Caesars Sportsbook and Plainridge Park Casino Licensed in Massachusetts

Caesars Sportsbook and Plainridge Park Casino were granted sports betting licenses in Massachusetts. However, Plainridge Park Casino was only given a temporary assignment due to concerns about its association with Dave Portnoy.

Caesar’s Sportsbook was licensed without objection, but the Massachusetts Gaming Commission remained concerned that Plainridge Park Casino operated under the Barstool brand.

Plainridge Park Casino to Cooperate in Investigation

Plainridge Park Casino chose PENN Entertainment as its Massachusetts sports betting partner, which raised concerns at the Massachusetts Gaming Commission when it held its licensing hearing on December 6th. The Commission could not decide and requested further information and investigations. The Commission’s deliberations concerned the recent acquisition of Barstool Sports by PENN Entertainment, whose spokesperson and founder Dave Portnoy is popular with younger viewers. The Commission expressed concern that Portnoy’s appeal could harm the state’s efforts to control and combat gambling. The Boston Herald reported that during its second 

 hearing on Tuesday, the Commission finally granted Plainridge Park Casino a temporary license on the condition that the casino work with the Office of Investigations and Enforcement to determine if Portnoy’s presence had any ill effects that could have an impact by attracting an underage audience.

Another condition is that Plainridge must ensure that no one under 21 has access to Barstool College football events. The Commission’s decision was spurred in the right direction by Jay Snowden, President of PENN Entertainment, who explained at length that the company operates other Barstool-branded sportsbooks in various US states and has never encountered any of the issues mentioned.

Caesars Sportsbook Will Have to Wait Before Mobile Betting is Launched in Massachusetts

Another sportsbook granted a license through the Massachusetts Gaming Commission became Caesars Sportsbook, as said through Massachusetts Live. Caesars Sportsbook and WynnBET will offer cell making a bet for the Encore Boston Harbor casino. So a long way, three brick-and-mortar casinos have obtained licenses, inclusive of Encore Boston Harbor, Plainridge Park Casino, and MGM Springfield. The brick-and-mortar casinos in Massachusetts may be allowed to provide retail sports activities, making a bet at their venues and cell wagering thru one after the other branded cell applications. However, the actual release of the cell sports activities creating a bet marketplace withinside the nation continues to be three months away, scheduled for March 2023. Massachusetts citizens may wait even longer as there are usually unexpected instances and delays. In-individual sports activities making a bet, however, is prepared to be released towards the quit of January 2023. The licensing manner is now extra or much less finalized, with the three casinos – Encore Boston Harbor, Plainridge Park Casino, and MGM Springfield – receiving their licenses this week.