Massachusetts

Encore Boston Harbor becomes the subject of a class-action lawsuit

July 16, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Economy/Finance, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Massachusetts

Despite opening less than a month ago and the new Encore Boston Harbor is reportedly already being taken to court by a group of players angered at the way it is allegedly operates its slots and games of ‘6 to 5...

Encore Boston Harbor performance highlights MGM Springfield fragility

Adam Morgan

July 15, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Economy/Finance, Massachusetts

In Massachusetts and the recently-opened Encore Boston Harbor reportedly chalked up gross gaming revenues of slightly over $16.7 million during its first week in business to contribute almost $4.2 million to th...

MGM Springfield closes Starbucks outlet to make way for future VIP gambling lounge

Adam Morgan

July 1, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Economy/Finance, Massachusetts

In Massachusetts and the MGM Springfield property has reportedly announced that it has closed the Starbucks franchise that had been situated in its hotel lobby and soon hopes to replace the high-end coffee outl...

Encore Boston Harbor sub-contractors claiming to be owed money

Adam Morgan

June 28, 2019

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Massachusetts

In Massachusetts and a row is reportedly brewing between Wynn Resorts Limited and sub-contractors who claim to be owed tens of millions of dollars connected with helping to construct its recently-opened Encore ...

Encore Boston Harbor celebrates long-awaited Grand Opening on Sunday

K Morrison

June 23, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino openings, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Massachusetts

After years of preparation and controversy and just over a week ago receiving approval from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s (NASDAQ: WYNN) $2.6 billion casino, hotel and entertainment c...

Massachusetts tribe suffers setback to electronic bingo hall plan

Adam Morgan

June 21, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino proposals, Casino News, Casino project updates, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Massachusetts

In Massachusetts and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) has reportedly been dealt a temporary setback to its plan to open a Class II electronic bingo hall on the island of Martha’s Vineyard after a fede...

MGM Springfield on course to post disappointing first-year result

Adam Morgan

June 18, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Economy/Finance, Massachusetts

In Massachusetts and the new MGM Springfield property is reportedly on track to record a disappointing first year despite recording a 2.14% increase month-on-month in May gross gaming revenues to slightly above...

Encore Boston Harbor receives commission approval for launch

K Morrison

June 13, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Massachusetts

Less than a year after the debut of the Commonwealth's first full-scale casino, Wynn Resorts has been given the green light by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to open its much-anticipated Encore Boston Harb...

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe leadership being accused of deficient fiscal acumen

Adam Morgan

June 13, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino proposals, Economy/Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Massachusetts

Ahead of its next general meeting on Sunday and some members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe are reportedly calling for their leadership to be replaced following the emergence of claims that the Massachusetts tr...

Wynn Resorts Limited pays $35.5 million in Massachusetts fines

Adam Morgan

May 29, 2019

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Massachusetts

Prominent casino operator in Massachusetts, Wynn Resorts Limited, has reportedly paid a $35 million fine in order to clear the way for its under-construction Encore Boston Harbor development to open on time fro...

Massachusetts regulator levies $100,000 fine against MGM Springfield

Adam Morgan

May 24, 2019

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Gaming Industry News, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has announced that it has levied a $100,000 fine against MGM Resorts International for ‘multiple underage violations’ inside the American casino operator’s MGM Springfield fa...

MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts no longer in talks of possible Encore Boston Harbor sale

Sadonna Price

May 22, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Massachusetts

Just a few days ago, the news broke that MGM Resorts International was in talks with Wynn Resorts for the possible sale of the $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor Casino. The venue is expected to open next month ...

Further review process could delay Martha’s Vineyard casino project even further

Sadonna Price

May 20, 2019

Tribal Gaming, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Massachusetts

A plan to create a tribal gaming hall on Martha’s Vineyard has been a controversial one from the start. The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe and the Chickasaw Nation have been partnered for quite some time in an effort...

Wynn Resorts Limited considering possible Encore Boston Harbor sale

Adam Morgan

May 20, 2019

Casino Sales, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino openings, Casino project updates, Gaming Industry News, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Massachusetts

Ahead of the planned June 23 opening of its Encore Boston Harbor integrated casino resort and Wynn Resorts Limited has reportedly opened negotiations that could see it sell the $2.6 million Massachusetts develo...

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s casino plan receives a huge boost

Adam Morgan

May 16, 2019

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino proposals, Gaming Industry News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Massachusetts

The United States House of Representatives has reportedly passed two pieces of proposed legislation that would clear the way for the federally-recognized Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to build a new casino resort on ...