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{{short description|Types and locations of gambling allowed in Massachusetts, US}}
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[[File:Blue pog.svg|10px|link=]] Racetrack and slot parlor<br />
[[File:Orange pog.svg|10px|link=]] Resort casino<br />
[[File:Green pog.svg|10px|link=]] Planned resort casino<br />
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Legal forms of gambling in the U.S. state of [[Massachusetts]] include [[casino]]s, [[parimutuel wagering]] on [[horse racing]], the [[Massachusetts Lottery]], and charitable gaming.
Legal forms of gambling in the U.S. state of [[Massachusetts]] include [[casino]]s, [[sports betting]], [[parimutuel wagering]] on [[horse racing]], the [[Massachusetts Lottery]], and [[charitable gaming]]. The [[Massachusetts Gaming Commission]] regulates commercial operations under state jurisdiction.


==Horse and dog racing==
==Horse and dog racing==
[[Parimutuel wagering]] on [[horse racing]] is allowed at the state's two active racetracks, [[Plainridge Racecourse]] and [[Suffolk Downs]]. [[Off-track betting|Simulcast wagering]] on horse and [[Greyhound racing|dog races]] is also offered at [[Raynham Park]], which previously operated as a dog racing track.<ref>{{cite news|title=Horse wagering may be allowed to continue at Suffolk Downs via broadcast after live racing ends|newspaper=The Republican|location=Springfield, MA|author=Michael Norton|date=December 31, 2014|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2014/12/horse_wagering_may_be_allowed.html|accessdate=2015-01-05}}</ref>
[[Parimutuel wagering]] on [[horse racing]] is allowed at the state's only active racetrack, [[Plainridge Racecourse]]. [[Off-track betting|Simulcast wagering]] on horse and [[Greyhound racing|dog races]] is also offered at [[Suffolk Downs]] and [[Raynham Park]], which previously operated as racetracks.<ref>{{cite news|title=Massachusetts extends racing and simulcasting law |work=The Blood-Horse|author=Lynne Snierson|date=June 30, 2020|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/242076/massachusetts-extends-racing-and-simulcasting-law|access-date=2020-10-03}}</ref>


Betting on horse and dog racing was legalized in 1934.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolves passed by the General Court|publisher=Massachusetts General Court|date=1934|chapter=Chapter 374: An act authorizing the licensing of horse and dog races on which the pari-mutuel system of betting shall be permitted|url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1934/1934acts0374.pdf|accessdate=2015-01-05}}</ref>
Betting on horse and dog racing was legalized in 1934.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolves passed by the General Court|publisher=Massachusetts General Court|date=1934|chapter=Chapter 374: An act authorizing the licensing of horse and dog races on which the pari-mutuel system of betting shall be permitted|chapter-url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1934/1934acts0374.pdf|access-date=2015-01-05}}</ref>


Suffolk Downs opened in 1935 and was the state's primary site for [[Thoroughbred racing]] until it held its last races in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Suffolk Downs bids farewell to live racing|work=The Blood-Horse|author=Lynne Snierson|date=June 30, 2019|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/234480/suffolk-downs-bids-farewell-to-live-racing|access-date=2020-10-03}}</ref>
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The first dog tracks were [[Wonderland Greyhound Park]] and [[Taunton Dog Track]], opened in 1935.<ref name=winokoor>{{cite news|title=Taunton Gazette Newsmaker of the Year George Carney reflects on journey|newspaper=Taunton Gazette|author=Charles Winokoor|date=December 29, 2013|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20131229/News/312299951|accessdate=2015-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Race to the finish|newspaper=Boston Globe|author=Steven Rosenberg|date=February 14, 2010|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2010/02/14/long_past_its_glory_days_wonderland_greyhound_track_nears_its_end/?page=1|accessdate=2015-01-22}}</ref> They were joined in 1941 by Raynham Greyhound Park.<ref name=winokoor /> The Taunton track closed in 1981,<ref>{{cite news|title=Taunton closing not all bad|newspaper=Boston Globe|author=Bob Kinsley|date=December 12, 1981|url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/294107406}} {{subscription required|via=ProQuest}}</ref> and its operations were absorbed into the Raynham track, which became known as Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park.<ref name=winokoor /> Both remaining tracks closed by the end of 2009, when dog racing was banned by the [[Massachusetts Greyhound Protection Act]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The final lap for greyhounds in Mass.|newspaper=Boston Globe|author=Eric Moskowitz|date=December 26, 2009|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/12/26/in_massachusetts_a_final_lap_for_greyhounds/|accessdate=2015-01-22}}</ref>


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The first dog tracks were [[Wonderland Greyhound Park]] and [[Taunton Dog Track]], opened in 1935.<ref name=winokoor>{{cite news|title=Taunton Gazette Newsmaker of the Year George Carney reflects on journey|newspaper=Taunton Gazette|author=Charles Winokoor|date=December 29, 2013|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20131229/News/312299951|access-date=2015-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Race to the finish|newspaper=Boston Globe|author=Steven Rosenberg|date=February 14, 2010|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2010/02/14/long_past_its_glory_days_wonderland_greyhound_track_nears_its_end/?page=1|access-date=2015-01-22}}</ref> They were joined in 1941 by Raynham Greyhound Park.<ref name=winokoor /> The Taunton track closed in 1981,<ref>{{cite news|title=Taunton closing not all bad|newspaper=Boston Globe|author=Bob Kinsley|date=December 12, 1981|id={{ProQuest|294107406}}}} {{subscription required|via=ProQuest}}</ref> and its operations were absorbed into the Raynham track, which became known as Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park.<ref name=winokoor /> Both remaining tracks closed by the end of 2009, when dog racing was banned by the [[Massachusetts Greyhound Protection Act]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The final lap for greyhounds in Mass.|newspaper=Boston Globe|author=Eric Moskowitz|date=December 26, 2009|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/12/26/in_massachusetts_a_final_lap_for_greyhounds/|access-date=2015-01-22}}</ref>
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[[Harness racing]] began in 1947 at [[Bay State Raceway]] (later named Foxboro Raceway).<ref>{{cite news|title=Ghost Tracks X: Bay State Raceway |newspaper=Hoof Beats |publisher=United States Trotting Association |author=Tim Bojarski |date=August 26, 2014 |url=http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/templates/hoofbeats_blog.aspx?articleid=60630&zoneid=65 |accessdate=2015-01-11 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112111442/http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/templates/hoofbeats_blog.aspx?articleid=60630&zoneid=65 |archivedate=2015-01-12 |df= }}</ref> Suffolk Downs included the sport in its calendar from 1959 to 1970.<ref>{{cite book|title=Suffolk Downs|author=Christian Teja|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2005|page=49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Czvvk9uyAwwC&lpg=PA49&ots=y7Mtr22Fcn&pg=PA49|via=Google Books}}</ref> Foxboro closed in 1997 and was replaced in 1999 with the opening of Plainridge.<ref>{{cite news|title=Plainridge harnesses big opening crowd|newspaper=Boston Herald|author=Ed Gray|date=April 20, 1999|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BNHB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB4DB105254D400&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D6884C8DA6CD5B5|via=NewsBank}}</ref>


