The gambling law authorizes one casino in each of three regions, with a single slots parlor that can be in any region. The graphic below lists the details of some of the proposed developments.
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- Milford
- Developer/Investor: Crossroads Massachusetts LLC/ Investors Ajax Gaming Ventures; Warner Gaming LLC
- Location: Intersection 495 and Route 16
- Zone: Region A, East
- Proposed development type: Resort Casino
- Cost: $750 million
- Current use: Commercial quarry about 129 acres of vacant land
- Proposed development: 750 million: 350 hotel rooms, 186,000 square foot gaming floor; 3,400 slot machines, 100 table games, 60,000 square feet retail and restaurant and 2,200 car parking garage.
- 2
- Charlton
- Developer/Investor: Jencent LLC
- Location: 130 Sturbridge Road, Charlton, 205 acres off the Massachusetts Turnpike
- Zone: Region A, East
- Proposed development type: Slots-only facility, or resort casino
- Cost: $200 million to $650 million
- Current use: Former recycling facility, undeveloped land
- Proposed development: Slots parlor and hotel, or casino
- 3
- Plainville
- Developer/Investor: Plainridge Racecourse
- Location: 301 Washington St., Plainville, MA
- Zone: Region A, East
- Proposed development type: Slots-only facility
- Cost: $125 million
- Current use: Harness-racing, 100 acres
- Proposed development: 70,000- to 90,000-squar- foot expansion of existing facility to add 1,250 slot machines; 1000-car parking garage
- 4
- Boston
- Developer/Investor: Suffolk Downs/ Richard Fields, Joe O'Donnell/ Caesars Entertainment
- Location:163 acres between East Boston and Revere in East Boston
- Zone: Region A, East
- Proposed development type: Resort Casino
- Cost: $1 billion plus
- Current use: Horse racing, special events
- Proposed development: Casino resort with hotel, entertainment, retail and local restaurants with thoroughbred racing
- 5
- Springfield
- Developer/Investor: Ameristar Casinos Inc.
- Location: 41 acres at Page Boulevard and Highway 291, Springfield
- Zone: Region B, West
- Proposed development type: Resort Casino
- Cost: $500 million plus
- Current use: Vacant industrial site, former Westinghouse plant
- Proposed development: Full-scale casino with slot machines and table games, a luxury hotel, restaurants, stores, entertainment and meeting space, and garage parking
- 6
- Holyoke
- Developer/Investor: Hard Rock International/ Paper City Development
- Update: Hard Rock International said they are looking beyond Holyoke for a casino site because of opposition from the new Holyoke mayor, Alex B. Morse.
- Location: Undecided
- Zone: (Region B, West)
- Proposed development type: Resort Casino
- Cost: $500 million plus
- Current use: --
- Proposed development: --
- 7
- Palmer
- Developer/Investor: Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
- Location: 150 acres off the Massachusetts Turnpike, Palmer
- Zone: Region B, West
- Proposed development type: Resort Casino
- Cost: $500 million to $600 Million
- Current use: Undeveloped land
- Proposed development: Casino with 3,000 slot machines, a 600-room hotel, and retail stores.
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- Springfield/Chicopee
- Developer/Investor: Penn National Gaming Inc.
- Location: Springfield/Chicopee; No site finalized
- Zone: Region B, West
- Proposed development type: Resort Casino
- Cost: $500 million
- Current use: No site finalized
- Proposed development: Full-scale casino with table games and slot machines
- 9
- Raynham
- Developer/Investor: George Carney
- Location: 100 acres at 1958 Broadway, Raynham
- Zone: Region C, Southeast
- Proposed development type: Slots-only facility
- Cost: $125 million
- Current use: Raynham Park, simulcast venue/ function space
- Proposed development: 1,250 slot machines, music/entertainment facilities
- 10
- New Bedford
- Developer/Investor: KG Urban Enterprises
- Location: MacArthur Drive and Canon Street, New Bedford
- Zone: Region C, Southeast
- Proposed development type: Resort Casino
- Cost: $500 million
- Current use: Former power plant, some NStar employees still on site
- Proposed development: Casino with 3,500 slot machines, table games, and 634-room hotel
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- Taunton
- Developer/Investor: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe/Arkana Limited
- Location: 146 acres near the intersection of Routes 24 and 140
- Zone: Region C, Southeast
- Proposed development type: Resort Casino
- Cost: $500 million
- Current use: Mixed industrial, undeveloped land
- Proposed development: A 150,000 square-foot casino, multiple restaurants, 900 hotel rooms across three hotels, business conference rooms and an event center, and a family-oriented water park
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- New Bedford
- Developer/Investor: Northeast Group
- Location: 40 acres off Interstate 195 in New Bedford, known as the Hicks Logan area
- Zone: Region C, Southeast
- Proposed development type: Resort Casino
- Cost: N/A
- Current use: Mixed industrial
- Proposed development: Resort waterfront casino with table games and slot machines, a hotel and marina
Compiled by Mark Arsenault and Casey Ross; David Butler, Daigo Fujiwara/Globe Staff