Encore tries to defuse concerns on concerts, expansion

Gaming Commission could take votes on both matters

By Bruce Mohl Casinos 0 Comments Mar 9, 2022

ENCORE BOSTON HARBOR submitted a memorandum to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Wednesday trying to clear up confusion about concerts and other events held in its casino ballroom and its proposal to open a hotel and entertainment complex across the street in Everett. Encore believes its proposed entertainment complex is separate and distinct from the(...)

Encore says 999 seats available for fight night

Number is one less than gaming law restriction

By Bruce Mohl Arts and Culture, Casinos 0 Comments Mar 7, 2022

ENCORE BOSTON HARBOR says only 999 tickets are being sold to a mixed martial arts event being held next week in its grand ballroom, which would mean the fight night is in compliance with a state law restricting the number of seats the Everett casino can make available. Theater operators have been raising concerns that(...)

Gaming Commission sidesteps Encore concert legality

Agency focuses on March fight night event

By Bruce Mohl Casinos 0 Comments Mar 3, 2022

THE MASSACHUSETTS Gaming Commission on Thursday sidestepped a prickly policy question about the legality of concerts and other entertainment being offered by Encore Boston Harbor at its grand ballroom in Everett. Rival theater operators earlier this week accused Wynn Resorts of violating a state law barring the Encore casino from hosting concerts or other forms(...)

Concert violations at Encore ballroom alleged

Officials from rival theater urge regulators to fine casino

By Bruce Mohl Casinos 0 Comments Mar 2, 2022

THEATERS LOCATED near Encore Boston Harbor in Everett are alleging the casino has been violating state law by selling seats to large concerts and events inside its grand ballroom. The theaters are basing the claim on a provision in the state gaming law that says “a gaming licensee shall only be permitted to build a(...)

Encore’s ‘expansion’ starts to raise tricky questions

Wynn officials give conflicting statements on west of Broadway venture

By Bruce Mohl Casinos 0 Comments Mar 1, 2022

WHO SHOULD we believe over at Wynn Resorts? The question is starting to get interesting as the company is pitching a new complex across Broadway from the existing Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett. The proposed project is big, with at least two hotels, a half-dozen restaurants and bars, retail stores, an event venue, and(...)

Casinos end year with a bang

3 facilities report nearly $100m in revenue for December

By Colin A. Young Casinos 0 Comments Jan 19, 2022

STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GAMING REVENUES were up across the board last month as Plainridge Park Casino, MGM Springfield, and Encore Boston Harbor together generated nearly $100 million in revenue of which about $26.5 million is due to the state, the Gaming Commission reported Tuesday. Of the $95.65 million in gaming revenue produced in December,(...)

12 charged in lottery deception scheme

AG alleges winners paid front men to hide winnings

By Colin A. Young criminal justice 0 Comments Oct 26, 2021

STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A DOZEN PEOPLE and three stores were indicted Friday by a statewide grand jury in connection to what Attorney General Maura Healey’s office called “an ongoing scheme to rob the state of tax revenue by laundering lottery winnings and lying under oath on numerous lottery claim forms.” The 12 defendants include(...)

Baker commits to bridge linking Assembly Sq. and Encore casino

Source of $35m for project over Mystic River still not clear

By Bruce Mohl Casinos, Transportation 0 Comments Oct 22, 2021

THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION committed on Friday to build a bicycle and pedestrian bridge crossing the Mystic River and connecting Assembly Station on the Orange Line in Somerville to the grounds of the Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett. The new bridge will connect the two municipalities and link a number of regional bike paths. It(...)

With thoroughbreds missing, money piling up in race horse fund

Commission shifting more funds to standardbred racing at Plainridge

By Colin A. Young Casinos, horse racing 0 Comments Oct 5, 2021

STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A RECENT AUDIT of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission found no deficiencies, but Auditor Suzanne Bump said the agency could do a better job of collaborating with the Legislature and other organizations to address the horse racing industry here, including the use of casino revenues to support racing. The 2011 law that(...)

Bally’s in R.I. taking aim at Mass.

Some Bay State lawmakers eager to fire back

By Bruce Mohl Casinos 0 Comments Sep 16, 2021

CASINO WARS in New England are officially starting to heat up. The newly renamed Bally’s Twin River officially broke ground Thursday on a major expansion of its casino in Lincoln, Rhode Island, spurring nervous lawmakers in Massachusetts to push for legislation that would allow the slots parlor in Plainridge to expand its offerings to remain(...)