The sports betting operators’ decision to boycott the original Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s roundtable on bet limiting was not a flash of brilliance. The fact that the operators thought this would be interpreted as anything other than a collective show of disrespect demonstrates an incredible lack of understanding of what it means to be operating in a traditional regulated gaming space.
The operators’ rather cavalier, seemingly scripted and rehearsed responses during the second roundtable, suggesting “there is nothing to see here,” certainly did not close the book on the issue. To think otherwise would indicate a high degree of misunderstanding of the MGC’s modus operandi.
