UPDATE: Request For Public Comment: Region C casino licensing process – DEADLINE EXTENDED
- September 04, 2015
- by MGC Communications
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The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is seeking comments on the request by Mass Gaming and Entertainment, LLC that the Commission make an immediate determination (prior to the Region C application date) that the Commission will issue a casino license in Region C if it determines that a Region C gaming applicant meets all of the criteria for issuance of such a license and it is in the best interest of the Commonwealth regardless of whether or not the United States Secretary of the Interior puts land into trust in Taunton for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe prior to the issuance of a casino license. Under the Mass Gaming and Entertainment, LLC’s request, the Commission would not deny Mass Gaming and Entertainment LLC’s application for a Region C license merely because such land had been taken into trust for the Tribe prior to the issuance of such license, if the below policy and criteria has been satisfied.
The Commission’s current plan and policy, a policy it has applied in all licensing decisions thus far, is that it will make a determination on whether to issue a license only after its review of the full gaming application and then only if its review shows that issuance of a license would be beneficial to the Commonwealth given the totality of the then existing and foreseeable economic circumstances. For the Region C review, this totality would include the potential for competition by a Tribal casino.
Those who wish to submit written comments may do so by sending an email to mgccomments@state.ma.us with ‘Region C‘ in the subject line. The deadline to submit written comments has been extended and is Friday, September 18, 2015 at 5:00pm.