MGM Springfield’s struggles hiring women came up Wednesday as gambling regulators considered the casino’s sports betting license. Allegations the casino provided false information to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) on vendor hiring was also briefly discussed.

Commissioners reviewed MGM Springfield’s current operation in painstaking detail. The casino has a stated goal of having a workforce made up of half women. It has not been able to hit that mark since it opened in 2018.

During the meeting, two commissioners, chair Cathy Judd-Stein and Eileen O’Brien, called the struggles into question.

MGM Springfield’s president Chris Kelley said hiring has been an issue statewide