"In Oregon, a trip to the casino often means a journey to one of Oregon's nine tribal nations. Now, a group of developers hopes to break that monopoly. They envision a new multi-use casino and entertainment center, with water slides and a movie theater, all just a stone's throw from downtown Portland. But voters would have to change the state's Constitution to allow a non-tribal casino.

If this whole thing sounds a bit familiar, there's a reason for that. Two years ago, these same developers gathered signatures for two nearly identical ballot measures that would have cleared the way for a project at the same site. But only one of those measures made the ballot. And when Casino backers rolled the dice anyway, those efforts came up a bust.

This time, the developers are hoping for different result. Both measures actually made the ballot, as well as a required local measure in the city of Wood Village. But all three of those votes would need to line up the same way for the project to move forward."

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