Citizens Resist the Slot Machines

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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