MaineMaine Gaming
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Plan reignites hopes for Scarborough racino
(5/16/2013)
(Maine) -- The owners of Scarborough Downs hope that new zoning proposed for their 500-acre property will help their efforts to bring slot machines to the racetrack.
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Scarborough Downs gambles again on racino at heart of new town center proposal
(5/16/2013)
(Maine) -- If Scarborough Downs has its way, residents will be voting again on whether to allow a racino in town. The Planning Board now has the language and maps...
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Me. 3rd for gaming revenue growth in 2012
(5/8/2013)
(Maine) -- Maine ranked third nationally for revenue growth at its commercial casinos in 2012, according to an annual survey by the American Gambling Association.
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Report: Gambling in Maine rose nearly 67 percent in 2012
(5/7/2013)
(Maine) -- More gamblers are hitting the slots and blackjack tables in the U.S., giving the industry a 4.8 percent boost in 2012, its biggest since the recession.
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Oxford Casino GM Talks to Gambling Board About Sale to Churchill Downs
(4/16/2013)
(Maine) -- The general manager of Oxford Casino appeared before the Gambling Control Board for the first time since the company announced plans to sell the facility to...
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Battle Brewing Over Use of Maine Casino Profits for Education Initiatives
(4/6/2013)
(Maine) -- The political battle over school funding continues in Augusta Monday with a public hearing before the Legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs...
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Churchill Downs buying Maine casino for $160M
(3/31/2013)
(Maine) -- Less than a year after it opened, Oxford Casino is being sold for about $160 million to Churchill Downs Inc., the Kentucky-based gambling company announced...
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Churchill Adds Maine Casino to Portfolio
(3/29/2013)
(Maine) -- Churchill Downs Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Oxford Casino in Oxford, Maine, for total consideration of...
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Maine's Oxford Casino Sold to Multi-State Gaming Company
(3/29/2013)
(Maine) -- The Oxford Casino is being sold to an out of state company. The news comes less than a year after the casino opened, and follows a voter approval campaign in...
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Oxford Casino sold to Churchill Downs for $160 million cash
(3/29/2013)
(Maine) -- In its short life, Oxford Casino has been courted by five or six companies looking to make a deal. Now one company has emerged with that deal in hand.
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Oxford Casino to be sold for $160 million
(3/29/2013)
(Maine) -- Less than a year after its opening, Oxford Casino agreed Friday to be acquired by Churchill Downs Inc., the Kentucky-based racetrack and casino operator, for...
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Dealers wanted: Oxford Casino hiring 50-75
(2/12/2013)
(Maine) -- After the Maine Gambling Control Board approved new games for the Oxford Casino this fall, the business is expanding in size and staff.
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Maine casino recruiting table game operators
(2/11/2013)
(Maine) -- Western Maine's Oxford Casino is looking for people interested in becoming blackjack dealers and running roulette, craps and other casino table games.
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Casino permit reissued
(2/8/2013)
(Maine) -- The state Department of Environmental Protection has reissued a construction permit to the Oxford Casino, six months after a Kennebec County Superior Court...
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Oxford Casino: Was it a good bet for Maine?
(2/5/2013)
(Maine) -- It has been eight months since the Oxford Casino opened. At the time, many were nervous about how a gambling facility would affect the western Maine community...
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Oxford Casino reports successful first year; adds "Pai Gow"
(1/15/2013)
(Maine) -- As we head into a new year, members of the Maine Gambling Control Board heard from representatives of the Oxford Casino about its first several months of...
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Hollywood Casino expects to end the year on a high
(12/16/2012)
(Maine) -- The Hollywood Casino in Bangor unveiled the new craps table to their facility. The popular game is just one new addition after opening up other table games...
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Gambling board gives provisional approval to Oxford Casino expansion
(9/18/2012)
(Maine) -- An expansion to the Oxford Casino will hold a sneak peek opening Friday. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Gambling Control Board, casino General Manager Jack...
