IGT officials say Maryland lottery inflated $262 million contract
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland lottery officials inflated a $262 million, eight-year information technology contract for monitoring wagers to include kinds of internet gambling that aren’t allowed under state law, according to one of the losing bidders.
As a result, the lottery chose the most expensive bidder, says London-based IGT Global Solutions Corp., reducing by millions of dollars the money it provides for public education, health and safety.
By inflating the contract for the lottery’s central monitoring and control system on ticket sales, lottery officials created a “materially flawed evaluation” of the three competing bids, IGT says in an official protest letter to the state, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press.
IGT says it wasn’t told why unlawful internet gambling was included until after the lottery announced its decision to renew its contract with Scientific Games International Inc. of Las Vegas.
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