Bangor
Slot Facility Hits Obstacle
As reported by the Bangor
Daily News: " Penn National Gaming Inc.'s
efforts to open a slots facility on Main Street
ran into a problem Wednesday, after members
of the Maine Gambling Control Board found themselves
unable to issue one of Penn's slot machine distributors
the permanent license it was seeking.
"The problem could temporarily
affect the number of slot machines Penn National
can operate at Hollywood Slots at Bangor, the
interim gaming facility the Pennsylvania-based
gaming and racing company is gearing up to open
in the former Miller's Restaurant.
"It also could affect the timing of Hollywood
Slots' tentative early November opening.
"…At issue is Bally Gaming and Systems'
application for a state slots distributor license.
Bally's parent company, Alliance Gaming Corp.
of Nevada, is one of three slots distributors
Penn National has tapped to provide the 475
machines it has ordered for Hollywood Slots
at Bangor.
"The background investigations for Penn's
two other slots distributors, Aristocrat Technologies
and International Gaming Technologies, both
based in Nevada, were slam dunks. Both companies
submitted complete applications. After financial
and criminal background checks came back clean,
they were granted permanent licenses in separate
unanimous votes.
"…Because of the missing information,
the board lacked a legal basis for granting
a permanent license, according to Assistant
Attorney General Melissa O'Dea, the board's
legal counsel…"
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