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Hollywood Slots' 1st day draws 9,000 Penn National addresses scuttled $5.8B acquisition

BANGOR - Though the number crunching was still under way on Thursday, a state gambling control official said Hollywood Slots set a revenue record after its first full day in its new $132 million gaming and entertainment complex.

The company on Tuesday opened Hollywood Slots Hotel and Raceway at 500 Main St. amid much fanfare. When the new facility opened at 10 a.m., an estimated 1,100 people - some of them slots fans and some there to rubberneck - were lined up at the doors.

The facility drew an estimated crowd of 9,000 on Tuesday, according to company officials.

Even as Hollywood Slots celebrated its success in Bangor, parent company Penn National Gaming was responding to news that a $5.82 ...

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