York County casino referendum to be held in November
The campaign behind the approval of the casino is currently being investigated by Maine Ethics Commission. The authorities are working to determine the funding source of the the campaign and the identity of the person who paid for the $4.2 million signature-gathering operation,
The ballot question, if passed, would create law allowing only Shawn Scott or a company he runs to hold the casino license.
Scott is an international gambling entrepreneur who won voter approval to add slot machines to Bangor’s struggling horse track in 2003, bringing Maine its first casino. Scott then sold those rights to Penn National – which still operates what is now Bangor’s successful Hollywood Casino – for $51 million as regulators scrutinized his businesses and associates.
The ballot question going to voters this fall is written in a way that only Shawn Scott or one of his companies could apply for the first license.
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