AUGUSTA -- Maine's Gambling Control Board meets tonight to take up a variety of issues, including a request from Hollywood Slots in Bangor to change the opening time of its operation on Sundays.

The idea has not met with a warm reception. One of the opponents of Sunday morning gambling, the Rev. Jerry Mick of Bangor Baptist Church, says the pastors feel that Sunday morning is a time of worship when gambling should be off-limits.

At its October meeting, the gambling board gave preliminary approval to the proposed change in hours.

Under current rules, the facility at 500 Main St. does not open until noon Sundays but opens at 8 a.m. every other day.

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