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[[Harness racing]] began in 1947 at [[Bay State Raceway]] (later named Foxboro Raceway).<ref>{{cite news|title=Ghost Tracks X: Bay State Raceway |newspaper=Hoof Beats |publisher=United States Trotting Association |author=Tim Bojarski |date=August 26, 2014 |url=http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/templates/hoofbeats_blog.aspx?articleid=60630&zoneid=65 |access-date=2015-01-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112111442/http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/templates/hoofbeats_blog.aspx?articleid=60630&zoneid=65 |archive-date=2015-01-12 }}</ref> Suffolk Downs included the sport in its calendar from 1959 to 1970.<ref>{{cite book|title=Suffolk Downs|author=Christian Teja|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2005|page=49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Czvvk9uyAwwC&pg=PA49|via=Google Books|isbn=9781439632468}}</ref> Foxboro closed in 1997 and was replaced in 1999 with the opening of Plainridge.<ref>{{cite news|title=Plainridge harnesses big opening crowd|newspaper=Boston Herald|author=Ed Gray|date=April 20, 1999|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BNHB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB4DB105254D400&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D6884C8DA6CD5B5|via=NewsBank}}</ref>
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In addition to the major tracks, wagering was also conducted on horse and dog races at [[agricultural fair]]s around the state, including the [[Northampton Fair (race track)|Northampton Fair]], [[Marshfield Fair]], [[Great Barrington Fair]], [[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]] Fair, Berkshire County Fair (at [[Berkshire Downs (racetrack)|Berkshire Downs]]), [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]] Fair, and [[Topsfield, Massachusetts|Topsfield]] Fair.<ref name=finley>{{cite news|title=Thanks for the memories|newspaper=ESPN Horse Racing|author=Bill Finley|date=December 21, 2005|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/columns/story?id=2267707|accessdate=2015-01-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Racing is big business at Massachusetts fairs|newspaper=Billboard|date=December 20, 1952|page=54|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DCAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA54&ots=99itwcT4s5&pg=PA54|via=Google Books}}</ref> [[Match fixing|Race fixing]] was notoriously common at these meets.<ref name=finley /><ref>{{cite book|title=My $50,000 Year at the Races|author=Andrew Beyer|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|year=1980|page=107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jXCQlsfmn4C&lpg=PA107&ots=3bP7l060fQ&pg=PA107|via=Google Books}}</ref> This fair circuit came to an end when the last remaining venue, Northampton, held its final racing meet in 2005.<ref name=finley />

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In addition to the major tracks, wagering was also conducted on horse and dog races at [[agricultural fair]]s around the state, including the [[Northampton Fair (race track)|Northampton Fair]], [[Marshfield Fair]], [[Great Barrington Fair]], [[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]] Fair, Berkshire County Fair (at [[Berkshire Downs (racetrack)|Berkshire Downs]]), [[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]] Fair, and [[Topsfield Fair]].<ref name=finley>{{cite news|title=Thanks for the memories|newspaper=ESPN Horse Racing|author=Bill Finley|date=December 21, 2005|url=https://www.espn.com/sports/horse/columns/story?id=2267707|access-date=2015-01-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Racing is big business at Massachusetts fairs|newspaper=Billboard|date=December 20, 1952|page=54|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DCAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54|via=Google Books}}</ref> [[Match fixing|Race fixing]] was notoriously common at these meets.<ref name=finley /><ref>{{cite book|title=My $50,000 Year at the Races|author=Andrew Beyer|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|year=1980|page=107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jXCQlsfmn4C&pg=PA107|via=Google Books|isbn=9780547839783}}</ref> This fair circuit came to an end when the last remaining venue, Northampton, held its final racing meet in 2005.<ref name=finley />


==Lottery==
==Lottery==
[[File:Massachusetts lottery ticket (1744).jpg|thumb|A ticket from the first public lottery in Massachusetts, authorized in 1745]]
[[File:Massachusetts lottery ticket (1744).jpg|thumb|A ticket from the first public lottery in Massachusetts, authorized in 1745]]
The [[Massachusetts Lottery]] offers draw games and [[scratchcards]]. The Lottery also offers [[pull tabs]] for sale at bars.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lottery Agents|publisher=Massachusetts Lottery|url=http://www.masslottery.com/agents/|accessdate=2015-01-01}}</ref>
The [[Massachusetts Lottery]] offers draw games and [[scratchcards]]. The Lottery also offers [[pull tabs]] for sale at bars.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lottery Agents|publisher=Massachusetts Lottery|url=http://www.masslottery.com/agents/|access-date=2015-01-01}}</ref>


Private lotteries were common in early colonial history, but as public attitudes turned against them, Massachusetts banned all lotteries in 1719.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gambling Politics: State Government and the Business of Betting|author1=Patrick Alan Pierce|author2=Donald E. Miller|publisher=Lynne Riener Publishers|year=2004|pages=11–12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FcaTLPJ05X0C&ots=HNSbE_nHZp&pg=PA11}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolves passed by the General Court|year=1719|publisher=Massachusetts General Court|chapter=Chapter 8: An act for the suppression of lotteries|url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1719/1719acts0008.pdf|accessdate=2015-01-04}}</ref> The province's first public lottery was authorized in 1745, to pay for expenses related to [[King George's War]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Debating the Issues in Colonial Newspapers: Primary Documents on Events of the Period|author=David A. Copeland|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2000|page=123|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bm6kNpvnnhgC&ots=7JORBqb5Gd&pg=PA123}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolves passed by the General Court|year=1745|chapter=Chapter 20: An act for raising, by a lottery, the sum of seven thousand five hundred pounds, for the service of this province in the present year|publisher=Massachusetts General Court|url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1744/1744acts0020.pdf|accessdate=2015-01-04}}</ref> At least fifteen lotteries were authorized from 1749 to 1761, until the [[Lords of Trade]] expressed their disapproval of the practice,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Financial History of Massachusetts: From the Organization of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the American Revolution|author=Charles Henry James Douglas|year=1892|pages=347–49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cDdEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA347}}</ref> effectively banning public lotteries in Massachusetts until the [[American Revolution]], when lotteries again became frequent, until a new ban was enacted in 1833.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Lotteries in American History|author=A. R. Spofford|journal=Annual Report of the American History Association|date=1892|pages=178–81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F0oLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA178}}</ref> The modern Lottery was created in 1971 and held its first drawings the following year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Massachusetts Lottery notches gains in first year|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Nashua, NH|author=Nils J. Bruzelius|agency=AP|date=January 17, 1973|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hp0rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6974%2C2178653|via=Google News}}</ref>
Private lotteries were common in early colonial history, but as public attitudes turned against them, Massachusetts banned all lotteries in 1719.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gambling Politics: State Government and the Business of Betting|author1=Patrick Alan Pierce|author2=Donald E. Miller|publisher=Lynne Riener Publishers|year=2004|pages=11–12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FcaTLPJ05X0C&pg=PA11|isbn=9781588262684}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolves passed by the General Court|year=1719|publisher=Massachusetts General Court|chapter=Chapter 8: An act for the suppression of lotteries|chapter-url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1719/1719acts0008.pdf|access-date=2015-01-04}}</ref> The province's first public lottery was authorized in 1745, to pay for expenses related to [[King George's War]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Debating the Issues in Colonial Newspapers: Primary Documents on Events of the Period|author=David A. Copeland|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2000|page=[https://archive.org/details/debatingissuesin00cope/page/123 123]|url=https://archive.org/details/debatingissuesin00cope|url-access=registration|isbn=9780313309823}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolves passed by the General Court|year=1745|chapter=Chapter 20: An act for raising, by a lottery, the sum of seven thousand five hundred pounds, for the service of this province in the present year|publisher=Massachusetts General Court|chapter-url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1744/1744acts0020.pdf|access-date=2015-01-04}}</ref> At least fifteen lotteries were authorized from 1749 to 1761, until the [[Lords of Trade]] expressed their disapproval of the practice,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Financial History of Massachusetts: From the Organization of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the American Revolution|author=Charles Henry James Douglas|year=1892|pages=347–49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cDdEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA347}}</ref> effectively banning public lotteries in Massachusetts until the [[American Revolution]], when lotteries again became frequent, until a new ban was enacted in 1833.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Lotteries in American History|author=A. R. Spofford|journal=Annual Report of the American History Association|date=1892|pages=178–81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F0oLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA178}}</ref> The modern Lottery was created in 1971 and held its first drawings the following year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Massachusetts Lottery notches gains in first year|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Nashua, NH|author=Nils J. Bruzelius|agency=AP|date=January 17, 1973|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hp0rAAAAIBAJ&pg=6974%2C2178653|via=Google News}}</ref>


