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As Encore Boston Harbor nears official grand opening, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has completed the installation and inspection of the resort-casino’s 3,158 Electronic Gaming Devices (EGDs or slot machines), 143 table games and 88 poker tables. MGC’s Investigations and Enforcement Bureau (IEB) and the Information Technology Services Division (ITSD) work together to supervise the…

A tweet from US President Donald Trump has stalled a vote that would pave the way for a Native American tribe to build a casino in Massachusetts on contested land. The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe wants to use the land at Taunton, Massachusetts, only 25 miles, from Tiverton, Rhode Island to build a casino called First…

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has voted to settle a lawsuit with Steve Wynn with an unanimous 5-0 vote to allow the MGC to conclude its Wynn Resorts suitability review to ultimately decide if a casino license should be issued to allow the new Encore Boston Harbor to open in June of this year. Commissioner…

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker plans to file legislation allowing sports betting at the current Category 1 resort casino licensees; MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, as well as the Category 2 licensee; Plainridge Park Casino. Separate from existing Category 1 and Category 2 licensees, the administration’s proposal also allows for unaffiliated entities to…

Wynn Resorts Chairman Phil Satre has come out fighting following interest from Mohegan Sun in snatching the Encore Boston Harbor casino licence from Wynn’s grasp. Mr. Satre, who was appointed Chairman of Wynn in November, said to CommonWealth Magazine: ” Encore Boston Harbor will meet everybody’s expectations of what a special experience it is to…

MGM Springfield, el nou casino de Massachusetts propietat de MGM Resorts, va generar ingressos de jocs de 27 milions de dòlars durant el primer mes complet de funcionament. La Comissió de Jocs de Massachusetts va confirmar que el nou casino va tenir un bon començament amb les seves 2,550 màquines escurabutxaques que van guanyar 18 milions de dòlars en ingressos bruts, mentre que les seves 120 taules van generar 8.8 milions de dòlars. MGM Springfield...

Ampliant la seva presència a la costa est, MGM Resorts International obrirà divendres les portes a MGM Springfield, el primer complex turístic de luxe integrat i destinació d'entreteniment de Nova Anglaterra. Tot el concepte de la construcció és diferent i representa la primera vegada que MGM desenvolupa un casino dins de l'arquitectura existent del centre de la ciutat amb reformes de llocs com...

Investigadors de la Universitat de Massachusetts Amherst, que estan duent a terme un estudi exhaustiu i plurianual conegut com a Impactes socials i econòmics del joc a Massachusetts (SEIGMA), van presentar una anàlisi de dos anys dels ingressos de la loteria estatal després del segon any de funcionament per Plainridge Park Casino a Plainville, Massachusetts. Aprovada el novembre de 2011, la llei de joc ampliada...

Wynn Resorts has dropped the Wynn name from its $2.5bn casino project in Everett, changing the Wynn Boston Harbor to Encore Boston Harbor. Encore is already a brand used by Wynn Resorts for a hotel in Las Vegas. The casino is expected to open in June 2019. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is reviewing whether Wynn…