But Massachusetts State Representative\u00a0Solomon Goldstein-Rose (3rd Hampshire) of Amherst\u00a0told the press last week that Massachusetts would be taking a softly-softly approach to sports betting.<\/p>\n
“I think it\u2019s something the Legislature is going to look at,\u201d said the Massachusetts lawmaker. \u201cI know the speaker, the Senate president and the governor have all said it\u2019s something they\u2019re interested in and, in Massachusetts Legislature-style, want to move very slowly and deliberately on.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nSuddenly, the tribes have a chance to gain a temporary edge on MGM, but, as Malloy says, the state needs to act quickly, and the tribes would be foolish to stand in its way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said this week that \u201cthe world has changed\u201d since the US Supreme Court struck down PASPA, paving the way for state-sanctioned sports betting. Malloy said he would talk with lawmakers on Wednesday with a view to organizing a special session to try to get a sports betting bill passed. He told […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":78223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Connecticut Plans Special Session to Fast-Track Sports Betting<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n