==Charitable gaming==
==Charitable gaming==
Eligible non-profit organizations are allowed to operate certain gambling games for fundraising purposes, including [[contract bridge|bridge]] and [[whist]],<ref>{{cite web|work=Massachusetts General Law|title=Chapter 271, Section 22A: Whist or bridge for charitable and similar purposes|author=Massachusetts General Court|url=https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter271/Section22A|accessdate=2015-01-02}}</ref> [[bingo (U.S.)|bingo]] (also called "beano"), [[raffle]]s, [[pull tabs]], and casino nights (referred to as "bazaars").<ref>{{cite web|title=Charitable Games|publisher=Massachusetts Lottery|url=http://www.masslottery.com/games/charitable-games/|accessdate=2015-01-01}}</ref> Senior citizen organizations ("golden age clubs") are also allowed to run bingo games with little oversight, with prizes of $100 or less.<ref>{{cite web|work=Massachusetts General Law|title=Chapter 10, Section 38: Beano; licensing of certain organizations; restrictions; rules and regulations; violations; penalties; receipts and expenditures; records and reports|author=Massachusetts General Court|url=https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter10/Section38|accessdate=2015-01-06}}</ref>
Eligible non-profit organizations are allowed to operate certain gambling games for fundraising purposes, including [[contract bridge|bridge]] and [[whist]],<ref>{{cite web|work=Massachusetts General Law|title=Chapter 271, Section 22A: Whist or bridge for charitable and similar purposes|author=Massachusetts General Court|url=https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter271/Section22A|access-date=2015-01-02}}</ref> [[bingo (U.S.)|bingo]] (also called "beano"), [[raffle]]s, [[pull tabs]], and casino nights (referred to as "bazaars").<ref>{{cite web|title=Charitable Games|publisher=Massachusetts Lottery|url=http://www.masslottery.com/games/charitable-games/|access-date=2015-01-01}}</ref> Senior citizen organizations ("golden age clubs") are also allowed to run bingo games with little oversight, with prizes of $100 or less.<ref>{{cite web|work=Massachusetts General Law|title=Chapter 10, Section 38: Beano; licensing of certain organizations; restrictions; rules and regulations; violations; penalties; receipts and expenditures; records and reports|author=Massachusetts General Court|url=https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter10/Section38|access-date=2015-01-06}}</ref>


As of 2017, the total annual gross revenues reported for charitable gaming were about $57 million, with $25 million from bingo, $12 million from pull tabs, $19 million from raffles, and $300,000 from bazaars.<ref>{{cite report|title=Charitable Games 2013 Annual Report|publisher=Massachusetts State Lottery Commission|page=1|url=https://www.masslottery.com/lib/downloads/games/Mass%20Lottery%20Annual%20Report%202017%20Charitable.pdf|accessdate=2019-01-03}}</ref> There were 116 licensed charitable bingo operators.<ref>{{cite report|title=Charitable Games 2017 Annual Report|publisher=Massachusetts State Lottery Commission|page=4|url=https://www.masslottery.com/lib/downloads/games/Mass%20Lottery%20Annual%20Report%202017%20Charitable.pdf|accessdate=2019-01-03}}</ref>
As of 2017, the total annual gross revenues reported for charitable gaming were about $57 million, with $25 million from bingo, $12 million from pull tabs, $19 million from raffles, and $300,000 from bazaars.<ref>{{cite report|title=Charitable Games 2013 Annual Report|publisher=Massachusetts State Lottery Commission|page=1|url=https://www.masslottery.com/lib/downloads/games/Mass%20Lottery%20Annual%20Report%202017%20Charitable.pdf|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> There were 116 licensed charitable bingo operators.<ref>{{cite report|title=Charitable Games 2017 Annual Report|publisher=Massachusetts State Lottery Commission|page=4|url=https://www.masslottery.com/lib/downloads/games/Mass%20Lottery%20Annual%20Report%202017%20Charitable.pdf|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>


Several poker rooms throughout the state operate under the casino night law, with daily games benefitting a rotating set of charities.<ref>{{cite news|title=Charity poker venues thriving|newspaper=Boston Globe|author=Noah Bierman|date=April 29, 2011|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/04/29/charity_poker_venues_thriving/|accessdate=2015-01-19}}</ref>
Several poker rooms throughout the state operate under the casino night law, with daily games benefitting a rotating set of charities.<ref>{{cite news|title=Charity poker venues thriving|newspaper=Boston Globe|author=Noah Bierman|date=April 29, 2011|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/04/29/charity_poker_venues_thriving/|access-date=2015-01-19}}</ref>


Whist and bridge fundraisers were legalized in 1932.<ref name=metzger>{{cite news|title=Massachusetts bingo halls may face last call|newspaper=The Enterprise|location=Brockton, MA|author=Andy Metzger|date=September 27, 2011|url=http://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20110927/News/309279800/?Start=1|accessdate=2015-01-02}}</ref> Beano was legalized in 1934,<ref name=metzger /> but then banned in 1943 because [[racketeer]]s were operating games using charities as fronts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beano nixed in Mass. vote; favorers howl|newspaper=Billboard|date=November 25, 1944|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lBoEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT2&ots=Y4U6LTk1up|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Legal beano bill passes Mass. House after debate|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Nashua, NH|agency=AP|date=September 2, 1959|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kKorAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Lv0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5183%2C118117}}</ref> Raffles and bazaars were authorized in 1969.<ref name=metzger /><ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and resolves passed by the General Court|publisher=Massachusetts General Court|chapter=Chap. 810: An act authorizing certain organizations to conduct raffles and bazaars|pages=757–760|url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1969/1969acts0810.pdf|accessdate=2015-01-02}}</ref> Beano was re-legalized in 1971, with a local election required in each city or town to allow it.<ref>{{cite news|title=Massachusetts legalizes beano with town control|newspaper=Norwalk Hour|agency=UPI|date=July 2, 1971|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vgUhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-HUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1194%2C363952}}</ref>
Whist and bridge fundraisers were legalized in 1932.<ref name=metzger>{{cite news|title=Massachusetts bingo halls may face last call|newspaper=The Enterprise|location=Brockton, MA|author=Andy Metzger|date=September 27, 2011|url=http://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20110927/News/309279800/?Start=1|access-date=2015-01-02}}</ref> Beano was legalized in 1934,<ref name=metzger /> but then banned in 1943 because [[racketeer]]s were operating games using charities as fronts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beano nixed in Mass. vote; favorers howl|newspaper=Billboard|date=November 25, 1944|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lBoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT2|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Legal beano bill passes Mass. House after debate|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Nashua, NH|agency=AP|date=September 2, 1959|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kKorAAAAIBAJ&pg=5183%2C118117}}</ref> Raffles and bazaars were authorized in 1969.<ref name=metzger /><ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and resolves passed by the General Court|publisher=Massachusetts General Court|chapter=Chap. 810: An act authorizing certain organizations to conduct raffles and bazaars|pages=757–760|chapter-url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1969/1969acts0810.pdf|access-date=2015-01-02}}</ref> Beano was re-legalized in 1971, with a local election required in each city or town to allow it.<ref>{{cite news|title=Massachusetts legalizes beano with town control|newspaper=Norwalk Hour|agency=UPI|date=July 2, 1971|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vgUhAAAAIBAJ&pg=1194%2C363952}}</ref>