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Oxford Casino expansion approved
(9/18/2012)
(Maine) -- The Oxford Casino is expected to hire 50-more workers now that the state gambling control board has given final approval to it's expansion plan.
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Maine gambling board to consider casino expansion
(9/17/2012)
(Maine) -- Final approval of an expanded gambling area at Maine's newest casino is being considered by the state Gambling Control Board.
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Community college begins tables game training
(9/16/2012)
(Maine) -- Hollywood Casino and Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor are kicking off the next round of table games training.
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Oxford casino revenues rise; Bangor's drops
(8/31/2012)
(Maine) -- While a new casino in Oxford has reported revenue of almost $10 million two months after opening, revenues at the state's other casino in Bangor have...
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New Maine casino nets nearly $10M in 1st 2 months
(8/30/2012)
(Maine) -- Maine's newest casino had revenues of nearly $10 million in its first two months of operation, while revenues at the state's other casino in Bangor...
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Our View: Regional gambling growth is bad news for Maine
(8/13/2012)
(Maine) -- The CEO of Foxwoods says that casinos will have to offer more if they want to compete. It was a surprising statement coming from the CEO of the largest casino...
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Our View: Regional gambling growth is bad news for Maine
(8/12/2012)
(Maine) -- That was the analysis of Scott Butera, chief executive officer of Foxwoods Resorts and Casino in Ledyard, Conn., the super-profitable Indian-run casino that...
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New Table Game Approved for Hollywood Casino in Bangor
(7/17/2012)
(Maine) -- A new version of a popular card game is coming to Hollywood Casino in Bangor. The Gambling Control Board approved the rules of play Tuesday for Texas Hold...
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Oxford Casino makes first payment to town
(7/6/2012)
(Maine) -- Oxford Casino paid out $28,600 to the town of Oxford this week as the first revenue-sharing payment to its host community.
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New England’s 6th casino opens in Western Maine
(6/10/2012)
(Maine) -- Route 26 through Oxford, known to Massachusetts skiers as the way to Sunday River, is not likely to be confused with the Las Vegas Strip.
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Oxford Casino pleased with turnout for first weekend
(6/10/2012)
(Maine) -- Ater a soft opening on Tuesday, the Oxford Casino is wrapping up its first weekend open to the public. Casino officials say the facility was filled almost to...
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Mascot Issue
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Maine students should protest, end Native American school mascots
(5/8/2013)
(Maine) -- From our colonial period through to the present day, Native Americans have always been the victims of an intrinsic “institutional racism” in the...
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Baby Veronica
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Maine attorney general backs defense of Indian Child Welfare Act
(3/28/2013)
(Maine) -- Attorney General Janet Mills announced Thursday that she has signed on to a case in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the full enforcement of the 1978 Indian...
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Maine joins Indian lawsuit before Supreme Court
(3/28/2013)
(Maine) -- Maine is joining South Carolina and several other states in defending a federal law that deals with Indian adoption rights and will be a central topic in a...
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Native Voices
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Guest Commentary: The Attack on Indigeneity
(3/23/2013)
(Maine) -- I recently read a response to one of the many degrading Native American images circulating in the mainstream media. The statement said that when these...
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Idle No More
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Guest Commentary: What Idle No More is and Why is it Important to All Global Citizens
(2/24/2013)
(Maine) -- IDLE NO MORE is a peaceful movement for Aboriginal/Indigenous rights and environmental justice that began in Canada in October of 2012.
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Commentary: What Idle No More is and Why is it Important to All Global Citizens
(2/4/2013)
(Maine) -- IDLE NO MORE is a peaceful movement for Aboriginal/Indigenous rights and environmental justice that began in Canada in October of 2012. It was initiated by...
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Penobscot Nation puts support behind Canadian tribes fighting law changes
(12/21/2012)
(Maine) -- Members of the Penobscot Indian Nation gathered Friday to voice their support for the First Nations, a Canadian organization made up of more than 630 tribal...
