Massachusetts sees piles of sports betting bills in both chambers to be discussed in the 2021 session that would adjourn on December 31. As many as 14 sports betting proposals are on the legislative agenda after Friday’s deadline for bill filing in the Bay State. While according to other reports, there are eighteen bills in …
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker introduced a bill Friday seeking to legalize sports betting in the state for the second time in three years. Baker’s HD 678 that he filed ahead of his annual state budget proposal to the state’s Municipal Association aims to regulate statewide mobile betting, besides extending powers of the state’s gaming commission …
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A Massachusetts lawmaker has made a renewed attempt to legalize sports betting in the state through a new legislative measure to be taken up by the Senate. Last week, Sen. Brendan Crighton filed Senate Bill 177, allowing lawmakers to have another opportunity to decide whether or not sports betting should be legalized in the Bay …
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Massachusetts lawmakers concluded on Wednesday, January a $627 million bill that includes everything except for sports betting legalization. In the economic development bill, which included housing production incentives, vocational school funding, small business grants, some lawmakers said they did not want to supplement complicated sports betting proposal in it. The negotiators also scrapped plans to …
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As 2020 comes to a close, LetsGambleUSA has conducted some research into what the US sports betting industry could look like in 2021. As it stands, five states – Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Georgia – are on track to regulate their sports betting industries this year. The sports betting industry has continued to grow …
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Massachusetts Senate has rejected sports betting the part of the 2021 budget in a move that will delay its regulation in the state. The huge step, though in the reverse direction, came when the state legislature approved a roughly $46 billion budget on Wednesday after two days of deliberations. The amendment would have allowed casinos, …
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Two casino operators in Massachusetts have claimed to have a leadership role in the sports betting market in the state once it is regulated. These two companies, Penn National and Wynn Resorts, maintained that since they invested millions of dollars and hired thousands of individuals to work at The Bay State, they should be the …
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Legalized sports betting in Massachusetts will have to wait until the next year as COVID-19 seems to win the year 2020 legislative agenda. Amid the ongoing pandemic, House Bill 4559 was pushed to the backburner as the country finds ways to battle the second wave of the virus. Sen. Michael Brady said that if sports …
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