On August 10, 2022, Gov. Charlie Baker signed Massachusetts’ sports betting bill into law. Between the bill’s signing and the retail and mobile sports betting launches, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission worked tirelessly behind the scenes to build guardrails around their new industry.
To refresh your memory: Retail sports betting launched Jan. 31, and online sports betting launched March 10.
And to give you some perspective: Other states took nearly a year to launch mobile betting after in-person betting. Massachusetts’ 38-day timeline was, by industry standard, lightning-fast.
In a one-on-one interview with PlayMA, MGC Chairperson Cathy Judd-Stein gave an inside perspective on the frenetic six months between Gov. Baker signing the bill and Massachusetts online sports betting launching in March.
