Lakeville: Voters reject casino proposal by a 10-1 margin

By a ten-to-one margin, voters in Lakeville have shot down a proposal from the Wampanoag Tribe of Acquinnah to build a casino in their town.

The vote count was just 172 in favor and 1,735 against the casino plan.

Last Tuesday, voters in nearby Freetown rejected a proposed casino that would have been built off Route 140 that would be run by the Acquinnah tribe.

And in Taunton, the city council recently voted 6-1 in favor of a casino by the Mashpee Wampanoags. Taunton voters will have a chance to make their feelings known in a citywide referendum next Saturday.

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