Politics & Government
RESULTS: Vote to Repeal Massachusetts Casinos
State legislators passed a law allowing three casinos and a slots parlor in 2011. On Tuesday, it was voters turn to decide.
By John Waller
Photo: An artist’s rendering of the proposed Wynn Resorts casino in Everett.
Massachusetts residents voted down a repeal of the state’s casino law Tuesday, according to Fox 25 News. The law, passed by state legislators in 2011, allows three casinos and a slots parlor in the state.
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in Salem, voters went along with statewide voters, with 8,108 opposing the repeal and 4,909 supporting it.
A Wynn Resorts casino is slated for Everett, an MGM Resorts casino for Springfield and a Penn National Gaming slots parlor for Plainville.
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