A request for public comment: Mid-Year Budget Review for Fiscal Year 2019

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission hereby requests public comments for its proposed Mid-Year Budget Review for Fiscal Year 2019. On January 19, 2019, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission reviewed the proposed FY19 Mid-Year Budget Review during a public meeting and is now issuing a request for public comment. The Commission is seeking comments from licensee(s), applicants, and the public on the contents of the budget memo.

Comments must be received by January 24, 2019 at 2:00pm. Please email comments to mgccomments@state.ma.us with ‘FY19 Mid-Year Budget Review’ in the subject line.

To view the recent memos presented to the Commission on the proposed Mid-Year FY19 Budget Review, click below.

• FY19 Mid-Year Budget Review Memo.pdf
• FY19 Mid-Year Budget Review Attachment A – Actuals Spending and Revenue 12.1.18

A request for public comment: Draft amendments related to gaming equipment regulations

Notice is hereby provided that in accordance with G.L. c. 30A, §2, that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (“Commission”) will convene a public hearing for purposes of gathering comments, ideas, and information relative to a proposed new sections to 205 CMR. The proposals were developed pursuant to G.L. c. 23K, §5, as part of the Commission’s regulation promulgation process. The proposals include amendments to the following sections:

• 205 CMR 146.00: Gaming Equipment: The proposed amendments are administrative in nature, to make the language uniform with respect to the number of seats permitted at gaming tables.

Scheduled hearing date and time: Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 9:15am
Hearing location: Massachusetts Gaming Commission, 101 Federal Street, 12th Floor, Boston, MA

Anyone wishing to offer comment on any of the draft regulations may appear at the public hearing at the designated date and time or submit written comments. Those who wish to submit written comments on a draft regulation may do so by sending an email to mgccomments@state.ma.us with “draft regulations comment” in the subject line. Please be certain to identify in your comments the section number of the regulation on which you are commenting. Comments must be received by 4:00pm on Thursday, January 17, 2019.