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(c)    To amend, repeal, or supplement the rules from time to time
as it deems necessary or desirable, in accordance with the Adminis-
trative Procedure Act.

(d)    To advise and make recommendations to the director regard-
ing the operation and administration of the lottery.

(e)    To report monthly to the Governor and the General Assembly
the total lottery revenues, prize disbursements and other expenses
for the preceding month, and to make an annual report, which shall
include a full and complete statement of lottery revenues, prize dis-
bursements and other expenses, to the Governor and the General
Assembly, and including such recommendations for changes in this
article as it deems necessary or desirable.

(f)    To report immediately to the Governor and the General As-
sembly any matters which shall require immediate changes in the
laws of this State in order to prevent abuses and evasions of this
article or the rules adopted thereunder or to rectify undesirable condi-
tions in connection with the administration or operation of the
lottery.

(g)    To carry on a continuous study and investigation of the
lottery throughout the State, (1) for the purpose of ascertaining
any defects in this article or in the rules issued thereunder by reason
of which abuses in the administration and operation of the lottery or
any evasion of this article or the rules AS THEY may arise or be prac-
ticed, (2) for the purpose of formulating recommendations for
changes in this article and the rules promulgated thereunder to pre-
vent such abuses and evasions, (3) to guard against the use of this
article and the rules issued thereunder as a cloak for carrying on of
organized gambling and crime, and (4) to insure that this law and the
rules shall be in such form and be so administered as to serve the true
purpose of this article.

(h) To make a continuous study and investigation of (1) the
operation and the administration of similar laws which may be in
effect in other states or countries, (2) any literature on the subject
which from time to time may be published or available, (3) any
federal laws which may affect the operation of the lottery, and (4)
the reaction of Maryland citizens to existing and potential features of
the lottery with a view to recommending or effecting changes that
will tend to serve the purpose of this article.

8. The director shall have the power, and it shall be his duty to:

(a)    Supervise and administer the operation of the lottery in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this Article and with the rules of the
Commission.

(b)    Subject to the approval of the Commission, appoint such
deputy directors as may be required to carry out the functions and
duties of the Agency. The deputy directors shall be in the unclassi-
fied service of the State Merit System, and may be removed for
cause, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing.

(c)    Subject to the approval of the Commission, appoint such
professional, technical and clerical assistants and employees as may
be necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the Agency by this
article, who shall be classified employees of the State Merit System.