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Massachusetts Tax Haul From Sports Betting Surpasses $100 Million – NewBostonPost
By State House News Service | February 19, 2024, 8:04 EST
Printed from: https://newbostonpost.com/2024/02/19/massachusetts-tax-haul-from-sports-betting-surpasses-100-million/
By Colin A. Young
State House News Service
January 2024 gambling activity generated about $93.54 million in revenue for the state’s three casino-style facilities and another $71.13 million in revenue for sports betting companies, all of which translated into about $40.4 million in tax revenue for the state.
Monthly revenue data released Thursday, February 15 by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission shows that Encore Boston Harbor in Everett again dominated the casino side of the state’s legal betting world, hauling in more than $28 million in table game revenue and an additional $32.9 million in slot machine revenue. MGM Springfield, meanwhile, took in $4.56 million from its table games and $16.15 million from its slots. The slots-only Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville counted $11.9 million in revenue last month, the commission said.
Encore’s physical sportsbook also outperformed those at MGM or Plainridge last month, counting $694,456 in taxable sports betting revenue compared to $324,476 at Plainridge and $188,782 at MGM Springfield.
Roughly 98 percent of all sports betting activity in Massachusetts last month was conducted online. Mobile operators took bets worth about $638 million on January sporting events compared to $13.76 million in bets placed at physical sportsbooks. The local company DraftKings took almost half of those online or mobile bets, a total of $311.4 million last month. FanDuel had the second-largest January handle at $194 million.
Since casino-style gaming started here in 2015, Massachusetts has raked in $1.649 billion in taxes and assessments from casino operations. And since legal sports betting started a year ago, that activity has generated $108.04 million in total taxes and assessments, the Gaming Commission said.
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Several school districts in Massachusetts have delayed the start of classes for Friday, March 6 because of a mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow.
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A body part was found in a pond in Shirley, Massachusetts and investigators said foul play is suspected.
It was discovered around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday as a group of people were walking along Veterans Memorial Bridge on Shaker Road.
Police said the group noticed something suspicious in the water of Phoenix Pond. The Middlesex District Attorney confirmed that the item was a body part, but would not elaborate.
Police shut down the road and divers could be seen exploring the pond late Wednesday. Authorities were back at the scene Thursday morning.
No other information is available at this point in the investigation.
Phoenix Pond connects to the Catacoonamug Brook, which flows into the Nashua River. It’s also connected to Lake Shirley.
Shirley, Massachusetts is about 44 miles northwest of Boston and around 13 miles from the New Hampshire border.
Human remains were discovered Wednesday in the water in Shirley, Massachusetts, and authorities suspect foul play.
Police in Shirley said in a social media post at 7:15 p.m. that they responded to “a suspicious object in the water near the Maritime Veterans Memorial Bridge on Shaker Road.” Massachusetts State Police later said the object was believed to be human remains.
The bridge crosses Catacoonamug Brook near Phoenix Pond.
The office of Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said a group of young people was walking in the area around 5:30 p.m. and “reported seeing what appeared to be something consistent with a body part in the water.”
Foul play is suspected, Ryan’s office said.
Authorities will continue investigating overnight into Thursday, and an increased police presence is expected in the area.
No further information was immediately available.
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