including Governor Martin O'Malley and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, both of whom were prominent proponents of the slots referendum. The 2008 slots referendum passed by a margin of 59 percent to 41 percent. In June 2012, Franchot criticized the General Assembly for holding a special session for a proposal for a new casino at the National Harbor, which would be the sixth casino in Prince George's County. In a letter to members of the legislature, he encouraged lawmakers to disclose "all contributions from national gambling interests" and warned against approving the casino, saying it would "cannibalize" the venues and "jeopardize the viability of state's casino program". In an interview with the Washington Examiner on gambling expansion in Maryland, Franchot expressed heavy skepticism about the promise of casino revenue being used for educational purposes. "Any education funding that goes into the Education Trust Fund is subject to being raided by the legislature," Franchot said. "That is what's happened historically; that inevitably is what will happen again." He opposed a referendum to legalize table games at the state's casinos. The 2012 referendum passed by a narrow margin, 52 percent to 48 percent. Franchot opposed a 2020 referendum to legalize sports betting in Maryland. The 2020 referendum passed by a wide margin, 67 percent to 33 percent. Craft beer regulation Franchot opposed a bill that was unanimously passed by the General Assembly during the 2017 legislative session that imposed restrictions on the sale and distribution of craft beer products in the state. In response, Franchot formed a "Reform on Tap" task force to study Maryland's beer laws and propose reforms on what he considered to be "antiquated, dysfunctional, anti-small business, and anti-consumer". In November 2017, he proposed a legislative package to reform the state's regulations on craft brewers through deregulation. The bill would have removed regulations on take-home and taproom sales and limits on beer production, and would have removed a "buy-back" provision that prevented breweries from buying their products from wholesalers to increase the limits on what they're allowed to sell. In response to Franchot, Delegates Ben Kramer and Warren Miller introduced legislation forming a task force to study which agency is best suited to regulate the alcohol industry in Maryland. After a hearing in the House Economic Matters Committee that lasted several hours and featured dozens of brewers, elected officials, and other stakeholders who testified in support of Franchot's