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March 2020 gross gaming revenue (GGR) totaled just $9.8 million. Casino win totaled $14.23 million in the same month in 2019, and that was before Encore Boston Harbor was open. The Wynn Resorts complex commenced operations in June of 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
GGR in April, May, June, and July of 2019 totaled more than $64.4 million.<\/strong><\/p>\nSports betting would provide the casinos at least some sort of asset to help chase their losses. But as MassLive <\/i>reporter Steph Spolis explained, the odds aren’t great that the casinos will have the expanded gambling this year.<\/p>\n
“Even if lawmakers in the House and Senate agree to fast-track the bill, they’re running up against a closing deadline for the two-year legislative session. If the jobs bill gets delayed past July 31, proponents will have a much harder time passing it in informal sessions, where one lawmaker could bring debate to a halt,” said Spolis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Massachusetts economic development package designed to reignite Bay State businesses and fuel new jobs would also legalize sports betting. H.4879, “An Act Enabling Partnerships for Growth,” a massive 118-page omnibus package, is a more than $370 million spending bill that would provide capital loans to small businesses that were severely hurt by the coronavirus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":142791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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