==Casinos==
==Casinos==
===List of casinos===
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|Aquinnah Cliffs Casino (planned)||[[Aquinnah, Massachusetts|Aquinnah]]||Indian casino||[[Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)]]
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|[[Encore Boston Harbor]] ||[[Everett, Massachusetts|Everett]]||Resort casino||[[Wynn Resorts]]
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|[[MGM Springfield]]||[[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]]||Resort casino||[[MGM Resorts International]]
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|[[Plainridge Park Casino]]||[[Plainville, Massachusetts|Plainville]]||Slot parlor||[[Gaming and Leisure Properties]] / [[Penn National Gaming]]
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|[[Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe#Land and casino|First Light Casino & Resort]] (planned)||[[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]]||Indian casino||[[Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe]]
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===Indian casinos===
===Indian casinos===
Both of the state's [[federally recognized tribes]] have worked for several years to open gaming facilities on tribal lands, under the federal [[Indian Gaming Regulatory Act]]. The [[Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe]] hopes to open a casino on land in [[Taunton]]. The [[Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)]] plans a small gaming facility in [[Aquinnah, Massachusetts|Aquinnah]], on [[Martha's Vineyard]].
Both of the state's [[federally recognized tribes]] have worked for several years to open gaming facilities on tribal lands, under the federal [[Indian Gaming Regulatory Act]]. The [[Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe]] hopes to open a casino on land in [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]]. The [[Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)]] plans a small gaming facility in [[Aquinnah, Massachusetts|Aquinnah]], on [[Martha's Vineyard]].


The Mashpee tribe gained federal recognition in 2007, and in 2015 received approval for land to be taken into trust for a casino.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mashpee Wampanoag, Taunton officials celebrate victory in pursuit of casino|newspaper=The Enterprise|location=Brockton, MA|author=Marc Larocque|date=September 21, 2015|url=https://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20150921/NEWS/150929450|accessdate=2019-01-03}}</ref> Construction on the casino, referred to as Project First Light, began in 2016, located in an industrial park.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tribe breaks ground on Massachusetts' latest casino project|newspaper=WBUR-FM|location=Boston, MA|author=Philip Marcelo|agency=AP|date=April 5, 2016|url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2016/04/05/tribe-breaks-ground-casino|accessdate=2019-01-03}}</ref> Later that year, however, a court overturned the land-into-trust approval, and work on the project was suspended.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mashpee tribe given voice in Taunton land trust suit|newspaper=The Enterprise|location=Brockton, MA|author=Haven Orecchio-Egresitz|date=September 30, 2016|url=https://www.enterprisenews.com/news/20160930/mashpee-tribe-given-voice-in-taunton-land-trust-suit|accessdate=2019-01-03}}</ref> The casino remained in legal limbo as of 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Judge denies government request for stay in Cape tribe’s lawsuit|newspaper=Cape Cod Times|author=Tanner Stening|date=January 2, 2019|url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20190102/judge-denies-government-request-for-stay-in-cape-tribes-lawsuit|accessdate=2019-01-03}}</ref>
The Mashpee tribe gained federal recognition in 2007, and in 2015 received approval for land to be taken into trust for a casino.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mashpee Wampanoag, Taunton officials celebrate victory in pursuit of casino|newspaper=The Enterprise|location=Brockton, MA|author=Marc Larocque|date=September 21, 2015|url=https://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20150921/NEWS/150929450|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> Construction on the casino, referred to as Project First Light, began in 2016, located in an industrial park.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tribe breaks ground on Massachusetts' latest casino project|newspaper=WBUR-FM|location=Boston, MA|author=Philip Marcelo|agency=AP|date=April 5, 2016|url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2016/04/05/tribe-breaks-ground-casino|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> Later that year, however, a court overturned the land-into-trust approval, and work on the project was suspended.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mashpee tribe given voice in Taunton land trust suit|newspaper=The Enterprise|location=Brockton, MA|author=Haven Orecchio-Egresitz|date=September 30, 2016|url=https://www.enterprisenews.com/news/20160930/mashpee-tribe-given-voice-in-taunton-land-trust-suit|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> The casino remained in legal limbo as of 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Judge denies government request for stay in Cape tribe's lawsuit|newspaper=Cape Cod Times|author=Tanner Stening|date=January 2, 2019|url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20190102/judge-denies-government-request-for-stay-in-cape-tribes-lawsuit|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>


The Aquinnah tribe announced plans in 2013 for their [[Class II gaming|Class II]] gaming facility in an unfinished community center.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tribe claims approval for Martha’s Vineyard casino, reviving fight|newspaper=New York Times|author=Katharine Q. Seelye|date=November 12, 2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/us/tribe-claims-approval-for-marthas-vineyard-casino-reviving-fight.html?_r=0|accessdate=2015-01-08}}</ref> The state quickly sued to block the project, arguing that the tribe gave up gambling rights in a 1983 [[Indian Land Claims Settlements|land settlement]], in which the tribe agreed its lands would be subject to state law. The tribe argued that this agreement was superseded by the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.<ref>{{cite news|title=State files lawsuit to block Martha's Vineyard casino|newspaper=Boston Globe|author=Mark Arsenault|date=December 2, 2013|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/02/state-files-suit-block-martha-vineyard-casino/8W88DeMuoK5EB90iTsv6FK/story.html|accessdate=2015-01-08}}</ref> The tribe prevailed in the legal fight in 2018, and began moving ahead with plans to build the casino at a new site on their reservation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Selectmen seek meeting with tribe on bingo hall|newspaper=Vineyard Gazette|author=Noah Asimow|date=September 6, 2018|url=https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2018/09/06/selectmen-seek-information-tribe-bingo-hall|accessdate=2019-01-03}}</ref>
The Aquinnah tribe announced plans in 2013 for their [[Class II gaming|Class II]] gaming facility in an unfinished community center.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tribe claims approval for Martha's Vineyard casino, reviving fight|newspaper=New York Times|author=Katharine Q. Seelye|date=November 12, 2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/us/tribe-claims-approval-for-marthas-vineyard-casino-reviving-fight.html?_r=0|access-date=2015-01-08}}</ref> The state quickly sued to block the project, arguing that the tribe gave up gambling rights in a 1983 [[Indian Land Claims Settlements|land settlement]], in which the tribe agreed its lands would be subject to state law. The tribe argued that this agreement was superseded by the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.<ref>{{cite news|title=State files lawsuit to block Martha's Vineyard casino|newspaper=Boston Globe|author=Mark Arsenault|date=December 2, 2013|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/02/state-files-suit-block-martha-vineyard-casino/8W88DeMuoK5EB90iTsv6FK/story.html|access-date=2015-01-08}}</ref> The tribe prevailed in the legal fight in 2018, and began moving ahead with plans to build the casino at a new site on their reservation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Selectmen seek meeting with tribe on bingo hall|newspaper=Vineyard Gazette|author=Noah Asimow|date=September 6, 2018|url=https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2018/09/06/selectmen-seek-information-tribe-bingo-hall|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> The casino stalled again, however, after courts ruled that the project would have to comply with local building permit requirements, which the tribe saw as a violation of its sovereignty.<ref>{{cite news|title=Future of casino still a question mark for Wampanoag Tribe|work=Vineyard Gazette|date=October 14, 2021|author=John H. Kennedy|url=https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2021/10/14/future-casino-still-question-mark-wampanoag-tribe|access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref>


