Massachusetts

MA Allots More Funds For S-Bred Racing

It has been reported this week that changes in the way Massachusetts distributes revenue it rakes in via slot machine taxes will provide a financial boost to the state’s harness racing industry.

Another S-Bred Track In Store For Mass.?

August 19, 2013

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.

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-mac...

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 c...

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...

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

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 ann...

DeLeo Still Fighting For Mass. Slots

February 01, 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

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

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

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 ar...

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

Gov. Patrick To Back Mass. Racino?

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 passin...