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Mass. launches youth sports betting safety coalition
With college sports tournaments taking place at both ends of Massachusetts this week, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell on Thursday announced the launch of a public-private partnership to focus on the risks of sports betting and gambling among young people. The Youth Sports Betting Safety Coalition is meant to raise awareness of the laws, risks, and public health harms associated…
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State partnering with NCAA for youth betting awareness
NCAA President Charlie Baker, Massachusetts’ former governor, joined Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell to discuss a plan to educate young people about responsible gambling and the potential dangers.
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Maintaining integrity while sports betting grows
With several gambling scandals making headlines, Drew Dinsick, host of “Bet the EDGE” podcast, explains why this will be an important for players and personnel to educate themselves on gambling policies in order to main the integrity of the game across the four major sports leagues.
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Report: MGM Resorts considering sale of casinos in Mass. and Ohio
MGM Resorts International is considering selling its casinos in Springfield, Massachusetts, and Northfield Park, Ohio, according to a report from Bloomberg News, which cited people with knowledge on the matter. The company, which operates 31 casinos globally, began consulting financial advisors upon review of MGM’s share price, which has risen less than 5% over the last two years despite growth…
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As sports betting spikes, help for people with gambling problems expands in some states
Kentucky residents are now able to legally bet on games for the first time — and by doing so, they also will be funding the state’s first-ever program for people with gambling problems.
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Volleyball tournaments hid gambling ring in Milford backyard, police say
A major illegal gambling ring centered around backyard volleyball tournaments was busted this weekend in Milford, Massachusetts, police said. The home had long attracted complaints from neighbors over loud noise, crowds and bright lights in the back. And when investigators arrived on Saturday, police said, they found illegal gambling, elaborate and uninspected spreads of food for sale and illegal booze….
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Volleyball tournaments hid backyard gambling ring, police say
Teams traveled from out of state for volleyball tournaments in a Milford backyard, but investigators found it was a front for an illegal gambling ring, according to police.
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3 Massachusetts casinos fined for illegal sports wagers
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission dinged all three of the physical casinos it oversees on Tuesday for taking illegal bets on Massachusetts college sports at their sportsbooks, levying a cumulative $50,000 in fines for violations that occurred in the earliest days of legal sports wagering here. Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville was fined $20,000 for taking bets on a Feb. 2…
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Several NFL players have received season-long suspensions, including 7 this year for gambling
The NFL has suspended seven players for the entire 2023 season. Here’s a look at previous players who received season-long bans.
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MGM says it did nothing wrong as ‘fraudster' gambled online
In court papers, MGM says Sam Antar, a twice-jailed “fraudster” who repeatedly victimized friends, relatives and strangers, is engaging in “his latest scheme” by falsely accusing MGM of wrongdoing.
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Only 6 States Offer Internet Gambling, Despite Boom in US Sports Betting
While two-thirds of the country now offers legal sports betting, only six states offer online casino gambling, confounding industry hopes that the rapid growth of sports betting would also bring internet casino betting along with it.
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Hot Start: Here's How Fast Sports Betting Took Off in Mass.
In-person betting began at the end of January, but mobile betting is expected to quickly become the dominant method of sports wagering here.
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Mass. Sports Betting Barely Mentioned in Addiction Services Presentation
The topic of sports betting, which is about to explode across Massachusetts this week with the onset of mobile wagering, barely came up Wednesday during a presentation at the Public Health Council by the Office of Problem Gambling Services. Massachusetts over the past decade has grown increasingly reliant on revenues from casino wagering and slot machines, which add to state…
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WWE in Talks With State Gambling Regulators to Legalize Betting on Scripted Match Results
WWE is in talks with state gambling regulators to legalize betting on high-profile matches.
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Here's How to Legally Bet on the Super Bowl
Sports betting is now legal in two-thirds of the country, and more Americans than ever before have an opportunity to place a legal bet on Sunday’s Super Bowl.
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Gaming Commission Asked to Reconsider Staggered Launch of Sports Betting
The Mass. Gaming Commission is set to face a request Thursday to reconsider its already-fraught staggered launch plan and let both in-person and mobile betting start at the same time. But the ask doesn’t come from an eager betting public, it comes from one of the industry’s largest players that’s based in Boston. DraftKings sent a letter to the commission two...
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Surveys Shed Light On Mass. Sports Betting Application Pool
The road that leads to a late January start of in-person sports betting is coming into clearer view for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. The next month will produce even more crucial information for the commission. Now armed with responses to a survey it asked all prospective applicants to fill out, the commission is starting to get into a regulation review…