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The tide of public opinion has shifted and residents of
Pennsylvania—and particularly the media—don’t believe that persons with
political affiliation should be involved in the slots machine industry; it’s
considered a conflict of interest in many people’s eyes. So far this opinion
shift has affected two former politicians who were looking into slot machine
distribution. Unfortunately the politicians found that slot machine
manufacturers weren’t very open to business with them.
Mark Singel was a former lieutenant governor, and he just recently removed
his name from the application to the Gaming Control Board that would have
made his company one of Pennsylvania’s middlemen. In an address to the
Gaming Control Board about the lack of negotiating with slot machine
manufacturers, Singel states:
"Despite all efforts to comply with the spirit and the letter of the
legislation, unfortunately, most of the media coverage of suppliers
continues to suggest that any individual in the process with any political
pedigree is unsuitable. The media has chosen to make me and other former
elected officials the issue, rather than focus on the true role of suppliers
as envisioned by the Legislature."
Singel along with Mr. Rodney, also a former politician blame the Gaming
Control Board in part because of the “piecemeal” manner they used to
distribute the slot machine distributor licenses.
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