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Oxford Casino Under Fire for Hiring Out of State
The Oxford Casino has posted openings on casinocareers.com, and anti-gambling advocates say it's evidence that their concerns about casino jobs going mostly go to out-of-staters is justified.  Massachusetts Gaming5/22/2012
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Boston native pulls out of Mass. casino race
(Massachusetts) -- Billionaire gambling mogul and Boston native Sheldon Adelson says he is no longer interested in opening a casino in his home state.
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Report: Las Vegas Sands won't seek license in Boston area
(Massachusetts) -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. will not seek a gaming license for the Boston area, the Boston Globe newspaper reported this morning. A company spokesman told...
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Mass. Gambling Chair: Approval Of 3 Casinos Not Definite
(Massachusetts) -- The chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission is leaving the door open to the possibility of not approving three casinos in the state, although...
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Panel sets tentative timetable for casino bids
(Massachusetts) -- The state gambling commission may be ready to solicit development proposals from casino companies by the second quarter of 2013. Stephen Crosby,...
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Timetable for casino proposals unveiled
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission says they will begin accepting casino applications in a matter of months.
5/21/2012
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Adelson won’t seek a casino in Mass. / Deterred by state’s plan for multiple facilities
(Massachusetts) -- The worldwide casino company run by billionaire Boston native Sheldon Adelson will bypass the chance to build a casino in Massachusetts, saying the...
5/20/2012
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WENDY J. MURPHY: Gov. Deval Patrick wrong to gamble on integrity those working casinos
(Massachusetts) -- It’s worse than that. Gov. Deval Patrick actually said: “While the importance of thorough background investigations is unquestioned...
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BRISTOL: Hope for casino foes
(Massachusetts) -- Foxboro's smackdown of a $1 billion Wynn Resorts complex coupled with recent state gaming commission embarrassments should give hope to opponents...
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Resident: Milford casino has no place in Holliston’s backyard
(Massachusetts) -- David Bastille is taking the day off work tomorrow to hold a big, red sign at the polls. He said the expected rain won’t keep him away.
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Mass. group to host symposium on problem gambling
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling will host a symposium on problem gambling to discuss whether western Massachusetts is prepared to...
5/19/2012
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Gaming Commission conflict of interest?
(Massachusetts) -- A Massachusetts Gaming Commissioner from Springfield sees no need to recuse himself when it comes time to vote on a casino license in western...
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Massachusetts gaming commissioner reveals he gave casino officials tour of Springfield
(Massachusetts) -- A member of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission from Springfield on Friday disclosed that he gave two employees of a Pennsylvania casino company a...
5/17/2012
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Takeover of Mass. racing panel takes shape
(Massachusetts) -- The state’s gambling panel, acknowledging that it is unlikely to win a delay in its mandatory takeover of the state Racing Commission, approved...
5/15/2012
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Mass. gaming panel to meet today
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is holding its first meeting after their pick to serve as interim executive director declined the offer.
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission prepares to oversee racing industry
(Massachusetts) -- The state’s gambling panel, acknowledging that it is unlikely to win a delay in its mandatory takeover of the state Racing Commission, approved...
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Massachusetts Gaming Commissioner Bruce Stebbins: Ethics opinion clears him of possible conflict
(Massachusetts) -- A member of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission from Springfield says he has been cleared by state ethics officials to vote on a casino license for...
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Springfield Law Department sees limited role for casino committee appointed by City Council president James Ferrera
(Massachusetts) -- A Springfield Casino Site Committee appointed by City Council President James J. Ferrera III will have a limited role in negotiating with a proposed...
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State gambling panel off to the races
(Massachusetts) -- Getting beyond the distraction of a controversial hire, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission got back to work Tuesday, formally voting to take over the...
5/14/2012
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Gaming regulator from Springfield faces questions about neutrality when awarding casino license for Western Massachusetts
(Massachusetts) -- A member of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission from Springfield says he plans to vote on a casino license for Western Massachusetts despite concerns...
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Leaders of the Massachusetts House of Representatives introduce bill to stimulate the economy
(Massachusetts) -- Leaders in the state House of Representatives today unveiled a bill to create jobs and improve the economy including about $12.5 million in state...
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Local Approval Requirements Hold Sway In Massachusetts [sub req]
(Massachusetts) -- Steve Wynn’s Foxboro fiasco could spell the end of his hopes of hitting the Massachusetts casino jackpot, with few if any other viable sites to...
5/13/2012
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Gaming regulator from Springfield faces questions about neutrality when awarding casino license for Western Massachusetts
(Massachusetts) -- A member of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission from Springfield says he plans to vote on a casino license for Western Massachusetts despite concerns...
5/12/2012
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Commission’s fair game
(Massachusetts) -- The state gaming commission, though stumbling in its infancy, has fared better than others across the country in its mission to mold Massachusetts...
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Editorial: Betting on trouble, again
(Massachusetts) -- When Massachusetts lawmakers approved casino gambling, we warned that trouble lay ahead. Well, the slot machines and gaming tables haven’t even...
