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Steve Wynn drops Foxborough casino proposal

Decision follows Foxborough vote

By Mark Arsenault

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 09, 2012

Casino developer Steve Wynn on Tuesday abandoned plans to build a Foxborough gambling resort, a decision that reshuffles the competition for the sole Greater Boston casino license and eliminates a top-tier competitor for a casino proposal at Suffolk Downs. Wynn’s retreat, announced Tuesday, after anti-casino candidates swept the Foxborough town elections, marks the first ballot box defeat for a would-be casino developer in Massachusetts. The vote also underscores the difficulties in locating a casino in Greater Boston.

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