AS IT BEGINS DELIBERATIONS on what to do with Wynn Resorts, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission can do pretty much whatever it wants. It can declare the company unsuitable and revoke its casino license. It can fine the company. It can declare individual executives unsuitable. Or it can do nothing. “The law provides the commission with(...)

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WYNN RESORTS CEO Matt Maddox said on Thursday that he wasn’t aware of the way Steve Wynn and some of the company’s employees had bought the silence of women who alleged sexual harassment or worse, but some members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission didn’t seem to buy it. “Can you see why to some people sitting(...)

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DURING A BRUISING cross-examination with his company’s Boston area casino license hanging in the balance, Matt Maddox, the new CEO of Wynn Resorts, acknowledged “how ridiculous” it looks now that he believed the rash of accusations against his predecessor was a set-up and part of a “litigation strategy.” Maddox, who is trying to convince the(...)

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“THAT’S THE QUESTION, isn’t it?” asked Steve Wynn in an October 2017 deposition. That was Wynn’s response when he was asked why he paid a manicurist and her husband $7.5 million in 2005 if her allegation that she was raped and impregnated by the gambling mogul was false, as Wynn insisted it was. “That was(...)

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THE MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION on Tuesday began a sprawling review of Wynn Resorts, delving into the alleged sex crimes of the company’s founder, the way it jettisoned an executive working on the Everett resort two years ago, the financial future of the publicly traded firm, and an introduction to an array of new officials running(...)

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WYNN RESORTS maintained a culture of cover-up when it came to allegations of sexual misconduct against the company’s founder, according to an extensive report compiled by Massachusetts gambling regulators. The report, which was provided to the news media on Tuesday ahead of a multi-day hearing into the company’s actions, provides a window into Steve Wynn’s(...)

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THE MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION opens a series of hearings this week on the sexual misconduct of Steve Wynn, but the gambling mogul is unlikely to attend and unlikely to face any disciplinary action despite allegations of rape and sexual harassment. The Gaming Commission on Tuesday is expected to release its report on Wynn’s sexual misconduct,(...)

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KIM SINATRA, a top Wynn Resorts official caught up in the scandal over Steve Wynn’s sexual misconduct, walked out the door of the company last summer with more than $9 million in cash and stock, according to a company proxy statement released on Wednesday. Sinatra received a cash severance payment of $1.8 million and stock(...)

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THE MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION released a lightly redacted legal settlement with Steve Wynn on Thursday that paves the way for the unveiling of a long-awaited report on the suitability of Wynn Resorts’ Boston-area casino license. The commission also released heavily redacted minutes from the commission’s recent closed-door executive sessions on the legal negotiations, which delayed(...)

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THE CHAIRWOMAN of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission assured the public on Thursday that an upcoming legal settlement with Steve Wynn will yield all the information the agency needs to make a decision about whether the Las Vegas gambling company should be allowed to retain its casino license. The commission has come under fire for moving(...)

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