Slot machines, at Penn National parlor, are on their way to welcome visitors slipping few coins and pulling the handle. There are however, still a few regulatory steps unsettled before the parlor could actually host the crowd. It is still pending the approval for the state gambling license together with the slots distributors and parlor employees who also await the state licenses.
To have an appropriate facility for the upcoming 475 slot machines, the Miller’s Restaurant is set to undergo full fledged renovation to better serve the needs of the slots consumers. The restaurant was bought for the price of $3.8 million.
Many of the Bangor residents with state officials and members of the harness racing community have been watching Penn National endeavors, starting from the 2003, when slots were legalized within the ridiculous proximity from the Maine’s commercial harness tracks. Today, some residents express concerns that plan for slots infusion in the Maine would affect the Bangor State Fair and Civic Center which would be situated temporally at the same site. Yet, waiting for a new facility, would mean the city won’t be seeing slots for an undetermined period of time.
Officials seem to be satisfied from the temporary slots parlor ruling that would introduce the game to Maine citizens and allow the state, meanwhile, to reap millions of dollars for tracks and college scholarships. Penn National, however, rushed to reassure that it remains committed to building a permanent establishment next to the raceway.
