There’s also a House bill that would allow the state’s three casinos to become sportsbook destinations, and also allow DraftKings and FanDuel to apply for mobile sports betting rights. Two additional mobile skins would be available for online sportsbook operators that are active in at least two states.<\/p>\n
While there are many opinions on how to best legalize sports betting, there are also some who oppose bringing such gambling to the state. One person is Sen. Jamie Eldridge (D-Middlesex).<\/p>\n
Eldridge, who took office in 2009, fought against the state’s Expanded Gaming Act, which was signed in 2011 by then-Gov. Deval Patrick (D). The bill authorized as many as three commercial casinos with slots and table games, plus a slots-only facility.<\/p>\n
\nWith people’s limited dollars for entertainment and for recreation, if it all goes into a casino, then that is money that is not spent at the local restaurant or museum or in the community,” Eldridge told the State House News Service <\/i>this week.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Eldridge opined that Massachusetts residents should spend their money on local businesses, not “at a big corporate casino.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Massachusetts is home to one of the nation’s largest and best-known sports betting operators. But DraftKings’ sportsbook still cannot conduct business in its base jurisdiction. Three of Massachusetts’ neighbors have legal, regulated sports betting — Rhode Island, New York, and New Hampshire. Connecticut is in the process of allowing its two tribes to operate books, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":166220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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