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The Massachusetts Gaming Commission dove headfirst into an application for Betr on Tuesday, which meant delving into some of the allegations leveled at co-founder and social-media personality Jake Paul. The Jake Paul-backed operator of online sports betting sites is one step closer to a mobile wagering permit in Massachusetts, although regulators…

Betr, a sports betting operator specializing in micro-betting, met criteria for an untethered Massachusetts online sports betting license, according to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Betr, and its President Jake Paul, faced extensive questioning from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission about its responsible gaming strategies and allegations…

Penn Sports Interactive (PSI), which operates Barstool Sportsbook, received preliminary approval from the Mass. Gaming Commission (MGC) for a temporary mobile sports betting license on Wednesday following a lengthy suitability review. The final vote was carried unanimously, though only after it was initially delayed from December and several…

Tuesday's work by the MGC now means that the state's three casinos have key approvals for their sports-betting licenses in hand, keeping them on track to start taking in-person wagers at their properties in late January. The regulator of sports betting in Massachusetts has made its peace - to an extent - with the gaming company tied to a…

Wednesday continued a tumultuous stretch for PENN Entertainment and its Barstool Sportsbook, as the Ohio Casino Control Commission (OCCC) brought up a notice of violation against the company for allegedly targeting college students in advertising. Last week, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) delayed a decision regarding a retail sports…

Massachusetts Gaming Commission member Bradford Hill issued a cautionary warning for would-be Bay State bettors who hope to be wagering in Week 1 of the NFL season. Don't bet on it. During a regularly-scheduled meeting of the five-member Commission and Executive Director Karen Wells on Thursday, Hill said that the Commonwealth won't rush through…

Sportsbook operators and bettors will have to wait for legal wagering in Massachusetts as the state's Gaming Commission will be aiming for after the Super Bowl to fully launch betting online. After more than three hours of tortuous deliberations on Friday afternoon, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) finally approved a timeline for a…

The Bay State will not have legal online MA sports betting in time for the 2023 Super Bowl. Yet there are finally date ranges for the launch of legal Massachusetts sports betting. On Friday, the MA Gaming Commission passed a motion that would enable retail sports betting to launch in late January and online sports betting to launch in early…

Provisions in the Massachusetts sports betting legislation allow for temporary licenses that could let online sportsbooks operate for a year, but then force them to shut down if they don't receive a permanent permit. The law legalizing sports betting in Massachusetts has regulators in a bind. Provisions in the law, which was passed by the state…

During Thursday's committee meeting, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) failed to institute a launch date for mobile and retail sports betting in Massachusetts. It remains unclear if the Commission favors authorizing different start dates for retail and online sportsbooks or a universal timeline. The inability to decide further complicates…

BOSTON - Many thought Thursday's Mass. Gaming Commission meeting would discuss a launch date. This was the goal as Cathy Judd-Stein at Wednesday's open forum hinted toward it. But, the commission met without voting in the morning. Voting on a launch date was a strong stance for some. Bradford Hill suggested to take lunch and vote later and Eileen…

BOSTON (State House News Service) - Most of the attention paid to its work recently has focused on implementation of legal sports betting, but the Massachusetts Gaming Commission has plenty of other weighty matters pending before it, from the potential expansion of Encore Boston Harbor's gaming footprint to two applications for horse racing…

The Massachusetts legislature may not have crossed all the t's and dotted all the i's in the MA sports betting bill. HB 5164, put no cap on the number of temporary licenses that can be handed out and there is a very low bar to qualify. That is the main reason why there is still no timeline for when Massachusetts sportsbooks may launch,…