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OP/ED: Gambling: A profit and cost analysis
(Massachusetts) -- I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about gambling. Governors have been making the argument that people gamble, that they will always gamble, and...
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Patrick vetoes mandated background checks on future gambling panel staff
(Massachusetts) -- Governor Deval Patrick vetoed Friday portions of a spending bill sent to him this week by the House and Senate requiring the Gaming Commission to...
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Springfield Casino Site Committee hopes to have input on gambling pact
(Massachusetts) -- The new 15-member Casino Site Committee appointed here may have no legal power or authority over whether Springfield becomes home to a resort casino,...
5/11/2012
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Deval Patrick says gambling commission is distracted by McGee controversy
(Massachusetts) -- The state gambling commission has become bogged down in “distractions’’ that have hobbled it in its main mission to license up to...
5/10/2012
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Gaming panel returns to work
(Massachusetts) -- After more than a week of controversy, Stephen Crosby, chairman of the state's gaming commission, said Thursday the five-member panel is ready to...
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Opinion: East Boston, we can do better than a casino
(Massachusetts) -- Recently, I joined the group No Eastie Casino, and I feel I needed to explain why I feel so compelled to take up this issue in such a public way.
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Opinion: Resort casino would bring jobs, other benefits to East Boston
(Massachusetts) -- As a lifelong resident of East Boston who is privileged to represent this great neighborhood, I believe that a world-class resort casino at Suffolk...
5/9/2012
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Interim chief of Mass. gambling commission declines job offer
(Massachusetts) -- The interim executive director of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission declined an offer Wednesday to serve as acting executive director over an old...
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McGee quits gaming commission post, cites ‘growing distractions’
(Massachusetts) -- The newly appointed interim head of the state gaming commission abruptly resigned Wednesday night, saying that the ‘‘growing distractions...
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McGee quits gaming commission post, cites ‘growing distractions’
(Massachusetts) -- The newly appointed interim head of the state gaming commission abruptly resigned Wednesday night, saying that the ‘‘growing distractions...
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Stan McGee resigns from gaming post
(Massachusetts) -- The embattled interim executive director of the state's new gambling commission has resigned amid mounting pressure stemming from an unprosecuted...
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Now its Suffolk vs. Milford for casino
(Massachusetts) -- When New England Patriots owner Robert K. Kraft and Las Vegas mogul Steve Wynn announced Tuesday they were dropping their Foxborough casino plan after...
5/8/2012
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Group: Disclose Casino Director's Sex Abuse Deal
(Massachusetts) -- A child advocacy group is calling on the newly appointed interim executive director of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to waive a confidentiality...
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission advances plan to reduce timetable for casinos
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission advanced a plan today to expedite the timeline for opening casino resorts by as many as six months.
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Suffolk Downs a top contender for casino bid
(Massachusetts) -- The Kraft Group and Steve Wynn have suspended their bid for a casino in Foxborough which opens the door for a gambling facility at Suffolk Downs in...
5/7/2012
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Massachusetts Gambling commission stands behind choice of C. Stanley McGee for interim director
(Massachusetts) -- The state gambling commission is standing behind its decision to hire C. Stanley McGee as interim executive director, defending McGee’s “...
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Casino opponents gain in Foxborough
(Massachusetts) -- Casino opponents swept the town selectmen’s race on Monday in a stark public rebuke of Wynn Resorts and the casino developer’s plans to...
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Penn National Gaming interested in Westfield site for casino
(Massachusetts) -- Mayor Daniel M. Knapik said he has talked with Penn National Gaming about the possibility of opening a resort casino at the former Pavilion Mall site...
5/6/2012
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Daniel Winslow pressing gambling panel to delay Carl Stanley McGee hiring
(Massachusetts) -- A prominent Republican lawmaker from Norfolk wants the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to delay the hiring of Carl Stanley McGee, to allow the panel...
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Gambling panel didn’t delve into abuse case
(Massachusetts) -- The chairman of the state’s new gambling commission last week called Carl Stanley McGee’s record pristine, saying he had reviewed the 2007...
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Sex assault case haunts gambling director
(Massachusetts) -- A 2007 sexual assault case is coming back to haunt Carl Stanley McGee, the new acting director of the state gambling commission, after McGee’s...
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Suffolk Downs looks to keep reduced racing days as it pursues casino
(Massachusetts) -- A shorthanded legislative committee on Thursday quickly endorsed a bill allowing Suffolk Downs to continue simulcast operations while hosting 80 live...
5/5/2012
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Gambling panel didn’t delve into abuse case
(Massachusetts) -- The chairman of the state’s new gambling commission last week called Carl Stanley McGee’s record pristine, saying he had reviewed the 2007...
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Springfield forms casino site committee
(Massachusetts) -- As the state's gaming commission sorts out where to license and build the state's three resort casinos, the city of Springfield formed a...
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Will gambling bring prostitution with it?
(Massachusetts) -- In November, Gov. Deval Patrick signed a human trafficking bill and a gambling bill within days of each other, prompting questions about whether the...
