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.

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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A Wynn Resorts casino is slated for Everett, an MGM Resorts casino for Springfield and a Penn National Gaming slots parlor for Plainville.

In Wilmington, 6,110 voters voted down the repeal, while 2,755 were for it.

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