===Commercial casinos===
===Commercial casinos===
Under the Expanded Gaming Act, passed in 2011, as many as three casino resorts and one slot parlor can be opened.<ref>{{cite web|title=Expanded Gaming Act|publisher=Massachusetts Gaming Commission|url=http://massgaming.com/about/expanded-gaming-act/|accessdate=2015-01-01}}</ref> A slot parlor opened at [[Plainridge Park Casino]] in June 2015, and a casino resort, [[MGM Springfield]], opened in 2018. Another casino resort, [[Encore Boston Harbor]], is under development as of 2018 and scheduled to open in 2019. One more casino license may be issued for the southeastern part of the state, but the process has been delayed due to uncertainty about potential competition from the planned Mashpee Wampanoag casino.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mass. Gaming Commission considers moving Region C casino licensing deadline to January 2015|newspaper=The Republican|location=Springfield, MA|author=Robert Rizzuto|date=November 20, 2014|url=http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/11/mass_gaming_commission_conside.html|accessdate=2015-01-08}}</ref>
Under the Expanded Gaming Act, passed in 2011, as many as three casino resorts and one slot parlor can be opened.<ref>{{cite web|title=Expanded Gaming Act|publisher=Massachusetts Gaming Commission|url=http://massgaming.com/about/expanded-gaming-act/|access-date=2015-01-01}}</ref> A slot parlor opened at [[Plainridge Park Casino]] in 2015, and two casino resorts, [[MGM Springfield]] and [[Encore Boston Harbor]], opened in 2018 and 2019, respectively. One more casino license may be issued for the southeastern part of the state, but the process has been delayed due to uncertainty about potential competition from the planned Mashpee Wampanoag casino.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mass. Gaming Commission considers moving Region C casino licensing deadline to January 2015|newspaper=The Republican|location=Springfield, MA|author=Robert Rizzuto|date=November 20, 2014|url=http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/11/mass_gaming_commission_conside.html|access-date=2015-01-08}}</ref>


===Casino cruises===
===Casino cruises===
Gambling boats have operated at times out of Massachusetts harbors, taking passengers on "cruises to nowhere" in federal waters, where state gambling laws do not apply.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vegas touch in old port|newspaper=Baltimore Sun|author=David L. Greene|date=October 11, 1999|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-10-11/news/9910110075_1_casino-gambling-casino-boats-fishing-community|accessdate=2015-01-04}}</ref> The first was the Vegas Express cruise, which sailed out of [[Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester]] from 1998 to 1999.<ref>{{cite news|title=State laws can't sink Gloucester gambling cruises|newspaper=Boston Herald|author=Bernard J. Wolfson|date=July 23, 1998|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BNHB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB41E1F9A291107&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Casino boats may return to Gloucester next month|newspaper=Boston Herald|author=Tom Walsh|date=March 16, 2002|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BNHB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1306F0DFAD9C8768&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref> The Southern Elegance and the El Dorado set out from Gloucester starting in 1999,<ref>{{cite news|title=Bill filed to limit the number of gambling boats|newspaper=Worcester Telegram & Gazette|agency=AP|date=July 3, 1999|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:WTLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EADFA72DC2EE231&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref> as did the Midnight Gambler out of [[Lynn, Massachusetts|Lynn]],<ref>{{cite news|title=New gambling boat sets sail from Lynn|newspaper=Boston Herald|author=Ralph Ranalli|date=August 13, 1999|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BNHB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB4DB3134E275E7&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref> before it moved to [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]] and operated for six weeks in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gambling boat fails to pay up|newspaper=Cape Cod Times|author=Emily C. Dooley|date=August 17, 2000|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:CCTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0FC072B87486C7CF&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref> Another boat, run by Atlantic Casino Cruises, ran out of Gloucester from 2002 to 2003.<ref>{{cite news|title=High stakes at sea for gambling man: Casino boat may set sail this weekend|newspaper=Boston Globe|author=Steven Rosenberg|date=June 20, 2002|url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/405478950}} {{subscription required|via=ProQuest}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Whatever happened to ... the Port Welcome?|newspaper=Baltimore Sun|author=Frederick N. Rasmussen|date=May 10, 2008|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-05-10/news/0805090450_1_gloucester-casino-cruises-port|accessdate=2015-01-04}}</ref> The Lynn harbor also played host to the Horizon's Edge casino cruise, from 2000 to 2009,<ref>{{cite news|title=On a roll! New England's gaming fans are hitting the jackpot|newspaper=Boston Herald|author=Amy Baratta|date=April 13, 2000|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BNHB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=130A2A14745AD8E8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lynn settles suit with casino boat|newspaper=The Daily Item|location=Lynn, MA|author=Robin Kaminski|date=July 23, 2009|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:LMDB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=129A2010407DF230&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref> and the Aquasino, which ran for several months in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=End appears in sight for Aquasino|newspaper=The Daily Item|location=Lynn, MA|author=Chris Stevens|date=March 26, 2014|url=http://www.itemlive.com/news/end-appears-in-sight-for-aquasino/article_b7c3e8a4-b467-11e3-9ebd-0019bb2963f4.html|accessdate=2015-01-05}}</ref>
Gambling boats have operated at times out of Massachusetts harbors, taking passengers on "cruises to nowhere" in federal waters, where state gambling laws do not apply.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vegas touch in old port|newspaper=Baltimore Sun|author=David L. Greene|date=October 11, 1999|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1999/10/11/vegas-touch-in-old-port-gambling-casino-boats-strike-an-incongruous-note-in-a-376-year-old-massachusetts-fishing-community/|access-date=2015-01-04}}</ref> The first was the ''Vegas Express'', which sailed out of [[Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester]] from 1998 to 1999.<ref>{{cite news|title=State laws can't sink Gloucester gambling cruises|newspaper=Boston Herald|author=Bernard J. Wolfson|date=July 23, 1998|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BNHB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB41E1F9A291107&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Casino boats may return to Gloucester next month|newspaper=Boston Herald|author=Tom Walsh|date=March 16, 2002|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BNHB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1306F0DFAD9C8768&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref> The ''Southern Elegance'' and the ''El Dorado'' set out from Gloucester starting in 1999,<ref>{{cite news|title=Bill filed to limit the number of gambling boats|newspaper=Worcester Telegram & Gazette|agency=AP|date=July 3, 1999|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:WTLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EADFA72DC2EE231&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref> as did the ''Midnight Gambler'' out of [[Lynn, Massachusetts|Lynn]],<ref>{{cite news|title=New gambling boat sets sail from Lynn|newspaper=Boston Herald|author=Ralph Ranalli|date=August 13, 1999|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BNHB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB4DB3134E275E7&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref> before it moved to [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]] and operated for six weeks in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gambling boat fails to pay up|newspaper=Cape Cod Times|author=Emily C. Dooley|date=August 17, 2000|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:CCTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0FC072B87486C7CF&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref> Another boat, run by Atlantic Casino Cruises, ran out of Gloucester from 2002 to 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=High stakes at sea for gambling man: Casino boat may set sail this weekend |newspaper=The Boston Globe |first=Steven |last=Rosenberg |date=June 20, 2002 |page=N2 |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116134230/high-stakes-at-sea-for-gambling-man/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Whatever happened to ... the Port Welcome?|newspaper=Baltimore Sun|author=Frederick N. Rasmussen|date=May 10, 2008|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2008/05/10/whatever-happened-to-the-port-welcome/|access-date=2015-01-04}}</ref> The Lynn harbor also played host to the ''Horizon's Edge'' casino cruise, from 2000 to 2009,<ref>{{cite news|title=On a roll! New England's gaming fans are hitting the jackpot|newspaper=Boston Herald|author=Amy Baratta|date=April 13, 2000|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BNHB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=130A2A14745AD8E8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lynn settles suit with casino boat|newspaper=The Daily Item|location=Lynn, MA|author=Robin Kaminski|date=July 23, 2009|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:LMDB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=129A2010407DF230&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref> and the ''Aquasino'', which ran for several months in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=End appears in sight for Aquasino|newspaper=The Daily Item|location=Lynn, MA|author=Chris Stevens|date=March 26, 2014|url=http://www.itemlive.com/news/end-appears-in-sight-for-aquasino/article_b7c3e8a4-b467-11e3-9ebd-0019bb2963f4.html|access-date=2015-01-05}}</ref>