5/4/2012
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Springfield announces Casino Site Committee
(Massachusetts) -- The Springfield City Council announced the creation of a Springfield Casino Site Committee Friday afternoon. Retired Springfield police Chief Paula...
5/3/2012
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Casino board interim director Carl Stanley McGee once accused of sex assault
(Massachusetts) -- The state gambling commission has hired an interim executive director despite a prior accusation of sexual assault that was eventually dismissed and...
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Mass. gambling group backs hire, despite claim
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gambling Commission is standing behind its decision to hire an interim executive director despite a prior accusation of sexual...
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Mass. gaming commission pick sparks outcry
(Massachusetts) -- Against the backdrop of casino experts telling them to "trust but verify" and to understand the public is watching, the state gaming...
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission learns some lessons from other states with casinos
(Massachusetts) -- Hoping to avoid the mistakes and scandals that have marred other states with casinos, the new gaming commissioners in Massachusetts held a special...
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Casino lobbyist gives advice to Massachusetts as it launches into expanded gambling era
(Massachusetts) -- Frank Fahrenkopf, the nation’s most prominent casino lobbyist, had some advice for Massachusetts regulators on Thursday. Don’t over-...
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Suffolk Downs looks to reduce racing days as it pursues casino
(Massachusetts) -- A statehouse committee endorsed a bill Thursday allowing Suffolk Downs to host a reduced number of racing days per season, a change that track...
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State gaming commission hears advice from those in know
(Massachusetts) -- Taken to school by a host of current and former gaming regulators from other states, Massachusetts' five fledgling gaming commissioners were...
5/2/2012
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission seeks ways to include casino opponents in planning process
(Massachusetts) -- Members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission are pledging to include anti-casino activists in a future public event, but will limit critics to the...
5/1/2012
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Gambling commission makes two key hires
(Massachusetts) -- The state gambling commission approved two key hires Tuesday, borrowing Patrick administration official C. Stanley McGee to serve as the board’s...
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Massachusetts casino panel names interim director
(Massachusetts) -- The panel overseeing the state's new casino gambling law has selected an interim executive director.
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission moves to create process for qualifying casino operators
(Massachusetts) -- Seeking to speed the process for opening casino resorts, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission is moving to qualify potential casino operators before...
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Gaming board fills key post with political insider
(Massachusetts) -- A key adviser on casino gambling for the Patrick administration who is an expert on the rights of federally recognized tribes has been picked as the...
4/29/2012
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'This is our one shot'
(Massachusetts) -- Residents opposed to slot machines at Plainridge Racecourse will put pressure on selectmen to reject the proposal, their only chance at preventing the...
4/26/2012
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Formal Talks to Begin with Casino on City’s Final Mitigation Package
(Massachusetts) -- Revere will be the first municipality to sit down with Suffolk Downs in the coming weeks as the City and the track begin official mitigation talks...
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission chairman defends timetable for licensing casino resorts
(Massachusetts) -- The chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Wednesday told business leaders from Western Massachusetts that it will be three to four years...
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Menino: Board Will Oversee Suffolk Downs Casino Licensing Bid
(Massachusetts) -- Boston Mayor Tom Menino said Thursday one of the primary reasons he appointed a casino advisory board was to put distance between himself and the...
4/25/2012
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Tim Cahill: Why the Gaming Commission Wants the Casino Law Changed
(Massachusetts) -- At only its second publicly scheduled meeting, the state's newly formed Gaming Commission has asked the legislature to go back and change the...
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Track owners lobby for slots
(Massachusetts) -- Trotters returned to Plainridge Racecourse last weekend, but a horse race of a different sort was already out of the gate in Plainville. The track...
4/24/2012
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Editorial: Mayor Sarno right to back casino in Springfield
(Massachusetts) -- Christianity has had good reason to dislike gambling ever since St. John’s Gospel reported that soldiers cast lots for Jesus’ garments at...
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission gets road map from consultants for next four months
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Tuesday unveiled a general road map for achieving key work over the next four months including approval of a...
4/22/2012
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Gambling Commission to seek delay in takeover of track business
(Massachusetts) -- The Gaming Commission on Tuesday agreed to seek a delay in its prescribed takeover of the state’s horse and simulcast racing industry, arguing...
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Some who live near proposed locations for Mass. casinos fear being left out of process
(Massachusetts) -- Mike McCarthy's home is about as close to the site of a proposed resort casino in Foxborough as you can possibly get, but as things now stand he...
4/20/2012
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City’s Casino Mitigation Tab to Be an Eye Opener
(Massachusetts) -- The amount of money Revere will be asking from the developers of a casino at Suffolk Downs will run into the many millions of dollars over a decade...
4/19/2012
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Church group opposes Springfield casino
(Massachusetts) -- The Council of Churches of Greater Springfield is ramping up its opposition to a casino in Springfield. Overall, the group believes a casino anywhere...
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No Eastie Casino group hones message
(Massachusetts) -- Around 40 residents of East Boston and neighboring communities gathered at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Wednesday to rally opposition to a proposed...
4/18/2012
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Anti-casino Activist Talks to Residents
(Massachusetts) -- For the past two years, John Ribiero has been going from hall to hall, coffee table to coffee table and person to person detailing his concerns and...
