Location: Massachusetts

09/10/26 6:18 PM

Massachusetts: Regulators opt to stay with NCPG, for now

  • Chris Sieroty — Managing Editor, CDC Gaming
Unlike several other state regulators that resigned their memberships from the National Council on Problem Gambling following a... more
09/09/26 6:27 PM

Underdog sues five states, abandons DFS licenses

  • Chris Sieroty — Managing Editor, CDC Gaming
Underdog has filed lawsuits in five states seeking to preemptively block them from trying to shut down its sports-event contracts, a... more
09/07/26 12:28 PM

Amid legal fight with host city, reports emerge of a buyer for MGM Springfield in Massachusetts

  • James Paleologopoulos, WAMC radio
The City of Springfield is taking the operators of the MGM Springfield casino to court, claiming it has fallen well short of its host... more
09/07/26 12:00 PM

Encore Boston Harbor was built to be a destination. It became something else.

  • Alexa Gagosz, The Boston Globe
The water shuttle to Encore Boston Harbor casino thrums up the Mystic River toward Everett, carrying an eclectic cast of characters: a lone... more
09/04/26 2:26 PM

Massachusetts: Workers at Encore Boston Harbor go on strike

  • Chris Sieroty — Managing Editor, CDC Gaming
More than 1,300 Encore Boston Harbor workers went on strike Friday after contract talks with casino owner Wynn Resorts broke down. The... more
09/04/26 12:49 PM

Massachusetts: MGM responds to Springfield’s lawsuit over Host Community Agreement

  • Ryan Trowbridge, Western Massachusetts News
Springfield officials have filed a lawsuit against MGM Resorts International and Blue Tarp Redevelopment. The suit stems from what... more
09/03/26 3:09 PM

Bill Simmons under review in Massachusetts for proxy betting

  • Chris Sieroty — Managing Editor, CDC Gaming
Bill Simmons, a sports podcaster, is being investigated by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) after he admitted on a recent episode... more
09/02/26 1:19 PM

Massachusetts regulators seek to reduce athlete harassment

  • Chris Sieroty — Managing Editor, CDC Gaming
Sports bettors who harass athletes online or in person could find themselves excluded from sports betting and the state’s three casinos,... more
09/01/26 8:59 PM

Massachusetts: Encore Boston Harbor workers say they’ll launch strike on Friday

  • Karyna Cheung, Boston Globe
More than 1,300 workers at Encore Boston Harbor in Everett say they will walk off the job Friday morning at 7 a.m. if they don’t reach a... more
08/31/26 2:45 PM

Massachusetts: Encore Boston Harbor faces strike deadline as casino’s financial cushion shrinks

  • Wilson Oke, PlayUSA
Everett’s five-star casino resort is bracing for a contract deadline that could bring its gaming floor to a standstill. Contract talks... more