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The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is currently constructing a $1 billion casino on its native land in Taunton. The tribe, which doesn’t need state approval to build such a facility on its own reservation, would pay a 17 percent tax on its gambling revenues unless Massachusetts violates the\u00a0gaming compact and allows a commercial casino to be built within 25 miles of Taunton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Rush Street Gaming has proposed a $677 million gambling resort in Brockton and was expected to receive approval by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) when the governing body meets next week to discuss Region C.<\/p>\n
Seven state lawmakers are advising the MGC to vote against the Brockton resort as it would allow the Mashpee Wampanoag\u00a0Tribe to operate a casino tax-free.<\/p>\n
“We have serious concerns that total revenue collection by the Commonwealth is not being given the consideration that it deserves,” the coalition wrote in a letter to the MGC this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The MGM Springfield has successfully relocated the 129-year-old historic First Spiritualist Church in Springfield, Massachusetts, to make way for its $950 million casino resort scheduled to open in 2018. After weeks of preparation, the church was moved on Tuesday some 200 yards from where it stood since 1887. The trip took five-and-a-half hours, or a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":35326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
MGM Springfield Uproots Historic Church, Massachusetts Lawmakers Advise Against Southeast Commercial Casino<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n