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Council of Churches of Greater Springfield launches anti-casino effort
(Massachusetts) -- The Council of Churches of Greater Springfield has formed a coalition to oppose the siting of a casino anywhere in Western Massachusetts, particularly...
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Gambling commission to seek delay in takeover of track business
(Massachusetts) -- The Gaming Commission on Tuesday agreed to seek a delay in its prescribed takeover of the state’s horse and simulcast racing industry, arguing...
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Gambling panel hopes to delay key deadline
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is pressing lawmakers and Gov. Deval Patrick to push back a key deadline for the panel to take over the regulation...
4/17/2012
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Mass. gaming panel hoping to delay key deadline
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is pressing lawmakers to push back a key deadline by as much of a year, saying taking over the duties of the state...
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Massachusetts Making Slow Progress On Casinos [sub req'd]
(Massachusetts) -- It could be a further five years before Massachusetts’ first casino opens its doors, with a new gaming regulatory agency only now slowly...
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Mayor Domenic Sarno vows fight for Springfield-based casino in pursuit of jobs and revenues
(Massachusetts) -- Mayor Domenic J. Sarno has vowed to “fight tooth and nail” for a casino in Springfield, saying it will provide desperately needed jobs and...
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Mass. panel to discuss tribal, internet gaming
(Massachusetts) -- Tribal casinos and internet gambling are two of the topics up for discussion when the Massachusetts Gaming Commission gathers for its second meeting.
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New Lakeville selectmen chairman wants to hear about casino
(Massachusetts) -- Derek Maksy has begun his sixth year as a selectman in one of the most challenging times of his political career.
4/16/2012
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East Boston casino opponents schedule open house
(Massachusetts) -- Opponents of a casino at Suffolk Downs in East Boston have scheduled an open house on April 18 at 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church.
4/15/2012
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Mass. gaming panel to meet for 2nd time
(Massachusetts) -- The state panel appointed to oversee casino gambling in Massachusetts continues to lay the groundwork for future operations.
4/14/2012
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Boston Names Its Own Gaming Board
(Massachusetts) -- The City of Boston is taking a different approach to the casino than Foxborough is, according to a report in the Boston Herald.
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Developer Sarah Barnat named to Boston casino panel
(Massachusetts) -- A developer has been tapped to serve on a panel that will advise Mayor Thomas M. Menino on a mitigation agreement for a potential casino at Suffolk...
4/13/2012
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Casino firms eye Westfield
(Massachusetts) -- Three casino developers are exploring the possibility of purchasing a 200-acre property here, the city's mayor confirmed Friday, making Westfield...
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Westfield being eyed by casino developers for possible facility at former Pavilion Mall site
(Massachusetts) -- Casino developers have shown interest in the former Pavilion Mall site, and while city officials are not revealing who they are yet, if a formal...
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Westfield Property Owner in Talks With Casino Developers
(Massachusetts) -- Westfield is being eyed as a possible location for a casino. That’s according to Jeffrey Daley, the city’s Advancement Officer.
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Boston mayor touts proposed casino, names panel
(Massachusetts) -- Boston Mayor Thomas Menino touted the benefits of a proposed resort casino at Suffolk Downs on Thursday as he named a five-member advisory panel to...
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If casinos 'want to make green, they need to go green' group says
(Massachusetts) -- A Massachusetts conservation organization is asking the new State Gaming Commission to put in place more stringent environmental regulations for...
4/12/2012
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Boston mayor to name casino advisory panel
(Massachusetts) -- Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is set to appoint a panel that will help the city plan for the possibility resort casino at the Suffolk Downs horse track.
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Menino To Name Boston Gaming Commission
(Massachusetts) -- On Tuesday, the five-member Massachusetts Gaming Commission held its first public meeting. Today, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is naming his own five-...
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Track seeks casino talks with two cities
(Massachusetts) -- Suffolk Downs has formally asked the cities of Boston and Revere to begin negotiations over a proposed casino resort at the track, which straddles the...
4/11/2012
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Menino’s gambling on 5 members for board
(Massachusetts) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino will announce his handpicked, five-member commission on gaming today just as Suffolk Downs has announced it is ready to begin...
4/10/2012
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Casino gambling commission holds first meeting
(Massachusetts) -- The state’s new Gaming Commission, meeting for the first time Tuesday, said it would reach out to a pair of New Jersey-based firms and take a...
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Gambling committee meeting to be streamed live online
(Massachusetts) -- Members of the state's new Gaming Commission will hold their first public meeting Tuesday; a meeting that will be streamed live over the Internet.
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Mass. Casino Panel Holds First Meeting
(Massachusetts) -- The state commission created to oversee casino gambling has adopted a mission statement promising to pursue the greatest possible economic development...
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Massachusetts gambling commission meets for the first time
(Massachusetts) -- After years of argument and debate, the clock finally began ticking Tuesday on the development of casino gambling in Massachusetts, with the first...
