Meanwhile, Back in the Downeast Casinos.....

Maine Casino News & Promos

Another Gambling Facility in Maine?
If Scarborough Downs has its way, residents will be voting again on whether to allow a racino in town. The Planning Board now has the language and maps necessary to rezone more than 450 acres owned by Scarborough Downs, passed along after a 6-0 Town Council vote. The current zoning language lists video and casino gambling as prohibited uses, but Town Planner Dan Bacon noted it can be easily amended if councilors and residents approve a change. Gambling at Scarborough Downs would again require approval from voters across the state.

This is news to this blogger, since this first came up before Hollywood & Oxford Casinos and I haven't reached my one year anniversary of this blog yet!  Plans to build a racino near the track were rejected by voters in 2008. In 2010, Terry was courted by Biddeford officials and gained voter support there to build a racino on land off Route 111, west of the Maine Turnpike. The plans were halted in 2011, when proposals for gambling in Biddeford and Washington County were defeated in a statewide referendum.

When one door closes (NH?) another window opens (ME?). I love New England!

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Oxford Casino
Oxford is celebrating it's one-year anniversary, even as Maine’s Gambling Control Board has ruled that the Oxford Casino won’t be asked to apply for a new operator’s license if a sale to the company that owns the home of the Kentucky Derby is approved. Churchill Downs is expected to present its plans to the board in July.

One way they are celebrating is that the first 500 people through the door each day gets a special Anniversary T-Shirt free.

Short blog today, but didn't want to forget our casino neighbors to the north.

That's all for now.

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