475: Number of slot machines

2 a.m.: Closing time

130: Employees hired for temporary facility

400 to 600: Employees anticipated for permanent facility

$17 million: Money spent getting the former Miller’s Restaurant ready

$75 million: Estimated cost of the permanent facility

Over 50%: Slot machine gamblers who are women

2: Number of celebrity look-alikes scheduled for grand opening

120: Number of security cameras

2 cents: Lowest slot bid

$5: Highest slot bid

21: Age to enter

2: Number of ATM machines in the lobby (They aren’t allowed on the gaming floor.)

220: Parking spaces next to the former restaurant

800: People capacity

87% to 95%: Rate of machine payback (Example: For every $1 bet, at least 87 cents have to be won by bettors in an average week.)

$824 million: Projected annual slot machine revenue once the permanent facility with 1,500 machines is up and running

Source: Penn National, Maine Gambling Control Board, state legislature

So where’s the money go?

61% of total gross slot machine income is kept by Penn National. The remaining 39% will be split:

• 3% Expenses of the board, including gambling addiction counseling services

• 10% Supplement harness racing purses

• 3% Sire Stakes Fund

• 3% Agricultural Fair Support Fund

• 10% Fund for a Healthy Maine

• 2% University of Maine System Scholarship Fund

• 1% Maine Community College System for its scholarship program

• 4% Fund to Encourage Racing at Maine’s Commercial Tracks

• 2% Fund to Stabilize Off-track Betting Facilities

• 1% Municipality in which the slot machines are located

Source: Maine statutes

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