4/9/2012
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Casino commission schedules first meeting
(Massachusetts) -- The state’s new casino commission is planning its first public meeting as it gears up to tackle the task over overseeing the massive new...
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First public casino commission meeting to be held at UMass-Boston
(Massachusetts) -- The process of bringing a casino to western Massachusetts may be speeding up. The state's new casino commission will hold its first public meeting...
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If casinos "want to make green, they need to go green", group says
(Massachusetts) -- A Massachusetts conservation organization is asking the new State Gaming Commission to put in place more stringent environmental regulations for...
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Mass. casino panel to hold first meeting
(Massachusetts) -- The five-member panel that will oversee casino gambling in Massachusetts is set to be sworn in and hold its first official meeting.
4/7/2012
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Group wants take on racino costs
(Massachusetts) -- A citizens group opposed to slot machines at Plainridge Racecourse is asking that the town have a cost-benefit analysis done on gambling, but...
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State gaming commission begins work Tuesday
(Massachusetts) -- The long-awaited Massachusetts casino sweepstakes officially begins next week, with the first public meeting of the regulatory board that will chose...
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Proliferation of casinos will impact stability of community theaters like The Z
(Massachusetts) -- There's a lot of hand-wringing in the business offices of live-performance theaters across Massachusetts. Already hamstrung by the practices of...
4/6/2012
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Anti-racino group ramps up opposition
(Massachusetts) -- Some local residents are stepping up their efforts to block a proposal to bring slot machines to Plainridge Racecourse.
4/5/2012
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City begins talking up casino plan
(Massachusetts) -- More than 1,000 residents turned out at four public forums called by Mayor Daniel Rizzo to solicit community input on how Revere should spend the...
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DeLeo: no gaming revenue in house budget, no timetable on health bill
(Massachusetts) -- House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of the House tapping into future gaming license fees to balance next year’s...
4/4/2012
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Ameristar Casinos continues push for destination resort in Springfield
(Massachusetts) -- A top leader of Ameristar Casinos said he reaffirmed the company's intent and desire to build a casino in Springfield during a meeting with the...
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ANALYSIS: United States: Casinos Coming To Massachusetts: The Current State Of Play
(Massachusetts) -- Notwithstanding its Puritan past and despite substantial opposition, Massachusetts has legalized casino gambling. The legislation authorizing the...
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City begins talking up casino plan
(Massachusetts) -- More than 1,000 residents turned out at four public forums called by Mayor Daniel Rizzo to solicit community input on how Revere should spend the...
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission launches web site and sets first meeting for Tuesday
(Massachusetts) -- The new Massachusetts Gaming Commission has launched a web site with a pledge that resort casinos will open in three to five years.
3/31/2012
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JOSEPH J . MOYNIHAN, Quincy: State continues to prey on poor by encouraging gambling
(Massachusetts) -- Bringing casino gambling to Massachusetts will hurt the poor, who are most vulnerable to the promise of riches made at first by the state Lottery and...
3/30/2012
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Gate opens on slots talk at track, but negotiations still months off
(Massachusetts) -- Plainridge Racecourse officials on Monday informed selectmen of their intentions to seek a license to add slot machines at the Rte. 1 harness racing...
3/29/2012
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Law Article: The state of play of gaming in Massachusetts
(Massachusetts) -- "Notwithstanding its Puritan past and despite substantial opposition, Massachusetts has legalized casino gambling. The legislation authorizing...
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The Bus to Conn. No More if Casino Comes to Suffolk
(Massachusetts) -- As the cold wind whipped across the Northgate parking lot Tuesday morning, several senior citizens waited anxiously for a charter bus to arrive, the...
3/28/2012
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Casinos coming to Massachusetts: the current state of play
(Massachusetts) -- Notwithstanding its Puritan past and despite substantial opposition, Massachusetts has legalized casino gambling. The legislation authorizing the...
3/27/2012
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Massachusetts casino unlikely for at least three to four years
(Massachusetts) -- There likely won’t be an operating casino in Massachusetts for at least three years, or maybe four. That was the assumption made following a...
3/26/2012
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Months to go for Plainridge negotiations
(Massachusetts) -- It could be months before the town is ready to start negotiating with Plainridge Racecourse over the track's proposal to bring 1,250 slot machines...
3/22/2012
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Casinos: It's the same old song
(Massachusetts) -- We started talking about casino gambling in Southeastern Massachusetts back in 1993 when it was still called Southeastern Massachusetts and not...
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Member of Mass. gambling panel gets salary cut
(Massachusetts) -- A newly appointed member of the Massachusetts gambling commission has asked for and been granted a deep pay cut to avoid the impression that he is...
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Mass. gaming panel chief visits Mohegan Sun
(Connecticut) -- Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby made a private visit to Mohegan Sun on March 16, casino spokeswoman Cathy Soper said.
3/21/2012
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Gambling board will establish framework for state casinos
(Massachusetts) -- The five members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission were together for the first time Tuesday and acknowledged they have much to learn as they...
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Gambling commission lacks casino experience
(Massachusetts) -- The newly formed state gambling commission, whose final two members were appointed yesterday, is heavy with experience in law, politics and public...
