House to take up Wampanoag casino compact
Gaming Commission to discuss racing regulations - Nuclear panel discusses Fukushima vs. Pilgrim Nuclear ~ 3 vie for Slots license
Article | News | | By State House News Service
House to debate new Wampanoag Casino Compact Wednesday The House plans to take up Gov. Deval Patrick’s revised compact (H 3376) with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, which hopes to open a $500 million casino and hotel complex in Taunton if it can receive necessary federal approvals. House Democrats plan a noon caucus in Room A-1 followed by formal floor deliberations beginning at noon on Wednesday.
This is the second compact the Governor signed with the tribe. The first was rejected by the BIA. This new compact mandates how much the tribe would pay the state if it wins federal approval to proceed. Under the terms of the new compact, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe would pay from 21 percent to 0 percent of gross gambling revenues based on the level of competition in Southeastern Massachusetts, known as Region C in the legislation that authorized casinos.
Cordish Companies hopes to build a slots parlor in Leominster. Raynham Park, which operated greyhound races until voters’ 2008 decision to outlaw dog racing went into effect, hopes to build a slots parlor on its site.
Penn National, which has seen its proposals drummed out of town in Tewksbury and passed over in Springfield, hopes to develop a slots parlor at Plainridge Racecourse, a harness horse racing track.
Plainridge had originally sought to develop a slots parlor on its own, but those plans were scrapped when the Gaming Commission ruled against the track’s suitability, following revelations that former track president Gary Piontkoski made personal cash withdrawals from the money room.
After awarding a slots license in either December, January or February, the Gaming Commission plans to begin evaluating casino license applications with goal of awarding casino licenses in April. The Gaming Commission will hear 90-minute presentations from the three entities seeking a slots license in the state on Monday
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This is the second compact the Governor signed with the tribe. The first was rejected by the BIA. This new compact mandates how much the tribe would pay the state if it wins federal approval to proceed. Under the terms of the new compact, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe would pay from 21 percent to 0 percent of gross gambling revenues based on the level of competition in Southeastern Massachusetts, known as Region C in the legislation that authorized casinos.
Three vie for sole Slots license
Leominster, Plainville and Raynham could be home to the state’s lone slots license, as three gaming developers hoping to build in those communities submitted final applications to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission Friday.Cordish Companies hopes to build a slots parlor in Leominster. Raynham Park, which operated greyhound races until voters’ 2008 decision to outlaw dog racing went into effect, hopes to build a slots parlor on its site.
Penn National, which has seen its proposals drummed out of town in Tewksbury and passed over in Springfield, hopes to develop a slots parlor at Plainridge Racecourse, a harness horse racing track.
Plainridge had originally sought to develop a slots parlor on its own, but those plans were scrapped when the Gaming Commission ruled against the track’s suitability, following revelations that former track president Gary Piontkoski made personal cash withdrawals from the money room.
After awarding a slots license in either December, January or February, the Gaming Commission plans to begin evaluating casino license applications with goal of awarding casino licenses in April. The Gaming Commission will hear 90-minute presentations from the three entities seeking a slots license in the state on Monday
Gaming Commission to discuss Racing Regulations
Changes to state racing regulations are up for a public hearing Wednesday before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. According to the commission, the regulations subjecting to penalty any licensee found to have administered a prohibited substance to a racehorse, preventing the transfer of a horse in a suspended trainer’s care to his or her spouse during the suspension period, incorporating a schedule of controlled therapeutic medication and an associated threshold and treatment restriction window, and incorporating a point penalty scheme to address licensees who incur multiple violations. (Wednesday, 12:30 p.m., 84 State St., 7th floor, Boston)http://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2013/10/05/22057-house-take-wampanoag-casino-compact
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