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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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Encore fined $40K for illegal bets on BC women's basketball game
Massachusetts gaming regulators fined Encore Boston Harbor $40,000 for taking illegal bets on Boston College women’s basketball action last year, the Gaming Commission said Monday, the second fine levied against the Everett casino for allowing forbidden bets. After an adjudicatory hearing held last April, the Gaming Commission determined that Encore Boston Harbor and its sportsbook had violated state law and…
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You can legally bet on the Super Bowl in Massachusetts, but there are rules
Sunday will mark the first time in history that Massachusetts will allow legal online and mobile sports betting for the Super Bowl, and the event is poised to smash records. While many are already diving deep into their wallets for game day, certain bets will not be allowed. Due to a vote by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Wednesday, certain…
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Betting rules for Super Bowl LVIII
It’s the first Super Bowl with legal mobile sports betting in Massachusetts, and we’re looking at what bets are and are not being allowed.
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After a year of sports betting in Mass., there's still plenty of Super Bowl hype
Sports betting is now a multi-billion-dollar business in Massachusetts, but that growth has also created challenges.
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Sports betting has proven itself as big business in Massachusetts
In a state that loves its sports teams, it turns out, legal gambling on sports is proving to be quite popular too. “Everyone knew going into it that Boston fans are super passionate about their sports, so we knew engagement really wouldn’t be the issue for Boston,” said Matthew Waters, the assistant managing editor of Legal Sports Report. It...
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Group sues DraftKings over $1,000 sign-up bonus and its fine print
DraftKings, the popular Massachusetts-based sports betting company, is facing a class-action lawsuit over a signing bonus that was offered to new customers, which the lawsuit says had some misleading terms. The $1,000 bonus at the heart of the lawsuit, filed in Middlesex Superior Court Friday by the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University, had fine print that revealed it…
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Regulators probe reports of underage sports betting
Regulators at the Massachusetts Gaming Commission are taking an interest in whether people younger than the legal betting age of 21 are using mobile platforms to bet on sports and what the betting platforms operating here are doing to prevent that from happening. Commissioners raised the topic Monday as four sports betting companies presented quarterly reports to the commission. Commissioner…
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NBA, NHL and MLB unveil 30-second ad promoting responsible sports betting
The NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball joined forces to produce a “Never Know What’s Next” ad promoting responsible sports betting.
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Boston-based DraftKings apologizes for offering ‘Never Forget' parlay on 9/11
Boston-based DraftKings issued an apology on Monday for offering a “Never Forget” parlay involving New York sports teams on the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
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9/11 victims' names read out 22 years after the attack
Officials in Massachusetts, New York and beyond marked the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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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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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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Sports Betting Has Already Yielded Mass. $22M in Tax Revenue
Massachusetts is on track to beat projections for tax revenue from sports betting, raking in more than $22 million in about two months. Bill Speros, a senior betting analyst for bookies.com, says promos and offers have driven new and occasional gamblers to enter the ring and make a wager. “Nearly a million people have signed up for sports betting accounts…
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Fanatics Buying PointsBet's US Operations for $150M to Expand Sports Betting, I-Casino Market Share
The move will help Fanatics, the sports apparel and memorabilia giant, gain market share in the American sports betting and online casino markets.
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Online Sports Betting Hits the Jackpot in the Bay Sate
Since its implementation in March, online sports betting has yielded more than $20 million in tax revenue for Massachusetts.
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Legalized Sports Betting Has Sparked $220B in Wagers Since 2018
Americans have bet over $220 billion on sports with legal gambling outlets in the five years since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for all 50 states to offer it.
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Over Half a Billion Dollars Were Bet on Sports in Massachusetts in March
More than half a billion dollars were bet on sports in Massachusetts during the month of March. Data from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, reported by the Boston Herald, show that $548 million in bets were placed, delivering over $9 million in taxes to the state. These numbers only represent a partial month of sports betting in the Bay State since…
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DraftKings Wants to Take on Boston Marathon Wagers
On Thursday, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission will go over whether people should be allowed to bet on it, after DraftKings made the proposal to allow people to wager on this year’s Boston Marathon.