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McHugh, Stebbins round out gaming commission
(Massachusetts) -- Two appointees to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission were named Tuesday, giving the panel its full five members and clearing the way for the panel to...
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New gambling commissioner will work at reduce salary
(Massachusetts) -- Retired Appeals Court judge James F. McHugh, who was appointed this week to the new state gambling commission, will work at a reduced salary on the...
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OP/ED: No need to rush casino choices; Legislature should adjust deadlines
(Massachusetts) -- When it comes to siting casinos that will exist for decades, it’s important not to rush any decisions. Massachusetts needs to take the time to...
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Track asks town to start slot parlor talks
(Massachusetts) -- Plainridge Racecourse, which for years has sought to install slot machines, formally asked Plainville Wednesday to begin negotiating the terms under...
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Bay State gambling chief visits Mohegan Sun
(Connecticut) -- The state’s new gambling commissioner made his first trip to a Connecticut casino over the weekend. “It’s time for me to get to know a...
3/20/2012
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Holyoke City Council turns away bid to form casino-study board
(Massachusetts) -- The City Council Tuesday rejected a proposal to ask Mayor Alex B. Morse to form a committee to receive and review casino gambling plans.
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Editorial: Bruce Stebbins gives Western Massachusetts seat at casino table
(Massachusetts) -- Bruce Stebbins, Springfield’s business development administrator and a former city councilor, and James McHugh, a retired appeals court justice...
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Final 2 members of Mass. casino commission named
(Massachusetts) -- A retired state appeals court justice and a city business development administrator were appointed Tuesday to the final two slots on the five-person...
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Final 2 members of Mass. casino commission named
(Massachusetts) -- The head of the state's new Massachusetts Gaming Commission said the panel is "ready to go" after a retired state appeals court justice...
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Final Members of Gaming Commission Appointed
(Massachusetts) -- Governor Deval Patrick, Attorney General Martha Coakley and Treasurer Steve Grossman announced the final two appointments to the Massachusetts Gaming...
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Gambling commission light on casino-industry experience
(Massachusetts) -- The newly formed state gambling commission, whose final two members were appointed yesterday, is heavy with experience in law, politics, and public...
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Gov. Deval Patrick appoints former Springfield City Councilor Bruce Stebbins to Massachusetts Gaming Commission
(Massachusetts) -- Gov. Deval L. Patrick and other top state officials on Tuesday announced the final two appointments to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission including...
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Last two members named to Gaming Commission -- a retired judge and a Springfield city official
(Massachusetts) -- One day before the deadline for the final appointments for the state’s new gambling commission, state officials have named a retired state...
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Members of Massachusetts Gaming Commission
(Massachusetts) -- The appointment of the final two members of the state's five-person Massachusetts Gaming Commission means the panel can now begin overseeing the...
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Reaction Mixed Over Western Mass. Casino Commission Appointment
(Massachusetts) -- The final two members of the state’s five-person casino gambling commission were announced on Tuesday. They are former Springfield City...
3/19/2012
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Mass. casino commissioner has never set foot in a casino
(Massachusetts) -- The man tasked with bringing expanded gambling to the Bay State has never set foot in a casino and is a recent convert to supporting gaming here.
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Mass. gaming panel to get final 2 members
(Massachusetts) -- A key milestone for the state's new casino gambling law could be reached within days. Gov. Deval Patrick, state Treasurer Steven Grossman and...
3/18/2012
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Mass. casino regulator warns looming deadlines too hard to meet
(Massachusetts) -- The leader of the fledgling gambling commission is warning that the state casino law contains several unrealistic deadlines that could force...
3/13/2012
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Holyoke voters could be facing nonbinding referendum on casino gambling, third since 1995
(Massachusetts) -- A move is underway to put a nonbinding question on the Nov. 6 election ballot asking voters, “Shall a casino be permitted to operate in the city...
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Plainridge hopeful on plans
(Massachusetts) -- Representatives of Plainridge Racecourse have laid out preliminary plans to reconfigure Route 1 near the racetrack to state transportation officials...
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Track's plan for Plainville
(Massachusetts) -- Representatives of Plainridge Racecourse were scheduled to meet with state transportation officials today to talk about a plan to rebuild a portion of...
3/12/2012
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Plainridge opening information office on slot plans
(Massachusetts) -- Plainridge Racecourse is opening a public information office to provide details to voters about its plans to turn the racetrack into a slot-machine...
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Mass. treasurer to make gaming panel appointment
(Massachusetts) -- A third member of a new state commission to regulate casino gambling is about to be named.
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State Treasurer Grossman to unveil his pick for seat on the state Gaming Commission
(Massachusetts) -- Treasurer Steven Grossman at noon today will unveil his choice for a seat on the state Gaming Commission at a State House press conference.
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State treasurer names Zuniga to gaming panel
(Massachusetts) -- The state came a small step closer to opening casinos today, as State Treasurer Steve Grossman named Enrique A. Zuniga, an experienced state finance...
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Treasurer reveals his pick for casino panel
(Massachusetts) -- State Treasurer Steven Grossman has named Enrique Zuniga to the commission that will build, oversee and police casino gambling.