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Tobacco & Cigarettes
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Maine Tribes Seek Tax Exemption for Tobacco Purchases
(2/22/2013)
(Maine) -- Lawmakers in Augusta are considering a measure that would exempt the Penobscot National and other Maine tribes from paying sales taxes on certain tobacco...
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Tribal Taxation
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Washington County sues Passamaquoddy tribe over tax claim
(11/29/2012)
(Maine) -- Washington County has filed suit against the Passamaquoddy nation, seeking recovery of payments in lieu of taxes dating to 2006. While no dollar amount is...
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Cobell
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Huge Indian claims settlement won’t benefit Native communities in Maine
(11/28/2012)
(Maine) -- While the federal government will be paying an array of Native American tribes $3.4 billion as a result of a class-action suit alleging trust fund...
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Adoption
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Native Americans recall era of forced adoptions
(11/20/2012)
(Maine) -- In the decades after World War II hundreds of Native American children in the US were taken from their communities and given to white families through...
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Federal Recognition
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Group of Maliseets in Maine Seeks Federal Recognition
(9/20/2012)
(Maine) -- With stringent federal criteria in place, gaining official tribal recognition is far from simple. Groups hoping to gain the recognition - and the associated...
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Residential Schools
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Editorial: Healing from Indian child ‘takings’ is in the telling
(9/14/2012)
(Maine) -- There is no way to take back the past. But if Maine wants to ensure that it never, ever repeats its racist, oppressive treatment of American Indian families...
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State Recognition
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Mainer wants recognition for Moosehead Maliseets
(8/31/2012)
(Maine) -- A legislative representative of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians in Maine is seeking recognition of another band of Maliseets in the Moosehead Lake region.
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Tribes fear loss of public funds with plan for new Moosehead tribe
(8/31/2012)
(Maine) -- The man who represents the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians in the Maine House is seeking recognition for another band of Maliseets in Maine, a move that he...
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Oxford Casino
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Court ruling nullifies Oxford Casino permit
(7/23/2012)
(Maine) -- The future of the newly opened Oxford Casino is now in question. Ruling on an appeal, a Superior Court justice has nullified the permit the casino received...
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DEP to review permitting process for Maine casino
(7/23/2012)
(Maine) -- Maine's newest casino will remain open while environmental officials revisit the permit review process less than two months after the casino opened for...
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Maine casino future in doubt after permit ruling
(7/23/2012)
(Maine) -- The immediate future of Maine's newest casino is in doubt. Department of Environmental Protection officials and the Attorney General's Office were...
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Oxford Casino Will Stay Open While Invalid Construction Permit Case Moves Forward
(7/23/2012)
(Maine) -- The Maine Department of Environmental Protection said it will not temporarily shut down the Oxford Casino, despite a superior court decision that invalidates...
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Oxford Casino's status not a sure bet
(7/23/2012)
(Maine) -- The Oxford Casino remained open Monday, despite a judge's ruling that nullified a state permit needed for it to operate. How long the casino will remain...
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Oxford Casinos Development Permits Nullified by Judge
(7/23/2012)
(Maine) -- An Oxford casino may close just weeks after it opened after a judge nullified its development permit. The Sun Journal of Lewiston reported, that Superior...
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Other News
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Passamaquoddys reduce elver licenses by more than 100, seek appeal to federal regulators
(4/30/2013)
(Maine) -- Representatives of the Passamaquoddy Tribe say they plan to go around state fisheries officials and appeal directly to federal regulators about the tribe...
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Elver conflict; how we've treated Native Americans
(4/17/2013)
(Maine) -- I have the greatest of respect for all fishermen who struggle to earn a living, but I am concerned about permits and the Native Americans of this wonderful...
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Gov Threatens to Withdraw Support for Maine Tribal Commission
(4/8/2013)
(Maine) -- Gov. Paul LePage is threatening to withdraw his support for a groundbreaking tribal-state initiative, which was set up to investigate the forced placement of...
