Cronin says he’s considering introducing an amendment to another bill expected to pass during the 2022 legislative session. That bill would create a Region D license in what is presently part of Region A.<\/p>\n
Richard Dionne, an attorney representing the Leominster Development Group, tells Commonwealth Magazine <\/i>that an economic analysis of allowing a casino in Worcester found that such a development would have little impact on Encore Boston Harbor or MGM Springfield. Dionne says the probe reasoned that a Leominster casino would actually help keep gaming dollars in the state that are otherwise flowing into Connecticut.<\/p>\n
The town of Leominster is squarely in the middle between Boston to the east and Springfield to the west.<\/p>\n
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MGM Resorts and Wynn Resorts have not commented publicly on the Region D effort. But the gaming power players will likely defend their territories by lobbying state lawmakers to oppose such an undertaking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Expanded Gaming Act requires Category 1 recipients to pay the state a one-time $85 million licensing fee. Each Category 1 resort is additionally required to come with a minimum investment of $500 million.<\/p>\n
Encore Boston Harbor and MGM Springfield easily satisfied those conditions. Along with their $85 million licensing fees, Wynn Resorts invested $2.6 billion to bring its integrated resort in Everett to life. MGM spent $960 million on MGM Springfield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Massachusetts Expanded Gaming Act passed in 2011 and signed into law by then-Governor Deval Patrick (D) authorized as many as four commercial casino properties. More than a decade later, only three casinos have been licensed and since opened for play. A group of developers calling themselves the Leominster Development Group is seeking to gain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":218640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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