==Sports betting==
==Charlie Baker administration (2015–Present)==
[[Sports betting]] is legal at retail [[sportsbooks]], located at the state's three casinos, and through licensed online betting providers. There are seven online sportsbooks in operation: [[Bally's Corporation|Bally Bet]], [[BetMGM]], [[Caesars Entertainment|Caesars]], [[DraftKings]], [[Fanatics, Inc.|Fanatics]], [[FanDuel]], and [[Penn Entertainment|Penn Sports]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sports Wagering Licensees|publisher=Massachusetts Gaming Commission|url=https://massgaming.com/about/sports-wagering-in-massachusetts/sports-wagering-licensees/|access-date=2024-08-08}}</ref>
{{Main|Charlie Baker}}


State lawmakers legalized sports betting in August 2022, as part of a wave of legalization after the [[Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association|overturning in 2018]] of the [[Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992|federal ban on sports betting]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Here's why legalized sports betting in Massachusetts is already a bust|work=Forbes|author=Will Yakowicz|date=August 11, 2022|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2022/08/11/heres-why-legalized-sports-betting-in-massachusetts-is-already-a-bust/|access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> Brick-and-mortar sportsbooks began operations in January 2023.<ref>{{cite news|title=Legal sports betting finally begins in Massachusetts|work=WBZ-TV|date=January 31, 2023|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/sports-betting-begins-in-massachusetts/|access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref> Online betting began in March 2023.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mobile sports betting starts in Massachusetts|work=WBUR-FM|author=Walter Wuthmann|date=March 10, 2023|url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/03/10/mobile-gambling-money-risk|access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref>
A month after [[Mayor of Boston|Boston Mayor]] [[Marty Walsh (politician)|Marty Walsh]] and [[Wynn Resorts]] [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] [[Steve Wynn]] came to an agreement to resolve a legal dispute over traffic concerns created by [[Encore Boston Harbor|Wynn's casino project]] in neighboring [[Everett, Massachusetts|Everett]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Boston Mayor Walsh, Wynn Strike A Deal To End Legal Battle Over Everett Casino|publisher=[[WBUR-FM|WBUR]]|url=http://www.wbur.org/news/2016/01/28/walsh-wynn-legal-battle-ends|date=January 28, 2016|accessdate=August 6, 2018}}</ref> in February 2016, Baker mediated a dispute between [[Wynn Resorts]] and [[Somerville, Massachusetts|Somerville]] [[List of mayors of Somerville, Massachusetts|Mayor]] [[Joseph Curtatone]] over traffic and environmental concerns created by the same project.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dumcius|first=Gintautus|title=Gov. Charlie Baker stepping into fight between Wynn Resorts and the city of Somerville|website=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|MassLive.com]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|url=https://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2016/02/gov_charlie_baker_stepping_int.html|date=February 25, 2016|accessdate=August 5, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Dumcius|first=Gintautus|title=Amid Wynn Resorts-Somerville skirmish, Baker administration says it'll be consistent with permitting process|website=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|MassLive.com]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|url=https://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2016/02/amid_wynn_resorts-somerville_s.html|date=February 25, 2016|accessdate=August 5, 2018}}</ref> In July 2016, the [[Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection]] granted Wynn Resorts the permit necessary to begin construction,<ref>{{cite news|title=State Grants Wynn Permit Needed To Start Construction On Everett Casino|publisher=[[WBUR-FM|WBUR]]|url=http://www.wbur.org/news/2016/07/22/wynn-casino-everett-permit|date=July 22, 2016|accessdate=August 6, 2018}}</ref> which Wynn Resorts did the following month.<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Jim|title=Wynn Begins Everett Casino Construction|url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/08/04/wynn-begins-everett-casino-construction/|publisher=[[WBZ-TV]]|date=August 4, 2016|accessdate=August 7, 2018}}</ref> In September 2017, Baker, in response to questions about whether he would support allowing the [[Massachusetts Lottery]] to conduct sales online, stated that it would depend on "how it would work and what the consequences would be for retailers and others here in the Commonwealth," but that "there are now a number of states that have run online lotteries for a while and we have real-life experience in other states."<ref>{{cite news|last=Young|first=Colin A.|title=Tension between Lottery and retailers over idea of migrating to the internet|website=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|MassLive.com]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/09/tension_between_lottery_and_re.html|date=September 20, 2017|accessdate=November 28, 2018}}</ref>


Sportsbooks are taxed at a rate of 15% for in-person bets and 20% for online bets, based on gross wagering revenue (the amount bet minus the amount paid out for winning bets).<ref>{{cite web|title=Revenue|publisher=Massachusetts Gaming Commission|url=https://massgaming.com/regulations/revenue/|access-date=2023-05-14}}</ref>
After multiple sexual harassment and assault allegations were made against [[Steve Wynn]] in January 2018, Baker's office released a statement saying that Baker was "deeply disturbed by these allegations" and that Baker's administration "has a zero tolerance policy for sexual harassment and expects the Commonwealth's employers to create a safe work environment for all employees where reporting harassment of any kind is encouraged and properly addressed."<ref>{{cite news|title=Report: Casino Mogul Wynn Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations|publisher=[[WBUR-FM|WBUR]]|url=http://www.wbur.org/bostonomix/2018/01/26/steve-wynn-sexual-misconduct-allegations|date=January 26, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref> Baker also publicly welcomed an investigation reviewing the Wynn Everett project by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission,<ref>{{cite news|title=Gov. Baker: Investigation Welcome After 'Appalling' Allegations Against Steve Wynn|url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/01/28/steve-wynn-allegations-charlie-baker-everett/|publisher=[[WBZ-TV]]|date=January 28, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref> and Baker stated that the [[Republican Governors Association]] (RGA) should return any donations from Wynn given since the previous election cycle and should not accept any money from Wynn in the future.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schoenberg|first=Shira|title=Gov. Charlie Baker: Republican Governors Association should not accept any more money from Steve Wynn|website=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|MassLive.com]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/01/gov_charlie_baker_rga_should_n.html|date=January 29, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>

