![]() The Casino also came with investment costs to the town, including the development of sewer and water systems to support the Casino and its possible future expansion, plus related business growth in town. It was then, and is still, seen as the largest economic catalyst in the region - creating jobs, expanding existing businesses and opening new ones, including the construction of a $15 million Hampton Inn directly across the street and now construction of a $25 million hotel on the Casino premises. In 2010, voters across the state approved the expansion of gambling in Maine and in summer 2012 the Oxford Casino on Route 26 in Oxford was opened. “There is no easy way to tell where money from the Casino funds is spent exactly,” said Town Manager Becky Lippincott. The answer to that question is not as simple as it would seem. ![]()
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