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Encore Boston Pulled in $48 Million in its first full month of operation.

BOSTON (AP) _ Last call at casinos is proving to be a tough call for Massachusetts lawmakers. Tucked into a proposed $40.5 billion state budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 is language that could allow Massachusetts casinos to serve liquor to gamblers until 4 a...

Massachusetts gambling regulators say they're encouraged by early numbers from a unique gambling addiction prevention effort being tested at the state's first casino. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission said Friday the ``Play My Way'' program at Plainridge Park Casino has signed up 3,216 enrollees since its June launch...

PLAINVILLE, Mass. (AP) _ The owners of Plainridge Park are defending the performance of Massachusetts' first casino. Timothy Wilmott, CEO of Penn National Gaming, complained in a letter to state gambling regulators this week that media coverage of the slot parlor and harness racing track has been ``overly negative'' since its July opening...

PLAINVILLE, Mass. (AP) _ Revenues at Massachusetts' first casino are continuing to decline. State gambling officials reported Friday that gross gambling revenues at Plainridge Park totaled $11.3 million in December. That's down from $11...

BOSTON (AP) _ Lottery sales are up dramatically at Plainridge Park, Massachusetts' first casino. The Massachusetts Gambling Commission said Thursday that the Plainville slots parlor and harness racing track generated about $223,000 in lottery sales from June 22 to Aug...

Penn National Gaming is marking a milestone in its $225 million casino project at Plainridge harness racing track in Plainville. The Wyomissing, Penn.-based gambling company says local politicians, business leaders and labor union officials will be on hand Wednesday morning for a ``final beam raising'' ceremony marking the completion of the building's structural steel shell...

Massachusetts gambling regulators have opened deliberations on the state's first and only slots parlor license.       The gambling commission convened a meeting on Tuesday to discuss building and site design and finance, two of the five major criteria being used to evaluate three proposals...

The state's gambling commission has set a timetable for the awarding of the first and only slots parlor license in Massachusetts.       The commission on Wednesday said it expected to publicly announce the winner of the license on Feb...