PLAINVILLE - Donald Trump and other big-time gambling outfits have made offers to develop a casino at Plainridge Racecourse, track President Gary Piontkowski said Thursday.

He said the owners of the Route 1 track have not acted on the offers as they wait to see what the Legislature does with a proposal to legalize three casinos in Massachusetts.

"We have not accepted any offers and we are not soliciting offers. But, we are willing to listen to every proposal," he said.

The owners may want to develop a casino on their own, he said.

Town officials in Plainville, where the track is located, said they were not getting their hopes up because they have been disappointed in the past by talk that expanded gambling could bring new revenue to their town. "Until we see The Donald, I don't think we can take it seriously," Selectwoman Andrea Soucy said, using a common media nickname for Trump.

Piontkowski said some of Plainridge's suitors are among the best known casino operators in the world, but added he is not at liberty to disclose their names at this time.

He said he was able to confirm that he talked with top officials in Donald Trump's firm last spring.

"I met with them several months ago," he said. "We went down to Atlantic City."

He said the Trump officials were James Perry and Mark Juliano, who is listed as Trump Entertainment Resorts chief executive officer.

The Trump organization did not return a telephone from The Sun Chronicle seeking comment.

Piontkowski said the casino companies are looking at several sites in Massachusetts, but he said he believes they prefer Plainridge, which he called "flattering."

Speaking on the last day of live harness racing at his track this year, Piontkowski said Gov. Deval Patrick wants any casinos to become destination resorts.

He said the general Plainville area is already a tourism destination.

The area forms an "economic triangle" that includes first class shopping at nearby Wrentham Village Premium Outlets and shopping and entertainment at Patriot Place, which is being built next to Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. A gambling facility in Plainville would complete the triangle, he said.

"You'd have it all within three miles, and we would run shuttle buses to Wrentham and Foxboro," he said.

Local officials were taking a wait and see approach.

Soucy, the town selectwoman, said Plainville has been let down many times in the past by legalized gambling proposals that were never approved by the Legislature.

She said she still favors the more modest idea of legalizing slot machines at race tracks and turning them into "racinos."

A racino could be up and running at Plainridge within months, while a casino would take years to develop, she said.

Selectman Robert Rose also said he was not ready to celebrate.

He said four years ago he was assured that "it's a lock" that the Legislature would legalize slot machines, but it never happened.

"We've been through this so many times, we've become jaded," he said.

State Rep. Richard Ross, R-Wrentham, who represents Plainville, said he also favors slot machines over casinos, but the governor is pushing the destination resorts.

As for Plainridge Raceway, he said: "They will become whatever the Legislature makes them become to survive."