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Attorney General Rules St. Mary's Slot Machines are Illegal
Comptroller said he would bring a truck to town and take them all to the dump..St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron awaiting copy of ruling....story developing...
LEONARDTOWN --- " I appreciate the efforts of Senate President Mike Miller and the Attorney General and we are going ahead with our plan of action to evaluate all of the slot machines on Thursday, determine which ones fall under the ruling from the Attorney General and on Friday we will seize the ones which are determined to be the illegal ones," St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron told ST. MARY'S TODAY. The Sheriff said he won't be taking them to the dump as they are evidence and he will be consulting with St. Mary's States Attorney Richard Fritz about prosecution of those found to have illegal slot machines in their possession. Cameron said that he believes that the only ones which are not illegal are 60 machines in the ADF Bingo Hall in New Market. But Cameron said that those machines will likely be illegal in that they are far in excess of the five allowed by the law which covers the simple pull tab machines.
The bottom line, the "Deadwood Era" of anything goes gambling in St. Marys' County with dozens of corner casinos, just came to a screeching halt.
"I hope there are trucks on the here right now to pick up the slot machines," said Cameron when asked about the Comptroller's threat to come to the county with a truck and take them all to the dump.
The Comptrollers Office was contacted to find out if they have truck and are on the way and Deputy Comptroller Craig Zucker said that the Comptroller would be notified of the ruling of the Attorney General and a response would be forthcoming.
Comptroller said he would bring a truck to town and take them all to the dump..St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron awaiting copy of ruling....story developing...
LEONARDTOWN --- " I appreciate the efforts of Senate President Mike Miller and the Attorney General and we are going ahead with our plan of action to evaluate all of the slot machines on Thursday, determine which ones fall under the ruling from the Attorney General and on Friday we will seize the ones which are determined to be the illegal ones," St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron told ST. MARY'S TODAY. The Sheriff said he won't be taking them to the dump as they are evidence and he will be consulting with St. Mary's States Attorney Richard Fritz about prosecution of those found to have illegal slot machines in their possession. Cameron said that he believes that the only ones which are not illegal are 60 machines in the ADF Bingo Hall in New Market. But Cameron said that those machines will likely be illegal in that they are far in excess of the five allowed by the law which covers the simple pull tab machines.
The bottom line, the "Deadwood Era" of anything goes gambling in St. Marys' County with dozens of corner casinos, just came to a screeching halt.
"I hope there are trucks on the here right now to pick up the slot machines," said Cameron when asked about the Comptroller's threat to come to the county with a truck and take them all to the dump.
The Comptrollers Office was contacted to find out if they have truck and are on the way and Deputy Comptroller Craig Zucker said that the Comptroller would be notified of the ruling of the Attorney General and a response would be forthcoming.