Yesterday, the two biggest daily fantasy sports companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, came out in support of AG Maura Healey's proposed regulations for the industry. A quick summary: Healey has proposed regulations that would require daily … [Read more...]
Update on the “ATMs in Casinos” amendment from the State House
After being alerted by the Stop Predatory Gambling organization yesterday about an amendment added to H.4110, the Bank Modernization Act ( https://malegislature.gov/Bills/188/House/H4110 ) on December 24th, a few legislators including … [Read more...]
Why I won’t support Steve Grossman for governor: The Lottery
I was recently contacted by the Grossman campaign, asking for my support for Steve's bid for the corner office. I wrote back, telling Steve that, while I admire some of his successes as Treasurer, his handling of the Lottery — specifically, … [Read more...]
Casinos: A Worse Bet Than Ever
As Massachusetts keeps pursuing casinos as a magic salve for neglected areas, officials keep ignoring that America's casino explosion has made each new casino far less profitable. Take Pennsylvania: Nine of the 11 Pennsylvania casinos … [Read more...]
Sen. Rosenberg to Sec. Bialecki: I’ll See Your Casino Stock and Raise You My Casino Vendor Stock
It turns out that Patrick administration Secretary of Housing & Economic Development Greg Bialecki is not the only big player in the push to bring casinos to MA whose financial portfolio includes interests that stand to benefit if the … [Read more...]
My iRobot Vacuum Cleaner is More Sentient than Greg Bialecki
I think this editorial in the Globe by Citizens for a Stronger Massachusetts articulates one of the problems with Greg Bialecki, Deval Patrick's Secretary of Housing and Economic Development: Now, in seeking to minimize his role in the … [Read more...]
Ring of Fire
Somehow, or maybe not, we are related. Distantly, if so. I don't know her name. We just seem to show up at all the same wakes. This time she's got a baby with her. He's very well behaved, with a full head of hair and a sweet … [Read more...]
Tomato, Tomaahto
TIM CAHILL At least he's honest. *Paid for by the Committee to Make Deval Patrick Look Conservative on Gambling … [Read more...]
A Final Word for the Dogs of Wonderland
We know very little about the greyhounds who raced at Wonderland in the first fifty years of its existence. We know that in the very early years, greyhounds were transported to Boston by self-professed "dog men," who would move from … [Read more...]
Looming Gambling Veto is Deval Patrick’s Moment of Truth as Governor
Let's run through them again. Three casinos at 3,000 to 5,000 slots each equals as many as 15,000 for the state. The compromise proposal seemed like it was cutting the numbers of slot barns from four to two, but it also … [Read more...]
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