Bally’s received its initial category 3 sports betting license from the commission in January 2023, but never launched. It re-upped its temporary license with the commission in January for a $1 million renewal fee.
In March, Bally’s representatives revealed to Bruce Band, director of sports betting for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, that it was eyeing an online sports betting launch in the state by the tail end of the second quarter of 2024.
The company representatives said the delay was due in part to first focusing on their iGaming launch in Rhode Island.
Discussion on Player Limits in August
The MGC also set a date of Aug. 1 to hold initial discussions on the practice of player limits. This comes a week after the commission members agreed to host another roundtable meeting with sports betting operators to discuss the topic of player limits.
Commission members noted the importance of figuring out exactly what they need to ask sports betting operators to get to the bottom of the controversial practice. Every licensed operator in the state, except for Bally’s, no-showed an initial roundtable discussion of the practice that was set for May.
The MGC will discuss the practice on Aug. 1 and figure out exactly the information it wants from operators during the yet-to-be-scheduled open meeting.
Maynard revealed last week that all seven of the licensed sportsbooks in the commonwealth agreed to attend the next roundtable.
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