Maine Looking to Expand Slot Machines

Due to the popularity of slot machines at the Hollywood Slots in Bangor, the state of Maine is considering expanding gambling. There are two groups that are collecting signatures for referendums to allow for a tribal horse track with slot machines in Washington County and a slot machine casino in western Maine.

The Maine Gambling Board, however, is taking it a little slower. They passed a non-binding resolution in August that will call for a delay before any more expansion can be approved in Maine. The board wants to see what sort of impact Hollywood Slots is having before they can move forward with any kind of expansion. Although things are going very well with the slot machine casino at this time, it is still too early to tell. They reference the lottery as a perfect case. They say that when it started in 1974 no one knew how large it would become.

For now almost everyone seems to be happy. The state is happy because they are getting more slot machine revenue than they could have ever predicted, the rate of crime and gambling addiction seems not to have been affected, and customers are having a great time playing the slot machines. The only ones not happy are those that didn’t want slot machines to come into the state in the first place, and for now, there is nothing they can do about it.

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