From the Muskegon Chronicle, via Pechanga:

LANSING — A ballot initiative that would have allowed for seven more corporate casinos in Michigan, including one in Muskegon, has failed.

A coalition called Michigan Is Yours, which pushed the casino-expansion proposal, did not turn in the voter signatures needed — more than 380,000 — to make the Nov. 2 ballot by Monday’s deadline, according to state election officials.

The proposal, if approved by voters, would have put in the state Constitution the ability of a company called My-Casino Inc. to establish corporate casinos in seven specific locations — the cities of Muskegon, Lansing, Detroit, Benton Harbor, Flint and Port Huron, along with the Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

This failed ballot initiative is not connected to the proposed American Indian casino in Fruitport Township. A tribal casino does not require a vote of the people, but the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians needs several approvals of state and federal officials before the tribe’s proposed casino development can be built at the former Great Lakes Downs racetrack site.
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