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Gaming regulators discuss oversight of cycbersecurity at casinos

Nevada doesn't require casino companies to carry cybersecurity insurance, but most of them do as a cost of doing business. Gaming regulators from four states, including Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Kirk Hendrick, weighed in on the regulation of companies Monday in an opening panel of the four-day Global Gaming Expo. Around 25000 industry…

Law ・ 10 October 2023

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Gaming Commission asks feds to shut down illegal gambling

GAMBLERS IN MASSACHUSETTS have a full menu of wagering options to choose from these days: physical casinos, sports betting in person or online, and the state lottery, which some officials are itching to bring online as well. One thing not on the menu, Bay State regulators want to make clear, is illegal gambling. Members of the Massachusetts Gaming…

Law ・ 31 May 2023

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Massachusetts Gaming Commission wants more gambling tables running, more dealers hired, at MGM, Encore

MGM Springfield has just 269 card dealers, table games and poker supervisors and managers working as of last month, a headcount that still trails the 444 table games and poker employees it had in March 2020. That March was just before COVID restrictions shut down the casino and forced deep layoffs. Those 269 employees are not enough, said…

Law ・ 01 December 2022

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Massachusetts gaming commissioners push casinos to open more table games

Gambling regulators in Massachusetts want the state's resort casinos to open more table games. The MGM Springfield casino is licensed for 100 table games such as blackjack and roulette, but as of last month was operating fewer than half that number. That is not acceptable, said Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chair Cathy Judd-Stein. "The less table…

Gaming Authorities ・ 02 November 2022

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Massachusetts casinos report monthly revenue up 3% to $99M in July; regulator urges operators to open more table games

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission reported Tuesday the financial results for the month of July 2022 at MGM Springfield, Plainridge Park Casino, and Encore Boston Harbor, which amounted to a total of approximately $99 million in gross gaming revenue. The figure represents a $3 million, or 3,1% increase from the $96 million in July 2021. Of the $99…

Finance ・ 26 October 2022

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ECGC to Examine Whether State Regulators are Keeping Up With Gaming Technology

A panel of state gaming regulators will discuss the challenges they face in keeping up with new technology at the East Coast Gaming Congress, September 21-23 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City. There is a continuous influx of new games, new ways to play those games, and new ways to transact money, and gaming operators and suppliers want to…

Law ・ 22 September 2022

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“PlayMyWay” Launches at Encore Boston Harbor

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) in partnership with Encore Boston Harbor (EBH) and GameSense launched "PlayMyWay," a voluntary budgeting tool available on electronic games at EBH. PlayMyWay is designed to allow Wynn Rewards players the ability to monitor the amount of money they spend, and to support their decision to continue or stop…

Gaming Authorities ・ 15 September 2022

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Encore Boston Harbor rolling out PlayMyWay gambling limit program

Massachusetts' Encore Boston Harbor casino is rolling out a gambling limit program: visitors to the property can now set a cap when playing electronic games, including slots. The voluntary budgeting tool, called PlayMyWay, was launched by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in partnership with the venue and GameSense. The solution is designed to…

Gaming Authorities ・ 13 September 2022

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PlayMyWay launches at Encore Boston Harbor

Gaming News 12 September 2022 (PRESS RELEASE) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission in partnership with Encore Boston Harbor and GameSense launched "PlayMyWay," a voluntary budgeting tool available on electronic games at EBH. PlayMyWay is designed to allow Wynn Rewards players the ability to monitor the amount of money they spend in real time and…

Gaming Authorities ・ 13 September 2022

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'Play My Way' Now Live On Every Massachusetts Slot Machine

When Massachusetts gaming regulators and Encore-Boston Harbor on Monday rolled out the "Play My Way" responsible gaming software on the casino's more than 2700 slot machines, it completed a six-year process that makes the state the first in the nation to offer an optional responsible gaming program on every slot or electronic game machine in the…

Gaming Authorities ・ 13 September 2022

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Regulators comparing casino products to promises

While it works on a parallel track to oversee the addition of legal sports betting to the state's gambling universe, the Mass. Gaming Commission on Thursday took a closer look at how the offerings at the state's casinos stack up against their initial promises and pre-pandemic levels. The state's 2011 expanded gaming law has room for further…