After Wynn resigned as CEO of [[Wynn Resorts]] the following month,<ref>{{cite news|title=Facing Misconduct Allegations, Steve Wynn Resigns As CEO Of Wynn Resorts|publisher=[[WBUR-FM|WBUR]]|url=http://www.wbur.org/bostonomix/2018/02/06/wynn-resigns|date=February 6, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref> the Massachusetts Gaming Commission concluded that Wynn Resorts was not in violation of the state's gaming or campaign finance laws when Wynn Resorts made a donation to the RGA (which in turn donated that money to a [[political action committee]] that supported Baker's 2014 election campaign),<ref>{{cite news|last=Schoenberg|first=Shira|title=Massachusetts Gaming Commission finds no illegality, no ties to Gov. Charlie Baker in Wynn donation to Republican Governors Association|website=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|MassLive.com]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/02/gaming_commission_finds_no_ill.html|date=February 22, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref> and Baker stated that requiring the removal of Wynn's name from the [[Encore Boston Harbor|company's casino project in Everett]] should be considered by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dumcius|first=Gintautus|title=Stripping Wynn's name from Massachusetts casino should be 'on the table,' Gov. Charlie Baker says|website=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|MassLive.com]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|url=https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/02/stripping_wynns_name_from_mass.html|date=February 28, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref> In March 2018, Wynn Resorts reportedly considered selling the Everett casino to [[MGM Resorts International]],<ref>{{cite news|last=LeMoult|first=Craig|title=Wynn Resorts Reportedly Considering Sale Of Everett Casino To MGM|publisher=[[WGBH (FM)|WGBH]]|url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/2018/04/13/local-news/wynn-resorts-reportedly-considering-sale-everett-casino-mgm|date=April 13, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref> and the following month, Wynn Resorts changed the name of the Everett casino to [[Encore Boston Harbor]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Wynn Casino In Everett Will Be Encore Boston Harbor|publisher=[[WBUR-FM|WBUR]]|url=http://www.wbur.org/news/2018/04/27/wynn-casino-encore|date=April 27, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref> In May 2018, after the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] overturned the [[Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992|1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act]] in the ''[[Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association|Murphy v. NCAA]]'' case, Baker stated that Massachusetts should look into legalizing [[sports betting]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dumcius|first=Gintautus|title=Massachusetts should look into legalized sports betting, Gov. Charlie Baker says|website=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|MassLive.com]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|url=https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/05/massachusetts_should_look_into.html|date=May 14, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref> In June 2018, Baker toured the [[MGM Springfield]] casino nearing completion,<ref>{{cite news|last=Young|first=Shannon|title=Gov. Charlie Baker says he thinks 'people are going to be blown away' by MGM Springfield|website=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|MassLive.com]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|url=https://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/06/gov_charlie_baker_says_he_thin.html|date=June 9, 2018|accessdate=August 10, 2018}}</ref> and the Massachusetts Gaming Commission approved a proposal to allow the MGM Springfield casino to serve alcoholic beverages until 4 AM.<ref>{{cite news|title=State Allows Soon-To-Open Springfield Casino To Serve Alcohol Until 4 AM|publisher=[[WBUR-FM|WBUR]]|url=http://www.wbur.org/bostonomix/2018/06/21/springfield-casino-4am-drinks|date=June 21, 2018|accessdate=August 10, 2018}}</ref>


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Gambling in Massachusetts is located in Massachusetts
Suffolk Downs
Raynham Park
Raynham Park
First Light Casino
First Light Casino
Aquinnah Cliffs Casino
Aquinnah Cliffs Casino
Plainridge Park Casino
MGM Springfield
Encore Boston Harbor
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Locations of notable gambling sites in Massachusetts
Racetrack and slot parlor
Resort casino
Planned Indian casino
Simulcast wagering facility

Legal forms of gambling in the U.S. state of Massachusetts include casinos, sports betting, parimutuel wagering on horse racing, the Massachusetts Lottery, and charitable gaming. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission regulates commercial operations under state jurisdiction.

Horse and dog racing

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Parimutuel wagering on horse racing is allowed at the state's only active racetrack, Plainridge Racecourse. Simulcast wagering on horse and dog races is also offered at Suffolk Downs and Raynham Park, which previously operated as racetracks.[1]

Betting on horse and dog racing was legalized in 1934.[2]

Suffolk Downs opened in 1935 and was the state's primary site for Thoroughbred racing until it held its last races in 2019.[3]

The first dog tracks were Wonderland Greyhound Park and Taunton Dog Track, opened in 1935.[4][5] They were joined in 1941 by Raynham Greyhound Park.[4] The Taunton track closed in 1981,[6] and its operations were absorbed into the Raynham track, which became known as Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park.[4] Both remaining tracks closed by the end of 2009, when dog racing was banned by the Massachusetts Greyhound Protection Act.[7]

Harness racing began in 1947 at Bay State Raceway (later named Foxboro Raceway).[8] Suffolk Downs included the sport in its calendar from 1959 to 1970.[9] Foxboro closed in 1997 and was replaced in 1999 with the opening of Plainridge.[10]

In addition to the major tracks, wagering was also conducted on horse and dog races at agricultural fairs around the state, including the Northampton Fair, Marshfield Fair, Great Barrington Fair, Weymouth Fair, Berkshire County Fair (at Berkshire Downs), Brockton Fair, and Topsfield Fair.[11][12] Race fixing was notoriously common at these meets.[11][13] This fair circuit came to an end when the last remaining venue, Northampton, held its final racing meet in 2005.[11]

Lottery

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A ticket from the first public lottery in Massachusetts, authorized in 1745

The Massachusetts Lottery offers draw games and scratchcards. The Lottery also offers pull tabs for sale at bars.[14]

Private lotteries were common in early colonial history, but as public attitudes turned against them, Massachusetts banned all lotteries in 1719.[15][16] The province's first public lottery was authorized in 1745, to pay for expenses related to King George's War.[17][18] At least fifteen lotteries were authorized from 1749 to 1761, until the Lords of Trade expressed their disapproval of the practice,[19] effectively banning public lotteries in Massachusetts until the American Revolution, when lotteries again became frequent, until a new ban was enacted in 1833.[20] The modern Lottery was created in 1971 and held its first drawings the following year.[21]

Charitable gaming

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Eligible non-profit organizations are allowed to operate certain gambling games for fundraising purposes, including bridge and whist,[22] bingo (also called "beano"), raffles, pull tabs, and casino nights (referred to as "bazaars").[23] Senior citizen organizations ("golden age clubs") are also allowed to run bingo games with little oversight, with prizes of $100 or less.[24]

As of 2017, the total annual gross revenues reported for charitable gaming were about $57 million, with $25 million from bingo, $12 million from pull tabs, $19 million from raffles, and $300,000 from bazaars.[25] There were 116 licensed charitable bingo operators.[26]

Several poker rooms throughout the state operate under the casino night law, with daily games benefitting a rotating set of charities.[27]

Whist and bridge fundraisers were legalized in 1932.[28] Beano was legalized in 1934,[28] but then banned in 1943 because racketeers were operating games using charities as fronts.[29][30] Raffles and bazaars were authorized in 1969.[28][31] Beano was re-legalized in 1971, with a local election required in each city or town to allow it.[32]

Casinos

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List of casinos

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Casino City Type Owner/Operator
Aquinnah Cliffs Casino (planned) Aquinnah Indian casino Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Encore Boston Harbor Everett Resort casino Wynn Resorts
MGM Springfield Springfield Resort casino MGM Resorts International
Plainridge Park Casino Plainville Slot parlor Gaming and Leisure Properties / Penn National Gaming
First Light Casino & Resort (planned) Taunton Indian casino Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

Indian casinos

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Both of the state's federally recognized tribes have worked for several years to open gaming facilities on tribal lands, under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe hopes to open a casino on land in Taunton. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) plans a small gaming facility in Aquinnah, on Martha's Vineyard.

