MGM Chief Reiterates Commitment To Springfield Casino
The head of MGM Resorts International says the company remains committed to building a casino in downtown Springfield despite a recent redesign that eliminated a 25-story hotel and apartments.
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The head of MGM Resorts International says the company remains committed to building a casino in downtown Springfield despite a recent redesign that eliminated a 25-story hotel and apartments.
Revenues were down slightly last month at Massachusetts' lone casino.
The city of Boston says interviews conducted by state investigators show Wynn Resorts was aware a convicted felon had a stake in land it eyed for a casino.
The casino gambling industry is off and running with the recent opening of the Plainridge Park Casino in southeastern Massachusetts.
The first casino in Massachusetts generated $6.1 million in gambling revenues during its first week of operation.
Plainridge Park Casino officially opened to a large and eager crowd of gamblers.
Former Boston Police Commissioner and current WBZ-TV Security Analyst Edward Davis is among the new appointments to the American Gaming Association's national advisory board on illegal gambling.
Men and black residents are more likely to have gambling problems.
According to the National Council on Aging, more than 13 million older adults are considered economically insecure, living on less than $22,000 a year.
Massachusetts's first casino is still on track to open by June 24.
The New Hampshire House has once again rejected casino gambling, voting down a proposal that would have legalized two by a roughly 50-vote margin.
Massachusetts' top prosecutor is concerned about the growth of criminal enterprises as the state's first casino is poised to open.
Construction is about to begin for what likely will be the first full-scale resort casino to open in Massachusetts.
MGM executives have outlined their construction schedule for an $800 million resort casino in downtown Springfield.
Casino competition could be heating up across state lines as Massachusetts moves closer to getting into the gambling game.
It might soon be time to saddle up again at Suffolk Downs.
Wynn has also scrapped a planned nightclub.
Wynn Resorts says Boston has declined to accept a $1 million payment the company made to help offset the impacts of the casino it plans to build in neighboring Everett.
The state gambling commission is defending the way it handled awarding a license to Wynn Resorts for an Everett casino.
Most folks have overindulged in oh so many ways. And now we have begun to wonder how on earth we are going to undo the damage done?
The voluntary "play management" system would allow gamblers to set a dollar amount they intend to spend during a single session, day or month.
With a month to go before he's sworn in as Massachusetts' 72nd governor, Republican Charlie Baker is facing an array of challenges.
In a rarely used strategy to address gambling addiction, Massachusetts regulators may require casinos to reward their customers for voluntarily setting limits on how much time and money they spend at slot machines.
Gambling money will begin flowing into local government coffers in earnest now that the state's casino law survived an Election Day repeal effort
MGM Resorts International has paid Massachusetts a required $85 million gambling licensing fee for its $800 million Springfield resort casino on Monday, state gambling regulators announced.
