Legal sports betting in Massachusetts is expected to have “far less impact economically” than the state’s two other legal types of gambling, which are casinos and the lottery, according to a study by researchers with the University of Massachusetts-based SEIGMA project. SEIGMA stands for Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts became the 36th state to legalize sports betting when Governor Charlie Baker signed the Legislature’s bill into law in August. The SEIGMA report, which was presented on September 8, was ordered by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) as it creates the licensing process and the rules and regulations to move out sports betting in the Commonwealth.
