Mass. aims to launch sports betting in late January

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky is taking a step toward implementing sports wagering as the state's Horse Racing Commission has scheduled a special meeting Monday to consider regulations for the newly lawful form of gambling. After winning approval in the state legislature earlier this year, sports betting is expected to be available to…

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Sports betting in Massachusetts is now legal however, only if bets are placed in person. The State Gaming Commission approved the January 31st launch for in-person wagers and is aiming for sometime in March to debut online bets. The actual start date for mobile sports betting hasn't been approved by the Gaming Commission…

With the MLB World Series in the rearview mirror, FIFA World Cup in full swing, and the NFL Super Bowl coming into view, Massachusetts residents may be wondering when sports betting will kick off here after state lawmakers legalized it over the summer. Gaming regulators have targeted a late January 2023 launch for in-person betting at the three…

BOSTON, Mass. (SHNS)-Regulators at the Mass. Gaming Commission can shift from hypotheticals to actual applications now that they have more than a dozen requests for sports betting licenses in hand, and the public scrubbing of those applications looks poised to kick off once the calendar flips to December. The Gaming Commission received 15 total…

Regulators at the Massachusetts Gaming Commission can shift from hypotheticals to actual applications now that they have more than a dozen requests for sports betting licenses in hand, and the public scrubbing of those applications looks poised to kick off once the calendar flips to December. The Gaming Commission received 15 total sports betting…

As people start to look ahead to the holiday towards the end of next week, "all eyes are on Monday" at the Mass. Gaming Commission as its staff prepares for the sports betting license application deadline, a top official said Thursday. "This is an important time for the operators. We have been meeting with them in groups by their category, we have…

Compared to the rest of Massachusetts, time moves at a different pace on Beacon Hill: slower, much slower. Look at the $3.8 billion economic development bill Gov. Charlie Baker signed last week, which infuses cash across an array of areas that need it, from hospitals to early education providers to small businesses. Lawmakers, stymied by news that…

Companies involved in Massachusetts' budding sports betting market are already starting to seek out deals and partnerships with each other in the run-up to the scheduled launch of sports wagering early next year, according to new documents regulators released to MassLive and interviews with key stakeholders. Public details are still scarce but a…

Massachusetts has contracted with an equipment testing lab and financial auditing firm to help meet an early 2023 sports betting launch timeline. Testing lab GLI and financial firm RSM were selected for the contracts, Mass Gaming Commission Executive Director Karen Wells told the commission at its Thursday meeting. She said the contracts are…

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission announced it is planning to launch in-person sports betting in the state in late January, in time for the Super Bowl. The timeline was set at a meeting Friday. Complementing this launch, the commission aims to see mobile sports wagering go live in early March as well, reports Associated Press.However,…

BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is planning to launch in-person sports betting in the state in late January, just in time for the Super Bowl. The commission set a timeline at a meeting Friday, aiming to start in-person sports betting in late January at casinos and mobile sports betting in early March. The commissioners couldn't…

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is planning to launch in-person sports betting in the state in late January, just in time for the Super Bowl. The commission set a timeline at a meeting Friday, aiming to start in-person sports betting in late January at casinos and mobile sports betting in early March. The commissioners couldn't agree on a…

Fans hoping to place a legal sports wager in Massachusetts will have to wait until at least 2023, according to the first glimpse of a timeline unveiled by the Gaming Commission. After more than eight hours of discussions on Thursday, and several more in an emergency continuation of the session on Friday, commissioners finally passed a motion that…

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…

An emergency meeting called Friday was still not enough for the members of the Gaming Commission to agree on actual dates for the potential launch of sports wagering here, but they were at least able to agree on broad windows of time for the start of in-person and mobile betting next year. Commissioners agreed to designate "late January" as the…

We have Massachusetts sports betting start dates (sort of). After nearly 12 hours of discussion over two days, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission approved a motion to launch retail sports betting by late January and online sports betting in the Commonwealth by early March. The commissioners approved the motion by a vote of 4-0, with Commissioner…

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…

BOSTON - After a tedious all-day meeting that stretched the limits of commissioners' and staff's patience, the Gaming Commission failed to find resolution Thursday on any potential timeline for it to roll out legal sports betting. Instead, the commission recessed with a plan to try again on Friday in a meeting being called on an emergency basis. "I…

An "aggressive" timeline was shown during a meeting of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday, with retail wagering proposed to go live in January and online sports betting in February. The launch of legal sports betting in Massachusetts may have to wait until 2023. That's according to an "aggressive" timeline shown during a meeting of the…

There is no time set for the launch of The Massachusetts Gaming Commission met for 2 1/2 hours in Boston but didn't attempt to nail down a potential state date or even consider a tentative timeline. This means Bay State bettors are no closer to understanding when they can start placing legal wagers in person at casino sportsbooks or on mobile…

A bill to legalize was introduced this week during a legislative special session at the Capitol in Jefferson City. Other recent developments nationwide include an overall sports-betting update in Louisiana and a decision in Massachusetts to hold off on announcing when wagering can begin. On Wednesday, Rep. Dan Houx, R-Warrensburg, introduced House…

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…

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission pumped the brakes Thursday morning on expectations that sports betting could be in place in time for the fall football season as some state lawmakers have suggested this week and instead urged people to consider the amount of regulatory work that needs to be done to set up a new industry. Legislation legalizing…

A signature from Gov. Charlie Baker and regulatory action from a state commission are some of the steps still remaining before legal sports betting can take place in Massachusetts. Lawmakers managed to squeeze through a compromise bill Monday morning in the final hours of formal lawmaking for the 2021-2022 legislative session. The exact timeline…

In an 8-hour meeting, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday neglected to vote on a timeline to launch. The commission went into recess until Friday at noon ET with the expectation that a vote could occur then. The commission is expected to propose launching sports betting in 2023, possibly in time for the Super Bowl in February. During…