3/11/2012
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Gonsalves: Shining a light on Gaming Commission
(Massachusetts) -- Just in time for Sunshine Week, the state's new casino czar is raising an interesting point about the work of the yet-to-be-fully-formed Gaming...
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Your View: We need to see facts on casino traffic crunch [sub req'd]
(Massachusetts) -- One of the more outrageous headlines of recent years that has appeared in our local paper proclaimed last Sunday that our roadways may not be up to...
3/10/2012
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Carnevale Calls For 'Casino Impact Task Force' [POLL]
(Massachusetts) -- State Rep. John Carnevale (D-Providence, Johnston) is one of two main sponsors of a new bill that would set up a "Casino Impact Task Force"...
3/9/2012
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Wait continues for Massachusetts gaming commission appointees
(Massachusetts) -- The actual era of legalized casinos in Massachusetts is proving less intriguing than the years leading up to last November’s signing of the...
3/8/2012
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Gaming panel must be in the public eye
(Massachusetts) -- As head of the anti-casino group Citizens for a Stronger Massachusetts, former Attorney General L. Scott Harshbarger often criticized the secrecy that...
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Petruccelli, at Chinatown forum, is upbeat about MBTA, casinos
(Massachusetts) -- State Senator Anthony Petruccelli offered optimistic predictions for such controversial issues as funding the MBTA and mitigating the impacts of a...
3/7/2012
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Ross named to legislative casino panel
(Massachusetts) -- State Sen. Richard Ross has been appointed to a new Gaming Policy Advisory Committee by Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr.
3/6/2012
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CASINO SURVEY: You want to bet?
(Massachusetts) -- Place your bets or, at least, offer your opinion. Despite word that the Mashpee Wampanoag have a deal with Taunton and Wynn Casinos has its heart set...
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Indian tribes jockeying for position to build casino in Massachusetts
(Massachusetts) -- A duel is now brewing over which Indian tribe will build a casino in Massachusetts. The Aquinnah Wampanoag asked the governor to enter in to formal...
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Open meeting law may slow gaming panel
(Massachusetts) -- Citing the unique nature of the state’s still-developing full-time Gaming Commission, Chairman Stephen Crosby says he is concerned that the...
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Plymouth: Town rolls the dice to gauge support for a casino
(Massachusetts) -- Rolling the dice…. Plymouth officials are trying to gauge support for a casino in America’s hometown. Plymouth Chamber of Commerce CEO...
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Sen. Ross named to Gaming Policy Advisory Committee
(Massachusetts) -- State Sen. Richard Ross, R-Wrentham, has been appointed to the Gaming Policy Advisory Committee. “I am looking forward to beginning my work as a...
3/5/2012
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Chairman calls for casino ‘due diligence’
(Massachusetts) -- The Mayflower Room in Town Hall had almost completely emptied following Tuesday night’s four-hour meeting of the Board of Selectmen, when...
3/2/2012
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Raynham Park owner says Taunton casino wouldn’t hurt his efforts
(Massachusetts) -- Raynham Park owner George Carney says a resort casino in neighboring Taunton should not kill his chances of putting a slots parlor at his dog track on...
3/1/2012
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Holliston girds to fight Milford casino
(Massachusetts) -- If a casino comes to Milford, Holliston wants to be ready. “It’s like presenting your case in a trial,” selectmen Chairman Jay...
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Raynham Park owner says Taunton casino wouldn’t hurt his efforts
(Massachusetts) -- Raynham Park owner George Carney says a resort casino in neighboring Taunton should not kill his chances of putting a slots parlor at his dog track on...
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St. Mark’s Area group supports single-ward vote on Hub casino
(Massachusetts) -- The St. Mark’s Area Civic Association met on Tuesday night and voted 11-5 to keep a referendum on a Boston casino confined to the ward in which...
2/29/2012
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Coakley names ex-N.J. State Police lieutenant to Gaming Commission
(Massachusetts) -- Attorney General Martha Coakley made her appointment to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission yesterday, selecting a retired New Jersey State Police...
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Gaming unit gets former trooper
(Massachusetts) -- Attorney General Martha Coakley yesterday named a former high-ranking New Jersey State Police official who investigated Atlantic City casino...
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Massachusetts Lobbying Blitz Expected To Continue
(Massachusetts) -- Breaking into the Massachusetts gaming market will prove to be a costly, multimillion-dollar proposition for would-be casino builders if state...
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Walpole wants a say on gambling
(Massachusetts) -- State Representative John Rogers has asked the chairman of the new Massachusetts Gaming Commission to give Walpole a voice in the Foxborough casino...
2/28/2012
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2nd member of Gaming Commission named
(Massachusetts) -- Two down, three to go. Attorney General Martha Coakley has named a veteran New Jersey State Police administrator, Gayle Cameron, as the second member...
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AG appoints former NJ cop to gambling board
(Massachusetts) -- Attorney General Martha Coakley named retired New Jersey State Police Lt. Col. Gayle Cameron to the Bay State’s five-member gambling commission...
