Maryland Politics

Del. Eric Bromwell has a bill in that would call for BWI-Marshall airport to be included as a possible slots site, with up to 3,000 machines, a la the airport in Vegas.

Does this have a chance in hell? No. But it does dredge up a point from the 2007 debate over the slots constitutional amendment that may look different to people now. Bromwell’s bill would require a constitutional amendment because the locations specified for slots sites are now enshried in the state constitution. At the time, those squeamish about slots counted that as a virtue because it would limit the potential for gambling to creep into other areas and gave all voters in the state a say in whether casinos would end up in their backyards.

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Update: Laura Smitherman reports

Gov says no way: O’Malley called it a “bad idea” and said that even though the bidding was not as robust as state officials had hoped, the slots commission should be allowed to do its job. “I am not in favor of slots at the airport, but it is one of those ideas that sometimes comes bouncing across the floor here.”