Gaming Authorities ・ 15 August 2022

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Gaming Commission weighs regulating intensity, frequency of casino ads

Before the state's first resort casino even opened its doors, there was a "significant increase" in the number of people with gambling problems who relapsed in Massachusetts, and the Gaming Commission highlighted that situation Monday, as it began to consider updates to its rules around gambling and betting advertising. Until MGM Springfield opened…

Gaming Authorities ・ 20 March 2022

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Massachusetts Gaming Commission examines casino advertising practices

Before the state's first resort casino even opened its doors, there was a "significant increase" in the number of people with gambling problems who relapsed in Massachusetts and the Gaming Commission highlighted that situation Monday as it began to consider updates to its rules around gambling and betting advertising. Until MGM Springfield opened…

Gaming Authorities ・ 16 March 2022

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Massachusetts Hits $1B Threshold from Casino Tax Collection

Eleven years have passed and the State of Massachusetts has been able to collect over $1 billion in tax revenue and assessments from its ample and sprawling casino and slots parlor industry. While the journey has been long, and the economic windfall steady, it has taken a while to cross the threshold. Nevertheless, the state has benefited in other…

Winnings ・ 16 March 2022

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Casinos cleared for full reopening this weekend

After about 440 days of being closed or operating under restrictions meant to stop the spread of COVID-19, the state's slots parlor and two resort casinos will be allowed to return to mostly normal pre-pandemic operations this weekend. "I wish you great luck over the course of this big weekend," Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chairwoman Cathy…

Gaming Authorities ・ 28 November 2021

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Nevada and Massachusetts Casinos Face Staff Shortages

Casinos in Massachusetts and Nevada are facing a shortage of employees as they look to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Many casino operators are currently competing with one another to make a significant number of hires in order to offset the shortfall. over 3000 positions in the Las Vegas Valley MGM Resorts International is attempting to…

Gaming Authorities ・ 05 August 2021

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Encore Boston Harbor casino can't find enough table game dealers

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 Gaming Commission on Thursday.The state's two casinos -- Encore Boston Harbor and MGM Springfield -- resumed mostly…

Gaming Authorities ・ 30 July 2021

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Gaming Regulators Plan To Get Update Next Week On Poker At Mass. Casinos

BOSTON (State House News Service) - Gaming regulators are planning to get an update next week on the disappearance of poker from Massachusetts - whether the casinos have an obligation to offer the popular game, what authority the Gaming Commission has in that area and, possibly, why the casinos have chosen to fold on the game. The state's two…

Poker ・ 22 July 2021

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Why have casinos stacked the deck against poker?

Massachusetts' two casinos got the OK to fully reopen several weeks ago, but neither has yet to reintroduce poker, and now both players and gaming regulators want operators to show their cards. Bruce Band, the assistant director of the commission's Investigations and Enforcement Bureau, told commissioners Thursday that complaints about the absence…

Poker ・ 18 July 2021

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COVID-19 casino restrictions will come to an end after three-day weekend

The Nevada Gaming Control Board made it official Wednesday: All restrictions related to COVID-19 mitigation protocols in casinos come to an end when the clock strikes midnight at the end of Monday. In a notice to gaming licensees, Gaming Control Board Chairman Brin Gibson said, "Each licensee shall comply with its respective county's general…

Covid ・ 27 May 2021

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Special meeting set to weigh COVID-19 rules at casinos

The Gaming Commission plans to hold a special meeting next week to hear from Plainridge Park Casino, MGM Springfield, Encore Boston Harbor and racing and simulcasting stakeholders as it considers when and how to peel off the COVID-19 restrictions it has imposed over the last year. The amenities at the slots parlor and casinos are subject to the…

Covid ・ 20 May 2021

Boston Herald

Massachusetts casino reopenings promise ‘sense of normalcy’ despite restrictions on gambling

Gaming regulators - facing pushback from the state's big-name casinos - failed to vote on Wednesday on pandemic-era gambling restrictions that would ban poker, craps and roulette and require plexiglass dividers at card tables and in slots parlors. "We want to be fair but we obviously need more information if this today presents a real challenge for…

Gaming Authorities ・ 04 February 2021