Sorry, Foxwoods: it appears you are not wanted in Massachusetts, either. The Connecticut gambling giant was soundly defeated at the polls this week, as voters in the city of Milford, Massachusetts decided that they didn’t want a casino resort in their backyards.

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This has become a story that is routine Massachusetts, where voters rejected proposals in East Boston and Palmer earlier this month. In cases like this, Foxwoods ended up being searching to create a $1 billion complex in the town that is boston-area compete for that region’s sole casino license.

When the returns that are first coming in, it had been clear that the casino vote wasn’t going to go Foxwoods’ way. CEO Scott Butera quickly conceded defeat after the polls closed, telling casino supporters that the vote meant that plans for the casino would absolutely not be in the years ahead. Once all the votes had been in, the margin had been enormous: 6,361 contrary to the plan, and 3,480 for it, or about a 65%-35% split.

Foxwoods invested a sizable amount of money promoting the casino, but it had beenn’t enough to convince locals it was a deal that is good the area economy, apparently. The opposition carried the day while they promoted the fact that th (more…)