery staff — but it also wasn’t their first choice.
In an unusual move, the commission accepted a $260.4 million bid from a competing company in July and then disqualified it two weeks later. Intralot, a Greece-based gaming company trying to take over the Maryland operations, said it had been disqualified because of assertions that it did not meet legal requirements around subcontracting with minority-owned businesses.
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