If Maine voters decide in favor of a casino in a November, then Rep. Philip Cressey says more than just two American Indian tribes deserve a chance to apply. Cressey, who opposes a casino, is sponsor of a bill that would allow any organization - regardless of race, creed, color or place of national origin - to receive a license to conduct casino gambling. "If the people of Maine want to have casinos, then it should be open to any group, says Cressey. "We shouldn't discriminate." The bill, if approved, would go into effect if the referendum question to allow the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes to run a casino is approved this November. The tribes are looking at non-Indian land in Sanford as a possible location to build a $650 million casino. Joe Conforti, a University of Southern Maine professor of New England culture, says he anticipates that the issue of where the tribes want to build will stir potential voters.

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