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Bookie recipe for gaming panel
(Massachusetts) -- News that they’re having trouble getting applicants for the new Massachusetts Gaming Commission reminds me of that line the late, great comedian...
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Coakley picks N.J. state police official for casino board
(Massachusetts) -- Attorney General Martha Coakley has selected former New Jersey State Police lieutenant colonel Gayle Cameron, born in Cambridge and raised in Weymouth...
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Mass. AG Names 2Nd Casino Oversight Panel Member
(Massachusetts) -- Attorney General Martha Coakley on Tuesday named retired New Jersey State Police Lt. Col. Gayle Cameron to the panel overseeing casino gambling in...
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Pay is a game changer for casino panel
(Massachusetts) -- State Treasurer Steven Grossman said yesterday that some people recruited to serve on the new five-member Gaming Commission to award casino and slot...
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"No Foxboro Casino" Group Will Hold March 5 Open House
(Massachusetts) -- The "No Foxboro Casino" group will be holding its third open house on March 5. The group, formed to combat the casino project proposed by Las Vegas...
2/27/2012
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Deadline near, state gaming panel seats unfilled
(Massachusetts) -- A number of potential candidates have bowed out of contention for a position on the state’s new gambling commission, leaving four of the five...
2/25/2012
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Holyoke debates casino gambling issues like referendum in light of Mayor Alex Morse's opposition to city getting gaming resort
(Massachusetts) -- Mayor Alex B. Morse’s opposition to a casino locating here has been public and clear. State Senate President Therese Murray, who helped write...
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New Law in Massachusetts Allows for Three Casinos
(Massachusetts) -- Spurred on by a gambling law so new that the agency charged with enforcing it does not yet exist, developers are scouring this state for places to...
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POLL: Will Neighboring Opposition to a Casino Make a Difference?
(Massachusetts) -- State legislation that will allow up to three casinos in Massachusetts did not give neighboring communities a vote in whether a gambling resort can...
2/24/2012
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Area Residents Sign Milford Casino Petition
(Massachusetts) -- Although casino discussions around the state seem to have hit a lull since Gov. Deval Patrick approved the legislation allowing three resort-style...
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Hopkinton residents start online petition against Milford casino
(Massachusetts) -- Hopkinton residents Esther Driscoll and Amy Ritterbusch have started an online petition against a casino in Milford, with more than 300 signatures...
2/22/2012
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Neighbors preparing case against Milford casino proposal
(Massachusetts) -- Residents in Holliston are preparing for a fight against a proposed casino along Interstate 495, just over the border in Milford, the way a defense or...
2/20/2012
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Mass. gaming expansion cost Nevada firms plenty
(Massachusetts) -- The casino industry -- including several companies with ties to the Strip -- spent roughly $11.4 million over the past five years in lobbying...
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Casinos industry spent millions lobbying in Massachusetts
(Massachusetts) -- When Beacon Hill lawmakers finally adopted a bill to legalize casino gambling, it wasn't just a victory for would-be high rollers or Massachusetts...
2/19/2012
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Sen. Jamie Eldridge supports bill to ban casino bailouts
(Massachusetts) -- Politics does indeed make for strange bedfellows. A pair of central Mass. Republicans and Democratic State Sen. Jamie Eldridge have teamed up to...
2/18/2012
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Casino Wars Heat Up: $1 Billion at Stake
(Massachusetts) -- Massachusetts could leave more than a billion dollars on the table by letting a trio of casino licenses go on the cheap, sticking taxpayers with a...
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Raynham Park sets sights on slots
(Massachusetts) -- Raynham Park owner George Carney hopes he can get his hands on the sole slot parlor license included in the state’s gaming bill passed last year.
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TIMELINE: Massachusetts OKs gambling, slowly
(Massachusetts) -- September 2007 Gov. Deval Patrick proposes a law to build three casinos in Massachusetts. March 2008 House of Representatives defeats casino package.
2/16/2012
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Deval Patrick pick defends party thrown by firm with casino ties
(Massachusetts) -- The state’s new gambling czar last night defended his decision to attend a party in his honor thrown by a Boston law firm just days after the...
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OP/ED: Gambling czar flub #2
(Massachusetts) -- Is there a three-strikes law for public officials? If so, the state’s gambling czar is on borrowed time.
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UMass hosting event for Crosby at firm that won gaming contract
(Massachusetts) -- Stephen Crosby, the chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, will be feted Thursday night by the Commonwealth Compact at the offices of a law...
2/15/2012
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AG Martha Coakley taps prosecutor to enforce state's new gambling law
(Massachusetts) -- State Attorney General Martha Coakley has named a prosecutor from her staff to become the commonwealth's new special counsel for gaming, a job...
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East Boston group forms to oppose a casino at Suffolk Downs
(Massachusetts) -- In living rooms in East Boston, a few dozen residents have begun gathering on couches and chairs to discuss how they might stop what seems like the...
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Perception lingers that Suffolk Downs is a lock for casino license
(Massachusetts) -- The widespread perception that the Suffolk Downs casino proposal, with its strong political backers, has a lock on development rights for Eastern...
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