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Massachusetts Jurisdiction News
Perspectives Weekly: 888 hits Facebook
19 Dec 2012
Online gambling news this week: 888 Holdings has announced a deal to bring real money gaming to Facebook in the United Kingdom. Also, industry news from the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Casino City Gang: Does money solve everything?
13 Dec 2012
Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd discuss PokerStars' bid to buy a casino in Atlantic City, Massachusetts looking to regulate online gaming through the lottery and whether point spreads (but not wagers) change the way they watch sports.
Casino City Gang: Cornucopia edition
10 May 2012
Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd whether the WSOP's $1 million Big One for One Drop will hit the 48-player cap, whether an online poker room can succeed in the U.S. in an unregulated environment, how casinos can gain local support, and the state of the horse racing industry.
Top-10 gambling industry stories of 2011
23 Dec 2011
There are times when the Casino City editorial team really has to scrape the bottom of the barrel to come up with enough items to fill a top-10 list. Putting together the top-10 gambling industry stories of 2011, however, was not one of those times.
Top-10 gaming industry developments I'm thankful for
21 Nov 2011
Aaron Todd counts down the developments in and around the gaming industry which he's thankful for this year.
Internet poker in Massachusetts a long way from a done deal
20 Sep 2011
Internet poker enthusiasts in Massachusetts were recently surprised by an Internet poker amendment to a bill that would expand gambling in the commonwealth. But a quick reading of the amendment shows that Massachusetts isn't in any hurry to lead the race to regulate the online poker industry.
Massachusetts: Gambling bill passes House vote
19 Sep 2011
A casino-gambling bill which includes online poker provisions has passed a House vote in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts House approves online gambling amendment
14 Apr 2010
The Massachusetts House of Representatives yesterday approved a PPA-supported amendment that removed language criminalizing playing online poker.
Massachusetts gambling bill may criminalize online gambling
6 Apr 2010
Legislation that would allow land-based casinos in Massachusetts includes a provision that may criminalize online gambling.
Sisters feud over $500k jackpot
24 Mar 2010
Two elderly sisters are engaged in a family feud and legal battle over a jackpot of $500,000.
Poker prop-betting with Phil Gordon
6 Mar 2010
Casino City's Gary Trask found out the hard way on Friday at the NBC Heads-UP Poker Championship that making side bets with poker pro Phil Gordon can be a losing, but rewarding, proposition.
Mass. Senate rejects slot proposal at tracks
22 May 2009
News brief: The Massachusetts state Senate voted 31-to-6 to defeat a a proposal to allow the state’s four racetracks to install slot machines.
Mass. residents spend nearly $1b on casinos
16 Mar 2009
News brief: Massachusetts residents spent nearly $1b at casinos last year despite the fact that residents have to travel out of state to gamble.
Massachusetts slot estimates criticized
5 Mar 2009
News brief: Gambling specialists said that the slot estimates of State Treasurer Timothy Cahill were severely inflated and based on outdated data.
Massachusetts treasurer wants slot parlors
4 Mar 2009
News brief: State Treasurer Timothy Cahill said the state should license three slot parlors to generate gambling revenue.
Group compares slots to heroin
10 Feb 2009
News brief: An anti-casino group in Massachusetts has compared slots to heroin, saying that the industry "systematically destroys lives."
Massachusetts dog tracks look to slots
6 Nov 2008
News brief: After the state banned greyhound racing, track owners hope slot machines will be approved and 1000 jobs will be saved.
Like gambling-related biographies? Here's a handful to choose from
10 Sep 2008
Five books for those who want to read about gambling's survivors, characters and con men, here's a recommended list with a thumbnail description of each. They deal with people who "stood out" in history with regard to the games, the action, the money.
Massachusetts town supports slots
28 May 2008
News Brief: Massachusetts Rep. Jim Miceli sought the opinion of his constituents at their annual Town Meetings on hot button issues, including a surprising result for the upcoming slot machine vote.
Card-counting movie '21' endures the invasion of Hollywood
24 Mar 2008
After screening “21” at its premiere, Casino City finds that despite a plot and conclusion that differ from the book it is based on, the film will appeal to a variety of movie-goers, regardless of whether or not they have gambling in their blood.
iMEGA criticizes Massachusetts online gambling ban
19 Mar 2008
iMEGA today voiced its
opposition to a provision, contained within legislation that would legalize
casinos in Massachusetts, to ban on-line gambling at a State House hearing
in Boston.
Harvard group, PPA protest poker bill
18 Mar 2008
The Global Poker
Strategic Thinking Society is co-sponsoring a rally Tuesday
at the Statehouse with the Massachusetts chapter of the Poker Players
Alliance to protest the criminalization of poker in Governor Deval
Patrick's gaming bill.
Jackpot Rewards holds first drawing
28 Feb 2008
Jackpot Rewards held its
first Jackpot drawing on Monday, February 25, where 115 people qualified for a chance at a guaranteed $1 million jackpot.
Keno raises concerns
6 Dec 2007
News Brief: Bolton, Massachusetts, town advisory committee chairman thinks the arrival of a Keno operation in a local restaurant will hurt low-income residents.
Massachusetts rep files slot bill
7 Nov 2007
News Brief: Massachusetts State Rep. David Flynn plans to file a bill that would allow the installation of slot machines at each of the state's four race tracks while the state ponders the possible licensing of casinos.
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