Potential earning power of slots underwhelming so far

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After years of effort by political heavyweights to legalize slots, Maryland may see less than half the money it projected the machines would bring to state coffers.

The reason: Developers have submitted bids for 6,550 licenses to operate slots so far, considerably fewer than the 15,000 the state expected.

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