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As the Gaming Commission prepares to evaluate and possibly vote on Massachusetts’s first sports betting licenses this week, regulators got scant public input Monday on applications from the state’s existing slots parlor and casinos. The 10 a.m. hearing was meant to allow members of the public to weigh in on the three applications for in-person sports betting that commissioners...

The actions of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission almost a decade ago could be put under a new microscope after the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday that a lower court should look more closely at the “highly unusual character of the commission’s actions” related to the award of a casino license to Wynn Resorts and the casino company’s purchase of...

The new head of a Massachusetts tribe says he intends to take a cautious approach to gambling while turning attention to social challenges and other economic opportunities for tribal members. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Chairman Brian Weeden says a decision by the Biden administration last month to affirm the tribe’s contested reservation gives the Cape Cod-based tribe legal footing to...

Casinos can fully reopen over Memorial Day weekend in Massachusetts, when most COVID-19 restrictions and the state’s mask mandate will also lift.

Casinos can fully reopen over Memorial Day weekend in Massachusetts, when most COVID-19 restrictions and the state’s mask mandate will also lift. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted Wednesday to rescind the pandemic-related rules, effective at noon on Saturday, for the state’s two casinos as well as horse racing and simulcasting facilities. The new orders apply to the state’s gaming...

Encore Boston Harbor, a hotel and casino in Everett, Massachusetts, will transform one of its ballrooms into a COVID-19 vaccination site starting Tuesday.

Encore Boston Harbor, a hotel and casino in Everett, Massachusetts, is transforming one of its ballrooms into a COVID-19 vaccination site. The Moderna vaccine is now available to employees and Massachusetts residents ages 18 and older, according to Cambridge Health Alliance, which is running the clinic. Appointments to get vaccinated at the $2.6 billion gambling hall on the banks of…

The former chairman of a Massachusetts tribe is seeking to dismiss some of the federal bribery and extortion charges he’s facing over the tribe’s long planned casino project. Cedric Cromwell, former chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoags, filed a motion last week to dismiss three bribery counts. Cromwell also said in the filing that he reserves the right to file a separate...

A stabbing Wednesday night at the Encore Boston Harbor is just one of a handful of incidents the Everett casino has had to deal with in the past week.

Following a series of incidents that include a stabbing, a shooting and a large party at the Encore Boston Harbor in the past week, the casino in Everett, Massachusetts, announced Thursday it is enhancing its “policies and protocols.” Among the changes is a cap on how many people can be in an Encore hotel room at once, with a hefty…

The slate of games offered at Massachusetts casinos will not expand as two of the facilities had hoped, at least not in the immediate future. Massachusetts Gaming Commission members declined Thursday to take up a request from MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor to authorize revival of craps and roulette, agreeing that the statewide public health outlook does not support…

As the Boston area’s only full casino prepares to reopen this weekend, NBC10 Boston got a look inside at the steps being taken to keep people safe. Brian Gullbrants is the president of Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, Massachusetts. He’s seen a lot in his career, but nothing like the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing shutdown. “We’ve seen tsunamis and...

Take a look inside Encore Boston Harbor as the Everett casino prepares to reopen.

The slots are back in action at Plainridge Park Casino for the first time since mid-March.

Plainridge Park Casino in Massachusetts reopened Wednesday after being forced to shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Slot machines are not meant to be turned off for four months at a time, as it turns out. A few hours after Plainridge Park Casino reopened Wednesday morning under rigid pandemic safety guidelines, Vice President and General Manager Lance George said the biggest issues he and his staff were dealing with included paper jams, printer errors and other bugs…

Plainridge Park Casino reopens Wednesday, marking the first casino to operate in Massachusetts after being forced to shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic.

MGM Springfield announced they are reopening mid-July following their closure earlier this year amid coronavirus concerns. A spokesperson for MGM Springfield said they will reopen in a limited capacity to the public starting on July 13 at 10 a.m. The reopening will not include hotel services at this time. They say additional venues and the hotel will open in the…

The lone resort casino in the Boston area is furloughing thousands more workers as it eyes reopening in July. Encore Boston Harbor in Everett will have about 700 workers on staff, but about 3,000 workers and managers will have to be furloughed, Wynn Resorts said Monday. The casino in late May furloughed about 10% of its full-time staff and stopped…

Mask use was spotty among customers as casinos in Las Vegas and throughout Nevada reopened Thursday for the first time since March