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Worcester offers $500 million in incentives in its Amazon bid. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston releases Amazon bid, sees competition from Worcester, New Hampshire

Shaun Robinson October 23, 2017

Boston unveiled its bid to house Amazon’s second North American headquarters on Friday, joining cities and regions — such as Worcester and New Hampshire — across the United States and Canada...

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Ballot Questions 101: Expanding casino gaming

Carina Imbornone October 13, 2016

This is the first in a four-part series exploring the Massachusetts Ballot Questions, which will be voted on this November. Massachusetts Ballot Question 1, titled An Act Relative to Expanded Gaming,...

Kameel Nasr will host a reading and signing of his new book “The Museum Heist” at the Harvard Coop in Cambridge Wednesday at 7 p.m. PHOTO COURTESY GULOTTA COMMUNICATIONS

INTERVIEW: Author Kameel Nasr on career, fictionalizing Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum robbery

Andrea Kaufman March 30, 2016

Frustrated by the cold-case status of what was arguably the greatest art robbery in history, author Kameel Nasr decided to create a fictional tale of what he believes happened at the Isabella Stewart...

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...

Anti-casino groups make headway to repeal Mass. gambling law

Daily Free Press Admin November 13, 2013

The debate over Massachusetts’s gambling law is heating up as anti-casino groups, bolstered by successes in defeating casino deals in East Boston and Palmer, work to collect 70,000 signatures by Nov....

East Boston voters deny Suffolk Downs casino construction

Daily Free Press Admin November 6, 2013

Countering the previous approval by several city officials, East Boston voters rejected the proposal for a $1 billion resort-casino development at the Suffolk Downs racetrack in a Tuesday referendum. Approximately...

East Boston casino vote fails

Daily Free Press Admin November 5, 2013

Voters denied permission to construct a casino on the Suffolk Downs racetrack in East Boston and Revere on a ballot question Tuesday. About 56.02 percent of voters, or 4,281 people, cast their votes against...

Revere hosts casino forum before Nov. 5 vote

Daily Free Press Admin October 20, 2013

As the Nov. 5 referendum to decide if a casino resort will be built in East Boston and Revere gets closer, the city of Revere, in conjunction with the city of Boston, held a public forum Saturday to...

Only East Boston residents to vote on Suffolk Downs casino proposal

Daily Free Press Admin October 1, 2013

In the midst of heated debate, the Boston City Council voted 12 to one on Wednesday denying a citywide vote for the Suffolk Downs casino proposal, leaving the decision only to East Boston residents. “East...

Anti-casino group pushing to vote on initiative in Nov. 2014 election

Daily Free Press Admin September 18, 2013

Casino construction plans around Massachusetts are in various stages of progress, but they may be reversed as an anti-casino group received a court injunction on Saturday. This development may put a question...

Boston, Revere casino deal sparks debate in East Boston

Daily Free Press Admin September 4, 2013

With the delayed signature of Revere Mayor Dan Rizzo on Aug. 28, an official plan for a casino resort in East Boston is set for referendum in the coming weeks. The plans to build onto the Suffolk Downs...

Community outreach next step as casino plans unravel

Daily Free Press Admin September 6, 2012

As the Suffolk Downs Resort continues its push for a new $1 billion casino in association with Caesar’s Entertainment, casino opponents are pushing for more community education. “In order to stop...

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