Gaming commission fines all three Massachusetts casinos for offering betting on unauthorized sports events

Gaming commission fines all three Massachusetts casinos for offering betting on unauthorized sports events

Article brief provided by State House News Service
  • Colin A. Young, State House News Service
July 25, 2023 9:13 PM
  • Colin A. Young, State House News Service

The Mass. Gaming Commission dinged all three of the physical casinos it oversees on Tuesday for taking illegal bets on Massachusetts college sports at their sportsbooks, levying a cumulative $50,000 in fines for violations that occurred in the earliest days of legal sports wagering here.

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Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville was fined $20,000 for taking bets on a Feb. 2 regular season men’s basketball game between Merrimack College and Long Island University, MGM Springfield was hit with a $20,000 penalty for offering action on regular season Harvard men’s basketball games on Feb. 3 and Feb. 4, and Encore Boston Harbor in Everett was fined $10,000 for taking a bet on a Feb. 2 regular season game involving the Boston College women’s basketball team.