IAGA SUMMIT FOCUS: ONE BIG QUESTION: MASSACHUSETTS SPORTS WAGERING
“In June of last year, a white paper was released outlining
bills currently before the Legislature have a similar focus. Our licensees have been great partners working with the MGC and our stakeholders to ensure there are protections and resources in place for those who need them.
Our Research and Responsible Gaming team has developed a comprehensive research agenda to study and assess the social and economic impacts of casino gambling, and the MGC has made that research open and available. In June of last year, a white paper was released outlining responsible gaming principles for sports wagering policy and practice. Te paper provided an overview of how the MGC’s Responsible Gaming Framework would relate to sports wagering. It’s encouraging to know that given the Commonwealth’s longstanding commitment, whatever policy adopted will likely lean heavily on responsible gaming measures and provide resources for people to manage how they gamble, how much they gamble, and when they gamble.
Also not lost on the MGC is the question of advertising, and what or how much advertising may be a detriment to our shared responsible gaming goals. Recently, our Research and Responsible Gaming team released a White Paper on Responsible Gaming Considerations for Gambling Advertising, which intends to help inform decisions on policies and regulations related to gambling advertising in the Commonwealth. Any final sports wagering bill would also likely give direction in this area, and if it does, we will seek input from those in the casino industry, our fellow regulators across the country, and our partners who are experts in responsible gaming.
Te role the MGC will play in implementing sports wagering in the Commonwealth will be comprehensive. From developing and accepting applications, licensing the required individuals and entities, ensuring the integrity of the contests wagered on, and insisting that responsible gaming is the nexus of everything we do to regulate this new industry. Tere will be a lot of questions to answer in the coming months, all equally important to our efforts. We will talk about these questions in a public setting where members of the public and those interested in being a part of the sports wagering industry can have their voice heard.
When the Legislature passed a bill legalising casino gambling in Massachusetts, they did their due diligence to craft a thoughtful piece of legislation allowing the eventual regulator the latitude needed to build a new industry in the Commonwealth. When it comes to sports wagering, I’ve said before and believe that the Legislature has been extraordinarily thoughtful in their approach. Whatever emerges will reflect the care and attention they took to shape this new industry in the best way for the residents of Massachusetts.
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responsible gaming principles for sports wagering policy and practice. The paper provided an overview of how the MGC’s Responsible Gaming
Framework would relate to sports wagering. It’s
encouraging to know that given the Commonwealth’s longstanding commitment, whatever policy adopted will likely lean heavily on
responsible gaming measures and provide resources for people to manage how they gamble, how much they gamble, and when they gamble.”
“When the Legislature passed a bill legalising casino gambling in Massachusetts, they did their due diligence to craft a thoughtful piece of legislation allowing the
eventual regulator the latitude needed to build a new industry in the Commonwealth. When it comes to sports wagering, I’ve said before and believe
that the Legislature has been extraordinarily thoughtful in their approach. Whatever emerges will reflect the care and attention they took to shape this new industry in the best way for the residents of Massachusetts.”
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