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Bangor, Maine has a great year for revenue from their
new slot machines…but many still believe the slot machines aren’t beneficial
for the city. Hollywood Slots is the slot machines casino operating in
Bangor for the past year—and even though some predicted that the slots would
bring in a wave of crime to the city, Hollywood Slots surpassed those
expectations and the revenue expectations. But that fact doesn’t stop
citizen action groups like “No Slots for ME!” from protesting the slot
machines.
The group has been campaigning against the slot machines—pushing for a total
ban on the slot machines in Maine for the last three years. Ever since
voters opted for the slots in Maine, the group has been spreading the
message that crime, addictions, suicides and other societal ills will plague
the state. But three years has passed now, and besides the occasional
traffic problems around the slot machines casinos, the slots have not caused
any major social and economic problems for the state.
Even the number gambling addictions that most everyone assumed would go up
after the legalization of slot machines has not seen a significant increase
according to a gambling hotline.
So how does the citizen action group respond to these positive statistics
for the slot machines? They say that because the slot machines have only
been operating for a year, many of the ill effects are still out there for
the coming years. They also predict that the slot machines will spread
beyond the racetracks, and across the state of Maine in the coming years
which will mean even more problems for Maine residents.
According to Douglas Muir, a spokesman for the group, "Slot machines produce
gambling addiction approximately three times faster than horse racing or the
lottery so it is a more dangerous or more risky form of gambling." The group
truly believes that the slot machines need to be banned during the next vote
and they are currently actively seeking enough signatures to get the slot
machine banning on the next ballot. slot machines
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