Md. Lawmakers question slots locations

Maryland lawmakers Friday questioned Gov. Martin O’Malley’s justification for pushing narrowly tailored criteria for the location of five slot-machines venues across the state.

O’Malley’s proposed $700 million slots legislation, which could be sent to a public vote next year, calls for five licensees to operate 15,000 machines. The bill, which mandates the locations in some cases to a one-mile radius of a specific intersection, would require an amendment to the state constitution.