Late last month, we reported on several violations of Massachusetts sports betting regulations from three operators in the state. One of those violations came when Encore Boston Harbor allowed bets to be placed on games for Boston College women’s basketball. Now, they’ve done it again. Encore admitted to their mistake when it happened before, blaming it on a technical glitch from a vendor’s platform. In an attempt to prevent the mistake from happening again, the casino stated that they had implemented additional measures. Obviously, those measures were not successful. So what happened? Well, according to the Encore, they turned off…

What’s it been? Like, a couple of weeks? And right out of the game, we’ve got violations of Massachusetts sports betting regulations from several casinos! Well, it’s nice to see things off and running so quickly. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission says that since regulated wagers went live on January 31st, there have been three casinos within the state which have run afoul of the state ban for betting on in-state college games. First, Encore Boston Harbor was found to be accepting wagers on Boston College women’s basketball games. The, Plainridge Park casino was found to have taken bets on a…

After much fanfare, Massachusetts sports betting has finally arrived. Right now there are only three locations accepting wagers in the state, and they are all land based. But that doesn’t mean the activity will stay that way for long. Plans are that mobile betting will be live before March Madness games begin. And when that happens, rumors are that as many as eleven online operators could be accepting bets from residents. Things have been steadily moving toward the official launch of Massachusetts sports betting ever since the legislation was signed into law by the governor in August of last year….

It’s been a while since we’ve discussed Massachusetts sports betting, but a lot has been happening in order for the state to begin accepting wagers in January. At least, that’s the plan. But the Massachusetts model is proposing a “staggered” launch between in-person and online bets. And not everyone is happy about that. First of all, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission has a tentatively time line for the launch of sports bets. Under that time line, residents could be placing bets as soon as the NFL playoffs in late January, but only at physical locations such as a casino. Online and…

In the early hours of this morning, state legislators brought Massachusetts sports betting to life. In what seemed almost impossible, and hours passed the Sunday night deadline, the last minute session was able to get a compromise approved. The new bill still needs to be signed by Governor Charlie Baker, but that seems like a formality at this point. After all, it was Baker who was pushing for sports bets in his state from the very beginning. He even filed his own Massachusetts sports betting legislation on the matter back in 2019. The bill will allow betting on some college…

The deadline is July 31st. However, legislators are still hopeful that a Massachusetts sports betting deal could come together this year. And if it does, that residents of the state could be placing wagers on next year’s Super Bowl. A Representative says that negotiations are ongoing, and that there is still some level of optimism that an agreement could be finalized and sent to the desk of Governor Charlie Baker before the current session ends. Some of the issues that need to be resolved include tax rates and how many licenses to issue. But the one topic that could derail…