{"id":128639,"date":"2022-10-07T19:38:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T22:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/?p=128639"},"modified":"2022-10-10T08:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:04:25","slug":"massachusetts-gaming-commission-approves-launch-dates-for-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/massachusetts-gaming-commission-approves-launch-dates-for-sports-betting","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Gaming Commission approves launch dates for sports betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The commission has agreed to launch in-person sports betting in January and online betting in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

US.- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission<\/strong> (MGC) has approved the launch of in-person sports betting<\/strong> in late January, with online betting<\/strong> to follow in early March. The vote went 4-0 vote with one abstention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dates mean that in-person sports wagering would begin in Massachusetts ahead of the Super Bowl <\/strong>and mobile sports betting in time for the NCAA March Madness<\/strong> basketball tournament. However, the commission has reserved the right to push back the timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has revealed that 42 companies completed a Notice of Intent<\/a> form showing their interest to apply for a sports betting licence in the state. Those that responded include MGM Resorts, Bally\u2019s, 888, Caesars, Rush Street FanDuel, and DraftKings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The applicants cover the casinos MGM Springfield, Plainridge Park Casino and Encore Boston Harbor, as well as Suffolk Downs and Raynham Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sports betting became legal in Massachusetts after governor Charlie Baker signed House Bill 5164 into law in August<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Massachusetts gaming revenue reaches $92m in August<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has reported that Plainridge Park Casino, MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor generated $92m in gross gaming revenue (GGR)<\/a> in August. That\u2019s a slight 0.4 per cent drop in GGR year-on-year and a 6.7 per cent from July 2022\u2019s total of $98.7m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Encore reported a GGR of $58m, MGM Springfield $21.9m and Plainridge Park $11.9m. Together, Massachusetts\u2019 three casinos generated $25.8m in tax revenue in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The commission has agreed to launch in-person sports betting in January and online betting in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":108695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,6644],"tags":[267,78],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128639"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128648,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128639\/revisions\/128648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}