THE MASSACHUSETTS GAMING Commission indicated on Thursday that it will not require a proposed entertainment complex across the street from Encore Boston Harbor to be subject to the commission’s regulatory oversight as long as Wynn Resorts agrees to address the commission’s concerns about the Everett project. Officials from Wynn indicated they would be receptive to […]
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Encore tries to defuse concerns on concerts, expansion
ENCORE BOSTON HARBOR submitted a memorandum to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Wednesday trying to clear up confusion about concerts and other events held in its casino ballroom and its proposal to open a hotel and entertainment complex across the street in Everett. Encore believes its proposed entertainment complex is separate and distinct from the […]
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Encore says 999 seats available for fight night
ENCORE BOSTON HARBOR says only 999 tickets are being sold to a mixed martial arts event being held next week in its grand ballroom, which would mean the fight night is in compliance with a state law restricting the number of seats the Everett casino can make available. Theater operators have been raising concerns that […]
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Gaming Commission sidesteps Encore concert legality
THE MASSACHUSETTS Gaming Commission on Thursday sidestepped a prickly policy question about the legality of concerts and other entertainment being offered by Encore Boston Harbor at its grand ballroom in Everett. Rival theater operators earlier this week accused Wynn Resorts of violating a state law barring the Encore casino from hosting concerts or other forms […]
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Concert violations at Encore ballroom alleged
THEATERS LOCATED near Encore Boston Harbor in Everett are alleging the casino has been violating state law by selling seats to large concerts and events inside its grand ballroom. The theaters are basing the claim on a provision in the state gaming law that says “a gaming licensee shall only be permitted to build a […]
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Encore’s ‘expansion’ starts to raise tricky questions
WHO SHOULD we believe over at Wynn Resorts? The question is starting to get interesting as the company is pitching a new complex across Broadway from the existing Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett. The proposed project is big, with at least two hotels, a half-dozen restaurants and bars, retail stores, an event venue, and […]
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Casinos end year with a bang
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GAMING REVENUES were up across the board last month as Plainridge Park Casino, MGM Springfield, and Encore Boston Harbor together generated nearly $100 million in revenue of which about $26.5 million is due to the state, the Gaming Commission reported Tuesday. Of the $95.65 million in gaming revenue produced in December, […]
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12 charged in lottery deception scheme
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A DOZEN PEOPLE and three stores were indicted Friday by a statewide grand jury in connection to what Attorney General Maura Healey’s office called “an ongoing scheme to rob the state of tax revenue by laundering lottery winnings and lying under oath on numerous lottery claim forms.” The 12 defendants include […]
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Baker commits to bridge linking Assembly Sq. and Encore casino
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION committed on Friday to build a bicycle and pedestrian bridge crossing the Mystic River and connecting Assembly Station on the Orange Line in Somerville to the grounds of the Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett. The new bridge will connect the two municipalities and link a number of regional bike paths. It […]
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With thoroughbreds missing, money piling up in race horse fund
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A RECENT AUDIT of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission found no deficiencies, but Auditor Suzanne Bump said the agency could do a better job of collaborating with the Legislature and other organizations to address the horse racing industry here, including the use of casino revenues to support racing. The 2011 law that […]