{"id":5143,"date":"2012-02-22T16:25:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T16:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.igamingpost.com\/News\/?p=5143"},"modified":"2012-02-22T16:25:34","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T16:25:34","slug":"maines-debut-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/maines-debut-casino\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine\u2019s debut casino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.igamingpost.com\/News\/archives\/5143\/neon-casino-sign-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5145\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5145\" title=\"Neon Casino Sign\" src=\"http:\/\/www.igamingpost.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Casino-sign21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE first casino in Bangor has been given the green light after the Maine Gambling Board unanimously approved it on Tuesday. It will make its anticipated debut as the Hollywood Casino Bangor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur official opening date is March 16,\u201d said John Osborne, vice president and general manager of Hollywood Casino Bangor. \u201cWe\u2019ve hired about 60 of the 89 people we need and have only a handful of positions left to fill.\u201d Those pleased about the move are taking full advantage of the employment opportunities.<br \/>\nThe board\u2019s vote was 4-0, with one member \u2014 Harry Stickney \u2014 absent. Tuesday\u2019s meeting marked the first official voting action taken by new board member Barbara Dresser, a lawyer who is also a member of the Maine State Harness Racing Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also licensed Gaming Products International as a table games distributor, and we\u2019re in the process of licensing all their new gaming employees,\u201d said Patrick Fleming, executive director of the gambling control board. Before Tuesday, no one was licensed to sell poker chips, cards or other table game supplies in Maine.<\/p>\n<p>The board also approved a charity fundraiser using the casino\u2019s new gambling area featuring 14 tables \u2014 one roulette wheel, six blackjack tables, one four-card and two three-card poker tables, and four poker tables. The tables will be used principally for Texas Hold\u2019em, but also can be used to play Omaha or either five- or seven-card stud at the customers\u2019 request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still talking to a local charity to line up the details, but the way it would be done is the charity\u2019s employees would come here and have cocktails and hors d\u2019oeuvres and play the games using \u2018play\u2019 chips we call value chips before we open to the public,\u201d Osborne said.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition is still against the move and thinks that the fight isn\u2019t yet over, said Carroll Conley, executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine.<br \/>\n\u201cWe don\u2019t think it makes sense economically, and we have great concerns about the social costs as well,\u201d Conley said. \u201cWe will continue to fight any expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE first casino in Bangor has been given the green light after the Maine Gambling Board unanimously approved it on Tuesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,74],"class_list":["post-5143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","tag-featured","tag-maine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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