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IGT/Twin River Proposed Gaming Contract

THE RIGHT MOVE: GAMING CONTRACT OVERPAYMENTS
Please call your Reps and Senators and tell them to vote NO on IGT/Twin River Insider Deal!
http://bit.ly/findyourelectedofficialri

Please call Governor McKee and tell him to VETO IGT/Twin River Insider Deal!
(401) 222-2080
RI GAMING CONTRACT 2021
​DOCUMENTS  
2021 
RI House Minority Leader Statement on Passage of the IGT/Twin River 20-year, No-bid Gaming Contract
State House, Providence, RI - Rhode Island House Minority Leader Blake A. Filippi offers the following statement regarding the passage of the amended legislation authorizing the Governor to negotiate the IGT/Twin River 20-year, no-bid deal:
May 11, 2021 

​RI Gaming Contract 
As the third largest revenue stream for government operations in the State of Rhode Island, our next gaming contract has the potential for substantial economic impact in job growth and creation. It is imperative that this deal benefit the taxpayers--which may be best achieved through a proper bidding process.
​April 24, 2021


​2020
Letter from House GOP to the Members of the Rhode Island General Assembly expressing concerns on the proposed gaming contract
July 23, 2020 

Letter from IGT/Twin River to Members of the Rhode Island General Assembly
July 23, 2020


Letter from Alan Hassenfeld
July 22, 2020​​
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LEGISLATION
2021
PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE
House Bill No. 5223 SUB A
{LC1065/A/2}


House Bill No. 5223
BY  Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Abney, Ackerman, Shallcross Smith, Kennedy, Corvese
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ENABLING THE STATE LOTTERY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO CONTRACT WITH IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION AND TWIN RIVER (Enables the state lottery division of the department of revenue to enter into a contract extension with IGT Global Solutions Corporation and contract extensions with Twin River and affiliates of Twin River.)


2020
House Bill No. 7523  SUB A
(Governor - SUB A/3)
BY  Mattiello, Shekarchi, Kennedy, Abney, Edwards
ENTITLED, AN ACT ENABLING THE STATE LOTTERY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO CONTRACT WITH IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION AND TWIN RIVER (Enables the state lottery division of the department of revenue to enter into a contract extension with IGT Global Solutions Corporation and contract extensions with Twin River and affiliates of Twin River.)


2019 
House Bill No. 6266
(Governor)
BY  Mattiello, Shekarchi, Kennedy, Abney, Edwards
ENTITLED, AN ACT ENABLING THE STATE LOTTERY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO CONTRACT WITH IGT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION (This act would enable the state lottery division of the department of revenue to enter into a contract extension with IGT Global Solutions Corporation.)​
Wrong Gaming Bill at the Wrong Time
House Minority Leader Blake Filippi offers comments prior to the House Finance Committee vote on the insider gaming deal:
 
“This contract has so many problems, and I believe we are doing a major disservice to the taxpayers of this State.
This is the wrong bill and the wrong time and it has to go out to bid before we make a decision.”
​
MEDIA ​
2021 
Reworked No-Bid Lottery Deal for IGT Partnership Approved by RI House Panel

The Providence Journal, Providence —  A reworked 20-year no-bid Lottery deal for IGT and its new partner in Rhode Island's gambling world won the approval of a key House committee on Thursday, after a tough year that has led the House GOP leader to question whether R.I. should rethink the numbers.
Article, The Providence Journal 
May 7, 2021


Rhode Island's House Panel Approves Renegotiated Gambling Deal 
YOGONET Gaming News - A reworked 20-year no-bid Lottery deal for International Game Technology (IGT) and its new partner, Bally's Corporation, in Rhode Island won the approval of a key House committee yesterday with a 10-2 vote, after a tough year that has led the House GOP leader to question whether Rhode Island should rethink the numbers, reports the Providence Journal.
May 7, 2021


2020
Battle over IGT/Twin River deal heats up ahead of expected vote next month 

Article, The Public's Radio
July 23, 2020


Ex-Hasbro CEO Hassenfeld questions R.I.’s proposed no-bid Lottery contract
Article, The Providence Journal 
July 22, 2020 

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NO DEAL TO A BAD DEAL
After two years of scrutiny and substantiated faults in the proposed gaming contract, the "amended" 20 year, no-bid deal revealed today is STILL A BAD DEAL FOR TAXPAYERS ACROSS THE OCEAN STATE.

CALL YOUR REPS, HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERSHIP, AND THE GOVERNOR AND TELL THEM TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND GO OUT TO BID.
FIND YOUR ELECTED OFFICIAL
INFOGRAPHICS
2021
Overpayments 
Your Rep, Senator and the Governor should be good stewards of taxpayer resources. To OVERPAY the 20 year, No Bid Gaming Contract by $800M is unconscionable. Some want to raise your taxes, when negotiating this contract for a better deal should come first
May 20, 2021


Follow the Law and Go Out to Bid!
The current gaming contract is not up until 2023 and the proposed contract is being rushed through the General Assembly full of costly overpayments...to the tune of $1.8B
May 7, 2021


New Deal 
This "new deal" contains $1.8B in Taxpayer Overpayments to two RI Companies.  It is clear we need a competitive bidding process to protect Rhode Islanders.  Imagine what we could do with those funds.
​May 6, 2021 


"New" Insider "Deal"
The layers of taxpayer overpayments in this "new" insider "deal" are astounding. Marc Crisafulli would be an authority on this matter.
May 6, 2021 

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THIS 20 YEAR NO BID DEAL SHOULD BE REJECTED ON PRINCIPAL ALONE WITHOUT EVEN GETTING INTO HOW BAD IT IS FOR THE STATE.
From Representative Brian C. Newberry:

House Finance passed last night the IGT-Twin River 20 year no bid “deal” and it goes to the House Floor likely next week.  This “deal” is the epitome of crony capitalism / corporate welfare.  It, and more specifically the manner in which it came about, is everything wrong with politics in this state.  On its merits it’s a bad deal for the people of Rhode Island but what is particularly galling is that it is just another in a long line of examples of how Twin River – in this case in partnership with IGT – hides behind well connected lobbyists to cut financial deals with the State without any real public input or, worse, any explanation.  

The video clip below is from April 24, 2013, eight years ago.  It is from a Finance committee hearing where the Twin River representatives sat in the back of the room quietly observing, not even bothering to publicly comment let alone oppose, a measure that would have cost them over $1,000,000 in profit a year.  Why? Because they knew in their arrogance that they had the ear of the Democratic leadership and that was all that mattered.

The leadership has changed but Twin River and the way it does business has not.  This 20 year no bid deal should be rejected on principal alone without even getting into how bad it is for the State.  Call your Representatives and Senators and urge them to vote no. This isn’t about party politics.  This is about open and transparent government for the benefit of the voters not mainly out of state shareholders.
VIDEO CLIPS
House Minority Leader Blake A. Filippi: Wrong Gaming Bill at the Wrong Time
House Committee on Finance 

May 6, 2021

State Representative Brian C. Newberry:  2013 House Bill No. 5156​
House Committee on Finance 
April 24, 2013 

The Right Move: Gaming Contact Overpayments
The Right Move 
May 8, 2021 

House Minority Leader Blake A. Filippi: Leasing Provisions 
House Committee on Finance – Hearing on Proposed IGT/Twin River No-Bid Gaming Contract
July 24, 2020 
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