{"id":530314,"date":"2023-01-20T13:57:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T21:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/?p=530314"},"modified":"2023-01-20T13:57:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T21:57:40","slug":"massachusetts-retail-sports-betting-gets-launch-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/news\/betting\/massachusetts-retail-sports-betting-gets-launch-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Retail Sports Betting Gets Launch Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><ul>\n<li><strong>The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has set a launch time for retail sports betting<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bet types and events to be finalized next week&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Online sports betting still set for early March<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/massachusetts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massachusetts sports betting<\/a> has an official start date and a start time for in-person, retail sportsbook locations.<\/p>\n<p>The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) announced today it will launch retail sports betting on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 10 a.m. The launch time is dependent on regulatory testing and approvals, but will likely be when sports betting begins in the state.<\/p><div class=\"\" data-freestar-ad=\"__300x250 __300x250\" id=\"sportsbettingdime_InContent_1\">\n        <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n            freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({\n                placementName: \"sportsbettingdime_InContent_1\",\n                slotId: \"sportsbettingdime_InContent_1\"\n            });\n        <\/script>\n    <\/div>\n\n<h2>Retail Sports Betting Less Than Two Weeks Away<\/h2>\n<p>The state&rsquo;s three casinos, Plainridge Park Casino, Encore Boston Harbor, and MGM Springfield, will be able to open their retail sportsbooks on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 10 a.m., two weeks ahead of Super Bowl LVII.<\/p>\n<p>The MGC has issued Category 1 retail sports betting licenses to all three casinos in the last month. Plainridge Park Casino has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/massachusetts\/barstool\/\">Barstool Sportsbook Massachusetts<\/a> to run its retail facility, Encore Boston Harbor has partnered with WynnBET to run its retail sportsbook, and MGM Springfield has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/massachusetts\/betmgm\/\">BetMGM Massachusetts<\/a> to run its retail sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p>Each sportsbook will undergo a soft launch on Monday, Jan. 30, with only staff and invited guests allowed to place bets at each sportsbook. If everything goes well, a full launch for each sportsbook will then commence on Tuesday, Jan. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Each Massachusetts Gaming Commissioner will attend a different sportsbook&rsquo;s soft launch event and sign off on the facility if everything passes muster.<\/p>\n<h2>Betting Types and Events to Be Voted on<\/h2>\n<p>The MGC will vote on a final list of sporting events, bet types, and markets on Tuesday, Jan. 24. The MGC was scheduled to finalize the list today, but Commissioner <strong>Nakisha Skinner<\/strong> said she needed a refresher on certain bet types, Commissioner <strong>Eileen O&rsquo;Brien<\/strong> had several questions on event types, and MGC Chair <strong>Cathy Judd-Stein<\/strong> agreed that it would be smart to take another few days to make sure all questions were answered before the vote was taken.<\/p>\n<p>The MGC will vote on allowing the following bet and market types:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vote tabled until Tuesday, Jan. 24. <\/p>\n<p>Discussion on bets being allowed for league awards, individual awards, certain award shows (Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, etc.), and lesser known events (competitive eating event) will continue. <\/p>\n<p>These are the proposed wagers\/markets <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dnHNViRnpq\">pic.twitter.com\/dnHNViRnpq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RLinnehanXL (@RLinnehanXl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RLinnehanXl\/status\/1616549756163051529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The MGC will also vote on a list of potential events Massachusetts bettors can wager on. They can be found here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YNn1xJb1St\">pic.twitter.com\/YNn1xJb1St<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RLinnehanXL (@RLinnehanXl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RLinnehanXl\/status\/1616550540309155849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chess, cornhole, e-sports, jai-alai, entertainment award shows, competitive eating events, professional sports drafts, and awards presented to an individual or team that are decided by a vote are currently prohibited in Massachusetts, but the MGC can approve them on an individual basis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Gaming Commission announced the time when the state&#8217;s retail sports betting program could launch on Tuesday, Jan. 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":503265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"website_editions":[],"website_editions_hreflang":[],"website_editions_default_edition":"us","website_editions_htmllang":"us","content_studio_integration_article_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[219383],"tags":[219430],"content_buckets":[],"class_list":["post-530314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-betting","tag-massachusetts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530331,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530314\/revisions\/530331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530314"},{"taxonomy":"content_buckets","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_buckets?post=530314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}