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Massachusetts launches legal sports betting after years of legislation struggle

Nathan Metcalf February 3, 2023
Massachusetts legalized retail sports betting, effective Jan. 31 at each of the state’s three full-service casinos. 
Sports betting bill

Massachusetts Senate legalizes sports betting, excludes college sports

Daily Free Press Staff May 3, 2022
Senate passed a new bill that would legalize and regulate sports betting at the professional level but would prohibit betting on college sports.
Sophia Flissler /  DFP Staff

Minority Report: Mobile sports betting — a most dangerous game

Lincoln Son Currie February 23, 2022
That is how all sports betting should be — a few fun, insignificant wagers made on vacation. If you win, great. If you lose, oh well. 
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Let Your Hair Down: Modern society prompts people toward addiction

Hannah Bohn April 12, 2021
We need to consider the broader influences of addiction instead of just the individual choices.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Gaming the System: Gacha games represent another loss during the pandemic

Nick Speranza February 4, 2021
Our real world is too much to bear, so we escape into the fantasy worlds of gacha games — where the underlying pain comes from loss of money, not lives.

Baker releases plan to legalize sports wagering in Massachusetts

Natalie Patrick January 22, 2019
Gov. Charlie Baker announced on Thursday his plan to legalize wagering on sports in Massachusetts.
Instant Replay: Fan warfare

Instant Replay: Fan warfare

Sophia Lipp March 21, 2017

In light of the recent destruction of many March Madness brackets (thanks, Villanova), I want to shed some light on one component of new sports media that seems to be dominating the sports world: the...

The United States Attorney General and the Gaming Commission seek to regulate online fantasy sports gambling website DraftKings. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY PAIGE TWOMBLY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Attorney General investigates fantasy sports

Weihua Li November 19, 2015

Following conversation about whether or not fantasy sports industries qualify as gambling, the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is conducting an investigation on DraftKings and FanDuel.   DraftKings...

Racing will return Saturday to Suffolk Downs in East Boston after the racetrack closed in 2014. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Racing returns to Suffolk Downs as supporters push for gambling

Olivia Quintana September 11, 2015

After closing its doors in 2014 after a failed casino development, East Boston racetrack Suffolk Downs opened its doors Saturday to host the first of three race days amid supporters’ efforts to expand...

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission unanimously approved a system Thursday that will give casino patrons the options to manage their losses while playing slot machines. PHOTO BY FLICKR USER YAMAGUCHI/FLICKR

Casino-goers can limit gambling with MGC Play Management System

Paige Smith December 9, 2014

Nearly five weeks after Massachusetts voters reaffirmed their desire for casinos to be built in the Commonwealth, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission announced Monday a unanimous decision to approve...

EDIT: Boston Casino gambles with Eastie

Daily Free Press Admin October 28, 2013

East Boston residents will have the option to vote on the construction of a new casino on Nov. 5. While Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Revere Mayor Dan Rizzo hail the economic advantages of a casino in...

Review: Don’t place your bets on Runner Runner

Daily Free Press Admin October 9, 2013

Justin Timberlake has dominated pop culture for more than a decade with number-one hits, VMA performances and late-night talk show appearances. Ben Affleck is also a hot topic these days between 2012’s...

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