he
deadline for issuing a gaming
license for the first racetrack
casino in Maine passed, but
state officials are adamant that
the project is on track even
though the deadline passed.
The
deadline, which was September
30, was entered into the state
law that made way for 1,500 slot
machines to be put-in at the
Bangor Raceway and it was also
put in the executive order aimed
towards facilitating the rules
process.
Both the
law and the governor
allowed an extension to the
deadline if circumstances called
for it.
Deliberations on behalf of the
application for Penn National
Gaming for a harness racing
license hit a wall in September
when Penn National had to
negotiate whether it would
provide personal information to
the court regarding the
company's officials.
Penn
National, which is a publicly
traded company, is now ready to
provide balances and
identification numbers for the
personal accounts of company
officials and their families.
The company just doesn't want
the very personal information to
be available to the public for
viewing. The same situation
might true of proprietary
information.
State
officials and Penn National
spokesman Eric Schippers believe
that those details will be
completely fixed on October 14,
during the next Maine
Harness Racing Commission
meeting.
