A lottery operator is suing the state’s Lottery and Gaming Control Agency and its commission over a September vote against its $371 million bid, demanding the court declare the decision null and void and prohibit the agency from starting a new bid proposal process.
Scientific Games was awarded its current lottery contract in 2017. In September, the commission voted not to approve the company’s bid to stay in that role after lottery staff had recommended its bid.
In addition to a bid protest filed in late September, the lawsuit filed Friday, says in part that because the vote to deny Scientific Games the contract happened after allegedly violating the Open Meetings Act, the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court could void the decision.
The commission allegedly violated the Open Meetings Act in several ways, according to the suit, including by not putting the vote on Scientific Games’ contract on the agenda and by not giving the company information “to allow it to object to the closed session.”
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