#Encore Boston Harbor

This article is part of our Betting Promotions series. Sports betting in Massachusetts is currently legal as of August 10th, 2022 when Governor Charlie Baker put the state's sports betting Bill 5164 into action. However, despite the fact that sports betting is legal in the Old Colony State, there are no sportsbooks legal to operate as of yet. When…

Legalized online and mobile sports betting got off to a fast start in Ohio. The state, which launched legal sports betting Jan. 1, recorded 11.3 million transactions over the course of New Year's weekend, according to GeoComply, which provides geolocation and anti-fraud solutions to the U.S. iGaming industry. Cincinnati saw the most legal mobile…

Legal retail sportsbooks are expected to officially launch in Massachusetts on Jan. 31, 2023. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission shared specifics regarding the state's retail sports betting launch at the end of Thursday's meeting. Three casinos - Encore Boston Harbor (WynnBET), Plainridge Park Casino (Barstool Sportsbook), and MGM Springfield…

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…

Members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission have voiced concerns about the links between Barstool Sportsbook and Barstool Sports, which representatives from owner PENN have sought to address in their bids for sports-betting licenses. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has approved Barstool Sportsbook for an online sports betting license, albeit…

The Barstool Sportsbook betting platform was unanimously approved for a temporary sports betting license by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) Wednesday, according to an MGC press release. The gaming commission vote came from a two-week delay spurred by concerns about allegations against Barstool Sports and its founder David…

After years of debate on sports betting in Massachusetts, state lawmakers finally passed a bill to legalize the activity in August. However, on the cusp of 2023, MA residents are still waiting to place bets on games. Regulators are scrambling to formulate rules and approve operators who want to offer retail and online sports…

Sports betting will officially begin in Boston on January 31st. Encore Boston Harbor will open its sportsbook to the public just in time for the Super Bowl. This is something this city has been begging for, for years. No longer do you have to make the unnecessary drive to Twin River or Foxwoods. I imagine that the addition of sports betting will…

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…

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, DEC. 19, 2022 (State House News Service) - State regulators voted unanimously Monday to award the second in-person sports betting license in Massachusetts to MGM Springfield, allowing the casino to expand its offerings despite "simmering" concerns among city leaders that the facility has not lived up to the jobs and economic…

State regulators voted unanimously Monday to award the second in-person sports betting license in Massachusetts to MGM Springfield, allowing the casino to expand its offerings despite "simmering" concerns among city leaders that the facility has not lived up to the jobs and economic development commitments it made when it sought its original…

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) unanimously named WynnBet as the first legal online licensed sports betting operator in the state's history Tuesday. received a Category 3 license and is now tied to Encore Boston Harbor The committee's decision came after a near seven-hour meeting reviewing the Las Vegas headquartered company's…

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has approved the first sports betting license through a 5-0 vote, after legalizing online and retail betting in August 2022. This is a category-one betting license. Now that a license has been approved, legal Massachusetts sports betting is expected to launch before Super Bowl 57, through a January or…

Encore Boston Harbor became the first Massachusetts property to get a license for a brick-and-mortar sportsbook when the Massachusetts Gaming Commission unanimously voted Thursday to award one to it. The decision came after the MGC chose to defer decisions on licenses for PENN Entertainment's Plainridge Park and MGM Springfield. On Tuesday, the MGC…

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has unanimously approved the first ever sports betting license in the commonwealth. The Gaming Commission approved the retail sports betting license application for Encore Boston Harbor casino, which has partnered with WynnBET to run its retail and online sports betting services. Retail sports betting is set to…

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has received 15 sports wagering operator applications before they hit their deadline on Monday. Businesses had the option to apply for three categories each: Category 1 license: This license allows operators to do in-person wagering at their properties and up to two online…

On Tuesday, a spokesperson for Encore Boston Harbor said the casino reached a "preliminary agreement" with Caesars Interactive Entertainment for the operator to receive one of the property's mobile sports betting licenses. The agreement is one of the first major deals to be publicly disclosed as the Massachusetts Gaming Commission works to stand up…

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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…

In the eastern American state of Massachusetts and the owner of the Raynham Park facility has reportedly announced that he is planning to bring an on-site retail sportsbook to the former greyhound racing property sometime early next year. According to a Monday report from local television broadcaster WJAR-TV, the Bristol County venue was…

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 Gaming Commission finally will vote Thursday on potential MA sports betting launch dates in the Commonwealth. The MGC is set to vote for potential launch dates on both retail and online Massachusetts sports betting, an indication retail could go first. The meeting agenda also notes that general counsel will provide an overview of…

A timeline for legal sports betting launch in MA remains unclear.after the Massachusetts Gaming Commission heard from several operators Thursday during a 2.5-hour meeting. All the uncertainty means online sports betting operators may not be up and running in the state until 2023. The majority of online Massachusetts sports betting operators prefer…

This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, . OK, now it feels like fall. With yesterday's rain behind us, we have a weekend of sunny - if seasonably crisp - weather ahead, and Boston isn't letting it go to waste. The city is celebrating the last weekend of September…

BOSTON - Regulators heard from more than 20 would-be Massachusetts sports betting providers on Thursday, with no consensus emerging on how temporary mobile licenses should be awarded or on whether the Bay State should allow all wagering to begin at the same time vs. a staggered start between mobile and/or retail operators. A law permitting sports…

Las Vegas-style casino gaming came to greater Boston in 2019, when the $2.5 billion Encore Boston Harbor opened in the adjacent municipality of Everett. And soon, another branch of parent company Wynn Resorts may debut in Massachusetts-WynnBET, the sport betting app developed in 2020 in a joint venture between Wynn's interactive division and the…

Hours before the NFL season kicks off on Sept. 8, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission plans to huddle with its staff to discuss how the Bay State can expedite its pending sports betting launch. Recommendations shared that day could determine what action must be handled by state regulation - and what could be handled outside of regulation - "to give…

Retail books ready to do legal MA sports betting business could get some much-desired clarity this week. The MA Gaming Commission will have a meeting Thursday to discuss temporary licenses. Those temporary licenses would enable MA brick and mortar casinos Encore Boston Harbor (WynnBet), MGM Springfield (BetMGM) and Plainridge Park (Penn…