Mass. Gaming Commission

The state Gaming Commission is hiring its first expert on problem gambling. Mark Vander Linden of the Iowa Department of Public Health has been hired to head the panel's efforts to combat compulsive gambling as the state moves to open casinos in several different locations...

The state's gambling commission has voted to allow failed applicants for casino licenses in eastern or western Massachusetts the opportunity to compete for the sole license in southeastern Massachusetts.       The motion was approved on Thursday by the panel, which had earlier voted to open the southeast region to commercial casino bids...

The state gaming commission has voted to open the door for commercial developers to apply for casino licenses in southeastern Massachusetts, a region reserved until now for a federally-recognized Indian tribe.       The unanimous 5-0 vote, while a possible setback of the Mashpee Wampanaog tribe, does not preclude the tribe from continuing with its effort to build a resort casino in Taunton... Read

The Mass. Gaming Commission is meeting Thursday, and is expected to vote on whether to allow commercial developers to bid on the casino license for Southeastern Massachusetts.  The State's casino bill calls for a Native American tribe to have first preference in bringing a casino to this region.  ...

The state's gaming commission could soon make a major decision affecting the future of casino gambling in southeastern Massachusetts.       At issue is whether to allow commercial developers to pursue the sole casino license allowed in the region under the state's 2011 gambling law...

The state gambling commission appears poised to end the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's exclusive right to develop a casino in southeastern Massachusetts.       But the Massachusetts Gaming Commission declined to vote Tuesday on opening up the region to bids from commercial casino developers...

The state gambling commission has heard from advocates and opponents of extending an Indian tribe's exclusive right to develop a casino in southeastern Massachusetts.       The commission met Thursday at Bristol Community College in Fall River as it considers opening the region to commercial bidders...

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission will meet in Fall River later this month, to discuss the possibility of accepting applications from commercial developers to build a casino in Southeastern Mass.  The state's casino law allowed for a tribal casino in Region C, the Southeastern part of the state, but some fear the federal process to take land into trust could delay the tribal casino for years...