Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg says that protecting the state lottery is a top priority for her in Massachusetts’ upcoming sports betting bill. One avenue Massachusetts’ legislators are considering to protect the state lottery with the introduction of sports betting is to expand the lottery to … Read more
MA HB 3977 in Massachusetts to regulate sports wagering has passed in the House of Representatives and was sent to the Senate for approval. The Senate has gone on Summer break without the bill receiving a vote. This sports betting measure is now pushed back … Read more
Massachusetts will likely get legal sports betting in the 2021 session through the sheer number of bills on the subject that have been filed. Governor Charlie Baker has sponsored his own bill to make sports wagering legal for the Commonwealth. Baker’s bill expects legal sports … Read more
The hope of getting a spillover of the 2020 legislation to make sports betting legal in Massachusetts is over as the final economic bill has been released without sports betting included. The Massachusetts Legislature convened for their 2021 session on Wednesday, leaving the door open … Read more
The Senate rejects sports betting legislation in MA HB 4887. Some Senators believe that now was not the right time to focus on sports betting. The official legislative session is over but an informal session is still in progress. BOSTON – Massachusetts sports betting bill … Read more
There has been a total of 19 Massachusetts sports betting bills introduced so far in the state’s 2019 legislative session. MA Governor Charlie Baker’s office filed legislation to legalize sports betting in Massachusetts in January of 2019. The legislature is currently on Summer recess and … Read more