Massachusetts gaming revenues showing signs of major bounceback

Massachusetts gaming revenues showing signs of major bounceback

Article brief provided by State House News Service
  • Colin A. Young, State House News Service
June 17, 2021 12:10 AM
  • Colin A. Young, State House News Service

Even with some COVID-19 restrictions in place for most of the month, the Bay State’s slots parlor and two casinos generated more tax revenue for the state’s coffers in May than in any month since casino gambling was legalized nearly a decade ago.

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The state’s share of the roughly $86.68 million that Plainridge Park Casino, MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor generated in May works out to about $24.67 million, the Gaming Commission reported Monday. That topped the previous monthly record of $24.33 million set in February 2020, the last month without any COVID-19 restrictions…

May was very similar to April for the Plainville slots parlor and Springfield casino.