Losing bidders protest $262 million lottery contract
Two losing contenders for a contract worth as much as $263 million for the computer network that runs the Maryland lottery are protesting a decision to award the business to a rival, charging that a state agency chose the highest bidder after a tainted process.
Lanham-based Gaming Innovations LLC and London-based IGT Global Solutions filed the protests with the Maryland State Lottery & Gaming Control Agency after the agency awarded the eight-year contract to Scientific Games International of Las Vegas.
Both losing bidders charge that the agency made "arbitrary and capricious" choices in evaluating the bids in a way that favored the incumbent vendor.
Contracts between the lottery agency and its prime computer contractors are lucrative and have faced questions of improper activity in the past, including an award in the 1990s that prompted a federal investigation.
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