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LePage threatens to pull support of tribal commission if secretary of state is involved
(4/8/2013)
(Maine) -- Gov. Paul LePage has threatened to withdraw his support for a commission tasked with the emotionally charged process of unearthing a history of injustices...
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Maine Governor Allegedly Threatens Wabanaki Nations over Elvers
(4/5/2013)
(Maine) -- Maine Gov. Paul LePage allegedly threatened to retaliate against all of the Wabanaki Nations if the Passamaquoddy Tribe continues to exercise its sovereign...
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Maine tribe meets with lawmakers over eel fishery
(4/3/2013)
(Maine) -- Passamaquoddy tribal leaders met Wednesday with Maine's top fisheries official and two lawmakers to discuss their dispute over how many tribal members can...
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Attorney general says state has authority over Passamaquoddy fishing licenses
(4/2/2013)
(Maine) -- In a March letter, Maine’s attorney general told the Department of Marine Resources that it was within its statutory authority to enforce state rules...
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Maine Indian Tribe in Bitter Fight With LePage Over Fishing
(4/2/2013)
(Maine) -- An Indian tribe has accused Maine Gov. Paul LePage of being “loud, enraged, and demanding’’ during a meeting over fishing rights, The Bangor...
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Passamaquoddy Tribe stands ground in elver dispute
(4/2/2013)
(Maine) -- Even after a Sunday night elver fishing raid and a phone call from Governor LePage, Passamaquoddy Tribal leaders say they will continue to follow their own...
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Tribe says LePage threatened Passamaquoddy over elvers during ‘enraged’ phone call
(4/2/2013)
(Maine) -- Gov. Paul LePage issued an ultimatum to the Passamaquoddy tribe Monday morning: Play by the state’s fishing rules or face consequences from his office,...
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Hollywood Casino hires 12 new employees
(4/2/2013)
(Maine) -- Hollywood Casino Hotel & Raceway has hired an additional 12 people as a result of the expansion of one of its newest table games.
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Sovereignty battle brewing over elver dispute between Passamaquoddy, state government
(4/1/2013)
(Maine) -- Passamaquoddy leaders are decrying what one official called an “extreme show of force” by Marine Patrol, which last night confiscated three elver...
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Tribe says governor on attack over elvers
(4/1/2013)
(Maine) -- Gov. Paul LePage threatened retaliation against Maine's Passamaquoddy Tribe if it continues to issue elver-fishing licenses beyond the authorized state...
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Passamaquoddy Tribe opposes elver fishing license regulations
(3/31/2013)
(Maine) -- About 100 people came to a press conference to voice their opposition to regulations that limit the number of elver fishing licenses that can be issued by the...
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Passamaquoddys: Catch quota better way to protect elvers than fishing license limit
(3/31/2013)
(Maine) -- Imposing a catch limit is a better way of protecting the state’s elver population than limiting the number of licenses that may be issued to fishermen,...
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Native American lawyer, author says Maine’s indigenous people at crossroads
(3/29/2013)
(Maine) -- Indigenous people in Maine, the United States and the rest of the world are standing between two legal frameworks, a renowned Native American legal scholar,...
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Passamaquoddys issue far more elver licenses than allowed by law
(3/29/2013)
(Maine) -- A year after catching state officials off guard by issuing 236 elver fishing licenses in the middle of elver season, the Passamaquoddy Tribe has issued more...
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Maine Joins Indian Lawsuit Before Supreme Court
(3/28/2013)
(Maine) -- Maine Attorney General Janet Mills says the state is joining South Carolina and other states in defending the federal Indian Child Welfare Act in a case going...
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Don't look for ‘Kwikies’ in Maine
(3/19/2013)
(Maine) -- Mainers can still get instant scratch lottery tickets, but they can’t get “Kwikies.” The Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery...
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Panel endorses increase in Penobscot elver licenses
(3/18/2013)
(Maine) -- A legislative committee voted unanimously Monday morning to support a bill that will allow the Penobscot Nation to issue 48 elver fishing licenses to its...
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