The recent votes, along with the pending results of background checks by the commission on Wynn and MGM, have added to the uncertainty surrounding the casino licensing process and raised the odds that just two or fewer proposals will compete in both the eastern and western regions. Suffolk Downs is considering moving its project into Revere, where voters were supportive.

Mohegan Sun asked for a recount, slated for Nov. 5, East Boston residents rejected Suffolk Downs' bid to add a casino to the thoroughbred racetrack, while voters in the small western Massachusetts town of Palmer narrowly turned aside Mohegan Sun's plan to build a casino near the Massachusetts Turnpike. In September, voters in West Springfield said no to a proposal from Hard Rock at the Eastern States Exhibition. Voters in Plainville, Raynham and Leominster backed proposals for smaller gambling facilities known as slots parlors.īut the tide appeared to turn against the larger casino developers in recent months. In July, Springfield voters backed MGM Resort International's proposal for a downtown casino that could compete for the sole western license. In June, voters in Everett overwhelmingly approved a plan by Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn to build a resort casino along the Mystic River. 31, with the five-member Massachusetts Gaming Commission to award the licenses as early as next year. The vote was the last of a series of binding referendums held this year in communities around the state, required under the state's 2011 gambling law, which allows for up to three regional resort casinos.

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