It has been reported that there is interest in bringing live harness racing and slot-machine gaming to the Brockton Fairgrounds in Massachusetts if Plainridge Racecourse is forced to close....read on
NH Pols React To MA Expanded Gaming
November 23, 2011:
It didn't take proponents of gaming expansion in New Hampshire long to react to the announcement that Massachusetts, the state directly to its south, will be introducing three casinos and one slot-machine emporium within its borders...read on
MA Expanded Gaming Signed Into Law
November 22, 2011:
On Tuesday, November 22, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed expanded gaming legislation into law which will see up to three resort casinos erected and an openly-bid slots-only facility that can be located...read on
Gaming Bill Amended Over Percentage
November 16, 2011:
It has been reported that a Massachusetts gaming expansion bill which would bring a trio of casinos and a slots parlour to the state was amended this week after an increased payment to the state horse racing industry was detected within it...read on
Mass. Racino Bill Clears Senate
October 18, 2011:
According to a report, the Massachusetts Senate has voted in favour of a bill that will authorize three casinos and one racino to be licensed in the state...read on
Plainridge To Pounce On Expansion?
August 25, 2011:
After years of disagreement by Massachusetts politicians, it finally looks like all of the decision makers are on the same page, as consensus legislation regarding expanded gaming in the state was announced earlier this week...read on
DeLeo Still Fighting For Mass. Slots
February 1, 2011:
If anyone thought Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo had given up on slots at Plainridge Racecourse and Suffolk Downs, he straightened them out yesterday...read on
Not A Good Sign In Boston
January 18, 2011:
Deval Patrick, the re-elected governor of Massachusetts, did not send a thrill through backers of track slots Sunday, when he appeared in an interview on WCVB-TV...read on
DeLeo Talks Mass. Slots, Softly
December 15, 2010:
Robert DeLeo, speaker of the House in Massachusetts, has outlined his agenda for 2011, and has toned down his fiery quest for track slots that failed at the end of this year’s last legislative sessi...read on
Mass. Slots Dead For 2010
August 25, 2010:
Philosopher Yogi Berra famously said “It’s not over until it’s over,” and Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo made fairly clear yesterday that it’s over for this year as far as slots at tracks are concerned...read on
Wonderland Throwing In Towel
August 20, 2010:
After 75 years as a Boston dog track in the suburb of Revere, Wonderland Greyhound Park has announced it has called it quits...read on
Gov. Patrick To Back Mass. Racino?
July 30, 2010:
In an interesting turn of events in Massachusetts, it has been reported that Gov. Deval Patrick has stated that he would back a 'competitively bid slot parlour' in the state in exchange for the passing of six major bills...read on
No Accord Yet In Boston
July 20, 2010:
Track slots remain in the news in Massachusetts, where a state Senate and House conference committee has been unable to agree after almost two weeks of...read on
Piontkowski Disagrees With Governor
July 19, 2010:
In Massachusetts, Plainridge Racecourse CEO Gary Piontkowski scored with a major story in the Boston Herald where he provided racing’s side of the battle for...read on
Racing Gets Blamed, Again
July 14, 2010:
Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts, told reporters yesterday that racing’s recalcitrance in aggressively pushing for slots at tracks in the state could delay his wish for three casinos without...read on