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The Massachusetts Gaming Commission Observes March 2017 as Problem Gambling Awareness Month
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) announces its support and recognition of March 2017 as Problem Gambling Awareness Month (PGAM). PGAM is a national public awareness and outreach campaign established to bring awareness to issues associated with problem gambling and to also highlight the national and local resources available to provide individuals and families with support.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission Pursues Further Study of Gambling Behavior for Special Populations in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission appreciates the guidance provided by the Supreme Judicial Court. The Commission remains fully confident that this complex licensing process was executed in a manner that was comprehensive, fair and highly transparent. As the Commission has repeatedly demonstrated and subsequently validated by every concluded legal action to date, each license award was based solely on a thoughtful, objective and exhaustive evaluation of each gaming proposal. We will continue to vigorously defend our process in trial court and will prove that the Commission’s decision-making is firmly guided by the law and strongly grounded in the best interests of the Commonwealth.
Banking on Shared Values: MGC Selects Eastern Bank as Its Primary Financial Institution in Recognition of a Shared Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Today the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) is pleased to announce that it has selected Eastern Bank as its primary financial institution in support of the bank’s demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion. MGC will transition its depository banking operations to Eastern Bank; this includes daily taxes on Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR), all casino licensing fees, all horse racing fees associated with wagers on races, and annual assessments on casino licensees.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission marks one year anniversary of PlayMyWay program
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) marks the one year anniversary of the official implementation of “PlayMyWay”, a responsible gaming initiative that provides casino patrons with a voluntary option to budget and track their play. Launched on June 9, 2016 at Plainridge Park Casino (PPC), the PlayMyWay program is an innovative budgeting tool designed to allow customers the ability to monitor the amount of money they spend on electronic gaming machines, and to support their decision to continue or stop play. As of June 12, 2017, a total of 12,670 players have enrolled in the PlayMyWay program. This number represents more than 10% of eligible players. There are currently 10, 857 players actively enrolled in the program, with total un-enrollment rate around 16%.
Get To Know GameSense! MGC supports Responsible Gaming Education Week from July 31st – August 4th
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) is pleased to announce its support and recognition of Responsible Gaming Education Week (RGEW) from July 31st – August 4th, 2017. RGEW was developed by the American Gaming Association in 1998 to increase awareness of problem gambling among gaming industry employees and customers, and to promote responsible gaming nationwide. MGC will utilize this advocacy week to raise awareness for RGEW and to promote GameSense, an innovative and comprehensive responsible gaming strategy adopted by the MGC as part of its mission to encourage smart play and mitigate problem gambling.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission releases August 2017 gross gaming revenue for Plainridge Park Casino
MGC reported today that the month of August 2017 at Plainridge Park Casino generated $14,220,613.86 in Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR). The category 2 slots-parlor is taxed on 49% of gross gaming revenue, of that total taxed amount 82% is paid to Local Aid and 18% goes to the Race Horse Development Fund. To date, the state has collected $173,449,051.73 in total state taxes and race horse assessments from Plainridge Park Casino since its June 24, 2015 opening.
A Request for Public Comment: 2018 horse racing applications
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission requests public comment on the applications it received to conduct horse racing in 2018. As of close of business on October 1 (the c.128A §2 statutory deadline for receipt of such applications), the Massachusetts Gaming Commission was in receipt of the following applications to hold or conduct live horse racing in the […]
Research Update: Plainridge Park Casino economic impacts released for first year of operation, Analysis concludes $100M in out-of-state spending recaptured
HADLEY – The UMass Donahue Institute released an analysis of the impacts from Plainridge Park Casino’s first year of operation. The Institute worked directly with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) and Plainridge Park Casino (PPC) to determine the economic footprint of PPC’s operations, including employment, wages, vendor spending, and fiscal impacts from taxes and other […]
Research Update: Plainridge Park Casino Patron Survey Results shared with MGC
UMass Amherst research team finds most casino patrons visited Rhode Island and Connecticut casinos prior to Plainridge opening AMHERST, Mass. – Today researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who are conducting a multi-year, comprehensive study known as the Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts (SEIGMA), reported results of their first patron survey to […]
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission Receives Preliminary Study of Patrons’ Use of PlayMyWay Program at Plainridge Park Casino
Analysis finds program enrollment is mainly stable and associated with less gambling activity Today, during a public meeting, the Cambridge Health Alliance, Division on Addiction (CHA) presented the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) with a preliminary analysis of patrons’ use of the PlayMyWay (PMW) play management system at Plainridge Park Casino (PPC). CHA was contracted by […]