Billionaire casino mogul Steve Wynn must be popping his celebratory champagne right now after Massachusetts voters thumbed down a ballot question allowing another slots parlor in the state.

Wynn has been a staunch opponent of planned slots parlor in Revere since it would be a direct competition to his Wynn Boston Harbor in Everett, Massachusetts. He reportedly shelled out US$39,000 into a stealthy and successful last-minute campaign against the initiative, hoping to stomp out a potential gaming competitor.

And his efforts paid off. The Boston Globe reported that 61 percent of the Massachusetts voters rejected the ballot initiative while 39 percent said that they are in favor of Question 1.

American-born developer Eugene A. McCain Jr. was the one who pitched the ballot initiative, which would have authorized the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to license a second slots parlor in Massachusetts, in addition to the one already operating in Plainville.