A rift is widening between Native American groups in New England over who has claim to scores of acres south of Boston where one tribe has been trying for years to build a $1 billion casino.
A federal appeals court has ruled against a Native American tribe that had been granted sovereign land to build a casino in Taunton.
As it weighs a potential relaunch of the process to license a third resort casino, the state Gaming Commission wants to hear what residents think, and what it should take into consideration if it moves forward with a southeastern Massachusetts casino bid.
With a new rival in the form of the $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor casino and potentially more competition in Connecticut, can the $960 million MGM Springfield, meant to revive a struggling region, turn around its own fortunes?
MGM Resorts filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the federal approval of a deal that would allow Connecticut’s two Indian tribes to open a third casino in the state, just across the state line from its newest facility.
Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun casino stands ready to move into the Boston market if state regulators pull the casino license it awarded to Wynn Results.
The first full month of gambling at a full-scale casino yielded more than $6.7 million in tax revenue for Massachusetts and almost $27 million in gross revenue for MGM Springfield, the Gaming Commission said Monday.
About a year out from opening its doors, MGM Springfield this week launched an advertising blitz to attract workers as it seeks to fill about 3,000 positions, from accounting to food and beverage service.
The casino competition is heating up.
The state’s slots parlor generated more than $14.1 million in revenue last month, the facility’s third best month on the books, with $6.95 million of it going to local aid or a horse racing fund, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission announced Tuesday.
MGM is marking a milestone in its casino planned for Western Massachusetts.
A plan to build New England’s newest casino near the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border is moving forward after narrowly winning approval from town voters in Tiverton, Rhode Island.
Construction is about to begin for what is likely to be the first full-scale resort casino to open in Massachusetts.
