Slot Machine Request Has Been Put on Hold 

Hollywood Slots in Maine wants some new slot machines to be approved, but they have been shot down in their attempts. They say that the new slot machines are necessary but the board says that they believe that any addition needs to be approved by legislative approval and have told them that they need to hold off on them for now. 

Maine’s Gambling Control Board informed the casino that any requests for slot machines would have to be put on hold for now until they find out the proper procedure for adding slot machines or for changing them out. The casino, which is really a racino, says that they are not asking for an increase in the number of slot machines they are simply asking to swap them out for a different kind. 

They do not feel that this is something that has to go before the state government, as it is simply an improvement on the kinds of games that they already offer. They claim that this new slot machine will increase the players and the amount of money that they make as it is their way of meeting the public’s needs. 

However, Peter Danton of the board says that it isn’t that they are asking for new slot machines, it is the kind of slot machines that they are asking for. They say that the new slot machines are card games and that even though they are calling them something else they are still a card game which would make them illegal in the state. He says that they may not comply with state law.  The issue has been tabled for now while they review the slot machine law to see what further action needs to be taken.