Tag Archives: Massachusetts
US – Slots and table games installed at Encore Boston Harbor
As Encore Boston Harbor nears official grand opening, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has completed the installation and inspection of the resort-casino’s 3,158 Electronic Gaming Devices (EGDs or slot machines), 143 table games and 88 poker tables. MGC’s Investigations and Enforcement Bureau (IEB) and the Information Technology Services Division (ITSD) work together to supervise the…
US – Presidential tweet scuppers vote for Genting’s First Light Casino
A tweet from US President Donald Trump has stalled a vote that would pave the way for a Native American tribe to build a casino in Massachusetts on contested land. The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe wants to use the land at Taunton, Massachusetts, only 25 miles, from Tiverton, Rhode Island to build a casino called First…
US – Massachusetts Gaming Commission votes to settle lawsuit with Wynn
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has voted to settle a lawsuit with Steve Wynn with an unanimous 5-0 vote to allow the MGC to conclude its Wynn Resorts suitability review to ultimately decide if a casino license should be issued to allow the new Encore Boston Harbor to open in June of this year. Commissioner…
US – Massachusetts to offer sports betting in casinos whilst opening online to unaffiliated operators
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker plans to file legislation allowing sports betting at the current Category 1 resort casino licensees; MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, as well as the Category 2 licensee; Plainridge Park Casino. Separate from existing Category 1 and Category 2 licensees, the administration’s proposal also allows for unaffiliated entities to…
US – Encore Boston Harbor will ‘outperform anybody else in Massachusetts’
Wynn Resorts Chairman Phil Satre has come out fighting following interest from Mohegan Sun in snatching the Encore Boston Harbor casino licence from Wynn’s grasp. Mr. Satre, who was appointed Chairman of Wynn in November, said to CommonWealth Magazine: ” Encore Boston Harbor will meet everybody’s expectations of what a special experience it is to…
US – MGM Springfield delivers $27m in its first full month
MGM Springfield, the new casino in Massachusetts owned by MGM Resorts, generated $27m in gaming revenue during the first full month of operation. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission confirmed the new casino got off to a flying start with its 2,550 slot machines earning $18m in gross revenues whilst its 120 tables generated $8.8m. MGM Springfield…
US – MGM Springfield promises a celebration of New England
Expanding its presence on the East Coast, MGM Resorts International will open the doors to MGM Springfield, New England’s first integrated luxury resort and entertainment destination on Friday. The whole concept of the build is different and represents the first time MGM has developed a casino within existing downtown architecture with revamps of venues such…
US – Lottery sales at Plainridge Park Casino haven’t affected state lottery
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who are conducting a comprehensive, multi-year study known as the Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts (SEIGMA), presented a two-year analysis of state lottery revenue after the second year of operation for Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville, Massachusetts. Passed in November 2011, the expanded gaming law…
US – Wynn renames Everett casino to Encore Boston Harbor
Wynn Resorts has dropped the Wynn name from its $2.5bn casino project in Everett, changing the Wynn Boston Harbor to Encore Boston Harbor. Encore is already a brand used by Wynn Resorts for a hotel in Las Vegas. The casino is expected to open in June 2019. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is reviewing whether Wynn…
