Most of the attention paid to its work recently has focused on implementation of legal sports betting, but the Massachusetts Gaming Commission has plenty of other weighty matters pending before it, from the potential expansion of Encore Boston Harbor’s gaming footprint, to two applications for horse racing licenses that come with a mid-November deadline, and a request to end the commission’s heightened scrutiny on Wynn Resorts’ corporate culture.

Under pressure to get legal sports betting up and running after the Legislature slow-walked the issue for years, the commission is facing a “mammoth scheduling challenge,” chairwoman Cathy Judd-Stein said Wednesday during an agenda-setting session, as it tries to plot the most efficient course towards legal wagering while not losing sight of the casino gaming or racing issues.