History\u2019s Biggest \u201cNo\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe casino group threw out accusations of bias in regards to the fine, but you can hardly blame voters in Maine for holding a grudge against Shawn and Lisa Scott.<\/p>\n
Shawn first earned notoriety in the state when he ran a successful 2003 campaign to convince voters to approve a casino at a horse track he owned in Bangor. However, he quickly turned around and sold the rights to Penn National for $51 million and promptly left town.<\/p>\n
So when he returned last year and proposed that he should be allowed to build yet another casino in the state, voters sent a very clear message that they wouldn\u2019t be fooled again.<\/p>\n
Despite the millions of dollars the Scotts spent in an attempt to sway voters, the proposal was overwhelmingly defeated. Some 83 percent of voters opposed the plan, making it the largest margin of defeat in the state\u2019s history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The proponents behind an unsuccessful casino bid which drew the attention of the ethics commissioners in Maine are likely to get off much easier than originally thought. The Maine Ethics Commission (MEC) announced this week that a proposed settlement would see a $500,000 fine against the casino backers reduced to just $100,000. In 2017, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":86943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Maine Casino Backers Behind Failed 2017 Bid May Have Record Fine Reduced<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n