{"id":250616,"date":"2022-12-31T18:40:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T00:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=250616"},"modified":"2022-12-31T21:28:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T03:28:13","slug":"charitable-casinos-proposed-for-two-new-hampshire-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/charitable-casinos-proposed-for-two-new-hampshire-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Charitable Casinos Proposed for Two New Hampshire Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"

A local planning board in New Hampshire<\/a> on Monday will consider a proposal to build a charitable gaming casino. It will also include a restaurant.<\/p>\n

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A scenic site in Lebanon, N.H., pictured above. The town is considering approving a charitable casino. (Image: Keene Sentinel<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lebanon, N.H., planning board members will discuss the proposed gaming property at the site formerly housing Gerrish Honda.<\/p>\n

The board must schedule a site visit, as well as hold a public hearing on the proposal.<\/p>\n

Locally, the street is called Miracle Mile.<\/p>\n

If the project is approved, it will include a gaming space and a 41-seat restaurant\/bar, the Valley News<\/em>, a New Hampshire news organization, reported.<\/p>\n

The gaming floor will have 111 electronic gaming devices and 90 gaming tables, according to the proposal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As envisioned, it would include 17,335-square feet on the first floor. There also would be a 1,360-square-foot mezzanine.<\/p>\n

The project would use the existing building. It is currently vacant.<\/p>\n

The casino would mean an increase in traffic in the area, Engineering Ventures, a Lebanon-based consultant, predicted.<\/p>\n

Site Was Car Dealership<\/h2>\n

The property, a former Honda dealership, was sold in 2016 to Gengras Motor Cars, a Connecticut-based auto dealer.<\/p>\n

Its principal is Jonathan Gengras. Gengras and Stefan Huba, a consultant who specializes in developing casinos, are the developers of the project.<\/p>\n

Gengras will remain the owner of the Miracle Mile property. He will lease it to Huba, the report said.<\/p>\n

If given approvals, the casino must donate 35% of proceeds to charitable nonprofits under New Hampshire law.<\/p>\n

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Games can include poker, bingo<\/a>, lottery, keno, and raffles, the Valley News<\/em> said. Also allowed are roulette<\/a>, blackjack, and electronic slot machines, the report added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The charitable organizations must be approved by the New Hampshire Lottery Commission.<\/p>\n

The current list of permitted organizations includes over 12,000 non-profits.<\/p>\n

Lebanon already has one charitable casino. It is called the Lebanon Poker Room & Casino. It opened in 2018. It offers poker, blackjack, roulette, and some 34 slot machines.<\/p>\n

Lebanon is located near the New Hampshire-Vermont border.<\/p>\n

Concord Proposal<\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, in Concord, N.H., some 58 miles southeast of Lebanon, a planned charitable gaming complex is likely to be reviewed by Concord Planning Board members next month, the Concord Monitor<\/em> newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

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It will include a casino, hotel, and restaurant. It will feature a 24,000-square-foot gaming floor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

That will have 634 seats. Plans also call for an 8,500-square-foot restaurant and brew-pub. It would have seating for about 150.<\/p>\n

A hotel and event center would be developed later, according to current plans.<\/p>\n

The developer is Andy Sanborn, who owns the Draft Sports Bar & Grill and the Concord Casino, a charitable casino in Concord. He is a former New Hampshire state senator. In the Senate, he was chair of the Commerce, Health\/Human Services and Ways and Means committees. He also ran for Congress.<\/p>\n

Sanborn predicts the new casino would lead to over 250 jobs. It will also increase local tourism.<\/p>\n

But Bruce Carri, who lives near the site of the planned casino, has been worried about increased traffic, the Monitor<\/em> said.<\/p>\n

Given that this is a gateway from the east of the city, I\u2019m not sure it\u2019s the best use of the site to have a casino be the first thing people see when they come in from the Seacoast,\u201d<\/strong> Carri was quoted by the Monitor<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not the best image for the Capital City that we should want to convey.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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