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If Encore Boston Harbor was to reintroduce poker right now, as some of its guests have demanded, it would require the casino to close other table games because it cannot find enough people to hire as dealers, an executive told the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday.

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...

After about 440 days of being closed or operating under restrictions meant to stop the spread of COVID-19, Massachusetts’ slots parlor and two resort casinos will be allowed to return to mostly normal pre-pandemic operations this weekend.

MGM Springfield will return to 24-hour operations starting Friday, Jan. 29, according to a spokesperson with MGM Resorts International. This comes as Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is set to ease some restrictions related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on Monday. An order requiring all businesses to close by 9:30 p.m. will be lifted. Health officials say COVID-19 data in Mass….

Gambling revenues continue to tumble at Massachusetts’ three casinos as the facilities face more restrictions amid the latest surge of COVID-19. Encore Boston Harbor, MGM Springfield and Plainridge Park generated a combined $45 million in gross gaming revenue last month, the state’s Gaming Commission reported Tuesday. The total revenues are down from $69 million in October and roughly $70 million…

MGM Springfield is laying off around 1,000 employees due to ongoing struggles during the coronavirus pandemic. The cuts are affecting MGM International employees across the company and go into effect on August 31. A company spokesperson confirmed about 1,000 employees in Springfield are affected. The affected employees will have extended health benefits through September 30 and remain on a recall…

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…

MGM has installed thousands of solar panels at its resort casino in Springfield, Massachusetts. The company said this month that the more than 3,000-panel solar canopy atop the casino’s parking garage will generate more than 1,600 megawatt hours of electricity when it goes online in January. That’s enough to power nearly 10% of the 2 million-square-foot casino, hotel and entertainment…

Springfield’s communications director has been suspended after she was arrested at the MGM Springfield casino and charged with property destruction.

An MGM dealer says the casino has been paying him less than minimum wage and shorting overtime pay. Shawn Connors, of Uncasville, Connecticut, filed a complaint Monday in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, alleging that he is entitled to more than the wage MGM Springfield has been paying.

In its first full month of operations, the Wynn Resorts-owned Encore Boston Harbor casino took in about $48.6 million in revenue from table games and slots, according to a report by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Encore’s table game revenue was $27.42 million while slots brought in another $21.15 million, according to the gaming commission’s July revenue report released Thursday.

If you’ve been longing to see Aerosmith live, you don’t have to “Dream On” any longer. Get ready to rock n’ roll this August because Aerosmith will be performing at MGM Springfield.

One million visitors checked out Massachusetts’ first resort casino in its first six weeks of operation, MGM Springfield officials reported Thursday. The company reported the attendance figures and other early results for the casino that opened Aug. 24 near the Connecticut state line to state gambling regulators reviewing the facility’s initial days of operations.

Gambling revenues have dropped at MGM Springfield in the third month of operation at Massachusetts’ first resort casino. The state Gaming Commission reported Monday the casino near Connecticut generated $21 million in revenues from gambling in November, down from October’s $22 million and September’s $27 million.

Gambling revenues at MGM Springfield have dropped in the second full month of operation at Massachusetts’ first resort casino. The state Gaming Commission reported Thursday the casino near Connecticut generated $22 million in revenues from gambling, down 18.5 percent from $27 million in September.

MGM has reported nearly $27 million in revenue during the first full month of operation at its Massachusetts casino.

Massachusetts gambling regulators are reporting MGM Springfield generated $9.5 million from gambling operations in its first week open. The state Gaming Commission said in a revenue report Monday the casino earned $2.1 million in gross revenues from table games and $7.3 million from slot machines from its Aug. 24 opening to Aug. 31.

MGM officials say attendance and revenues from their nearly $1 billion casino in Springfield are exceeding expectations weeks after opening.

MGM is touting a strong opening weekend for its first casino in Massachusetts.