That's because money that's already being spent on Main St. 'What you see around the country is for every slot machine added into an economy, one job is lost per year.

'The jobs argument just doesn't hold water,' says John Ribeiro who heads Repeal The Casino Deal, the anti-casino forces responsible for the ballot question.

You see over 200 construction workers out here today,' adds Snowden.Ĭasino advocates say if all four casino projects are built in the state, 10,000 permanent jobs would be created. Artist rendering of Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville 'We believe that hope and opportunity are going to defeat fear and negativity,' says Eric Schippers also of Penn National. And they kicked off the 'Vote No' campaign today. 'We obviously would have to stop building, but right now we're focused on campaigning,' says Jay Snowden of Penn National Gaming, the company building the slot parlor. (WBZ-TV)īut a question on the November ballot could repeal the state's casino law, leaving the slot parlor a loser. Topping off ceremony at Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville. The facility will have over a thousand slot machines, video poker and video blackjack terminals. The projected completion date for the $225-million project is next June. With 'God Bless America' playing in the background, construction workers attached the final steel beam to the shell of the Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville. It also marks the beginning of a battle for your vote.

PLAINVILLE (CBS) - A big step forward today for the first slots parlor in Massachusetts, despite the possibility that voters could stop it cold.

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