The Mashpee tribe gained federal recognition in 2007, and in 2015 received approval for land to be taken into trust for a casino.[33] Construction on the casino, referred to as Project First Light, began in 2016, located in an industrial park.[34] Later that year, however, a court overturned the land-into-trust approval, and work on the project was suspended.[35] The casino remained in legal limbo as of 2019.[36]

The Aquinnah tribe announced plans in 2013 for their Class II gaming facility in an unfinished community center.[37] The state quickly sued to block the project, arguing that the tribe gave up gambling rights in a 1983 land settlement, in which the tribe agreed its lands would be subject to state law. The tribe argued that this agreement was superseded by the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.[38] The tribe prevailed in the legal fight in 2018, and began moving ahead with plans to build the casino at a new site on their reservation.[39] The casino stalled again, however, after courts ruled that the project would have to comply with local building permit requirements, which the tribe saw as a violation of its sovereignty.[40]

Commercial casinos

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Under the Expanded Gaming Act, passed in 2011, as many as three casino resorts and one slot parlor can be opened.[41] A slot parlor opened at Plainridge Park Casino in 2015, and two casino resorts, MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor, opened in 2018 and 2019, respectively. One more casino license may be issued for the southeastern part of the state, but the process has been delayed due to uncertainty about potential competition from the planned Mashpee Wampanoag casino.[42]

Casino cruises

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Gambling boats have operated at times out of Massachusetts harbors, taking passengers on "cruises to nowhere" in federal waters, where state gambling laws do not apply.[43] The first was the Vegas Express, which sailed out of Gloucester from 1998 to 1999.[44][45] The Southern Elegance and the El Dorado set out from Gloucester starting in 1999,[46] as did the Midnight Gambler out of Lynn,[47] before it moved to Provincetown and operated for six weeks in 2000.[48] Another boat, run by Atlantic Casino Cruises, ran out of Gloucester from 2002 to 2003.[49][50] The Lynn harbor also played host to the Horizon's Edge casino cruise, from 2000 to 2009,[51][52] and the Aquasino, which ran for several months in 2013.[53]

Sports betting

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Sports betting is legal at retail sportsbooks, located at the state's three casinos, and through licensed online betting providers. There are seven online sportsbooks in operation: Bally Bet, BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings, Fanatics, FanDuel, and Penn Sports.[54]

State lawmakers legalized sports betting in August 2022, as part of a wave of legalization after the overturning in 2018 of the federal ban on sports betting.[55] Brick-and-mortar sportsbooks began operations in January 2023.[56] Online betting began in March 2023.[57]

Sportsbooks are taxed at a rate of 15% for in-person bets and 20% for online bets, based on gross wagering revenue (the amount bet minus the amount paid out for winning bets).[58]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lynne Snierson (June 30, 2020). "Massachusetts extends racing and simulcasting law". The Blood-Horse. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  2. ^ "Chapter 374: An act authorizing the licensing of horse and dog races on which the pari-mutuel system of betting shall be permitted" (PDF). Acts and Resolves passed by the General Court. Massachusetts General Court. 1934. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  3. ^ Lynne Snierson (June 30, 2019). "Suffolk Downs bids farewell to live racing". The Blood-Horse. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ a b c Charles Winokoor (December 29, 2013). "Taunton Gazette Newsmaker of the Year George Carney reflects on journey". Taunton Gazette. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  5. ^ Steven Rosenberg (February 14, 2010). "Race to the finish". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  6. ^ Bob Kinsley (December 12, 1981). "Taunton closing not all bad". Boston Globe. ProQuest 294107406.  – via ProQuest (subscription required)
  7. ^ Eric Moskowitz (December 26, 2009). "The final lap for greyhounds in Mass". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  8. ^ Tim Bojarski (August 26, 2014). "Ghost Tracks X: Bay State Raceway". Hoof Beats. United States Trotting Association. Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
  9. ^ Christian Teja (2005). Suffolk Downs. Arcadia Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 9781439632468 – via Google Books.
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  11. ^ a b c Bill Finley (December 21, 2005). "Thanks for the memories". ESPN Horse Racing. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
  12. ^ "Racing is big business at Massachusetts fairs". Billboard. December 20, 1952. p. 54 – via Google Books.
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  23. ^ "Charitable Games". Massachusetts Lottery. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  24. ^ Massachusetts General Court. "Chapter 10, Section 38: Beano; licensing of certain organizations; restrictions; rules and regulations; violations; penalties; receipts and expenditures; records and reports". Massachusetts General Law. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
  25. ^ Charitable Games 2013 Annual Report (PDF) (Report). Massachusetts State Lottery Commission. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  26. ^ Charitable Games 2017 Annual Report (PDF) (Report). Massachusetts State Lottery Commission. p. 4. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  27. ^ Noah Bierman (April 29, 2011). "Charity poker venues thriving". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
  28. ^ a b c Andy Metzger (September 27, 2011). "Massachusetts bingo halls may face last call". The Enterprise. Brockton, MA. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
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  30. ^ "Legal beano bill passes Mass. House after debate". The Telegraph. Nashua, NH. AP. September 2, 1959.
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  36. ^ Tanner Stening (January 2, 2019). "Judge denies government request for stay in Cape tribe's lawsuit". Cape Cod Times. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
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  38. ^ Mark Arsenault (December 2, 2013). "State files lawsuit to block Martha's Vineyard casino". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  39. ^ Noah Asimow (September 6, 2018). "Selectmen seek meeting with tribe on bingo hall". Vineyard Gazette. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  40. ^ John H. Kennedy (October 14, 2021). "Future of casino still a question mark for Wampanoag Tribe". Vineyard Gazette. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  41. ^ "Expanded Gaming Act". Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  42. ^ Robert Rizzuto (November 20, 2014). "Mass. Gaming Commission considers moving Region C casino licensing deadline to January 2015". The Republican. Springfield, MA. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  43. ^ David L. Greene (October 11, 1999). "Vegas touch in old port". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  44. ^ Bernard J. Wolfson (July 23, 1998). "State laws can't sink Gloucester gambling cruises". Boston Herald – via NewsBank.
  45. ^ Tom Walsh (March 16, 2002). "Casino boats may return to Gloucester next month". Boston Herald – via NewsBank.
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  47. ^ Ralph Ranalli (August 13, 1999). "New gambling boat sets sail from Lynn". Boston Herald – via NewsBank.
  48. ^ Emily C. Dooley (August 17, 2000). "Gambling boat fails to pay up". Cape Cod Times – via NewsBank.
  49. ^ Rosenberg, Steven (June 20, 2002). "High stakes at sea for gambling man: Casino boat may set sail this weekend". The Boston Globe. p. N2 – via newspapers.com.
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  51. ^ Amy Baratta (April 13, 2000). "On a roll! New England's gaming fans are hitting the jackpot". Boston Herald – via NewsBank.
  52. ^ Robin Kaminski (July 23, 2009). "Lynn settles suit with casino boat". The Daily Item. Lynn, MA – via NewsBank.
  53. ^ Chris Stevens (March 26, 2014). "End appears in sight for Aquasino". The Daily Item. Lynn, MA. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  54. ^ "Sports Wagering Licensees". Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  55. ^ Will Yakowicz (August 11, 2022). "Here's why legalized sports betting in Massachusetts is already a bust". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  56. ^ "Legal sports betting finally begins in Massachusetts". WBZ-TV. January 31, 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  57. ^ Walter Wuthmann (March 10, 2023). "Mobile sports betting starts in Massachusetts". WBUR-FM. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  58. ^ "Revenue". Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
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