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State board to vote on paying $168M to buy slot machines

State board to vote on paying $168M to buy slot machines

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ANNAPOLIS — A state board is set to vote on whether to pay $168 million to acquire 4,719 for what will be Maryland’s largest casino in .

The is scheduled to take up the purchase Wednesday.

Lawmakers decided the state should buy the machines to ensure greater oversight when they approved the framework for in a 2007 special session.

Maryland already has spent about $99 million to buy 1,500 slots at a casino in and 800 slot machines at the horseracing track in Berlin.

The Maryland Live! Casino is scheduled to open in early June.

A state commission is still reviewing license applications for two other potential slot machine in Baltimore and at .